Broadcasting Industry News
Montemayor Promoted to Director of Sales; Makins Named GSM at Beasley Media Group Detroit
Beasley Media Group has announced that Lynn Montemayor has been promoted to Director of Sales at the company’s Detroit-based radio properties. Montemayor replaces Patti Taylor, who was recently promoted to Vice President and Market Manager.
Read MoreWDIV’s Kim Voet Named President/GM at CBS Miami
Veteran local media executive and award-winning journalist Kim Voet has been named President and General Manager of CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in Miami, including WFOR-TV (CBS Miami), WBFS-TV (Independent), the CBS News Miami streaming channel and CBSMiami.com.
Read MoreMichigan AP Announces 2022 Broadcast Awards
This past Wednesday (7/19), the annual Michigan Associated Press Media Editors broadcast competition has announced winners in the 2022 Michigan APME awards. In the broadcast category, General Excellence awards for 2022 went to WLNS-TV (Lansing), WDET-FM (Detroit) and WKAR-AM/FM (East Lansing).
Read MoreTownsquare’s WCRZ Raises $94k for Whaley Children’s Center
Townsquare Media’s CARS 108/WCRZ-FM (Flint) raised $94,000 for Whaley Children’s Center (WCC) during the station’s 8th Annual Roof Sit, held July 12-14 atop the downtown Grand Blanc McDonald’s.
Read MoreWDET Welcomes Adam Fox as New Program Director
Wayne State University’s WDET 101.9 FM has announced the addition of media and arts leader L. Adam Fox as Program Director. Fox will lead the WDET team as it develops news, music and conversation programming that speaks to the unique, diverse and thriving Detroit community. Fox reports to WDET General Manager, Mary Zatina.
Read MoreAaron ‘Goose’ Seller Moves from WDRQ to WWWW as PD/Mornings
RadioInsight reports that with the sale of Cumulus Media’s WDRQ-FM (Detroit) to Family Life Broadcasting System, morning host Aaron ‘Goose’ Seller has moved to the company’s WWWW-FM (Ann Arbor) as Program Director and morning host.
Read MoreWRSR-FM and WJRT-TV Honored with 2023 Peoples Choice Award
Krol Communication’s WRSR-FM (Owosso-Flint) and Allen Media’s WJRT-TV (Flint) received honors in My City Magazine’s 2023 Peoples Choice Awards. The awards were announced July 5.
Read MoreHere’s to IPR’s Next 60 Years!
When WIAA went on the air in 1963 (on July 22 at 2 p.m., to be exact), everyone listened on an FM radio. In 2023, people not only listen on FM here in northern Michigan, but they stream us from all over the world on our website, through our mobile app, or via any number of third-party services like TuneIn.
Read MoreNMU Hockey Video Crew Wins National Award
The Northern Michigan University student-dominated crew that produces video coverage of Wildcat hockey games surpassed seven larger institutions nationwide in its division to win the outstanding live game production award in the Sports Video Group (SVG) 2023 College Sports Media Awards.
Read MoreJulie Sochay Joins Florida PBS Station
On June 29, WUCF-FM-TV (Orlando) announced that Julie Sochay has been named the Director of Content. The station is home to Central Florida’s PBS channel and to 89.9 FM Jazz & More, which serves as a joint licensee with the University of Central Florida. Sochay comes to WUCF from a career at WKAR Public Media in East Lansing, Michigan, where she served as the Senior Director of Content and Communication.
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