Broadcasting Industry News
WKAR’s Julie Sochay, Brant Wells in the News
This past week brought national news with two of WKAR Public Media’s staff. WKAR’s Senior Director of Content and Communication Julie Sochay has been selected to participate in Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative (PMDLI), a program of the Riley Institute at Furman University offered in partnership with South Carolina ETV and modeled after the Institute’s…
Read MoreErin Vermeulen New PM News Anchor at WWJ
Erin Vermeulen has been upped to evening news anchor for Audacy’s WWJ-AM (Detroit). She’ll be heard weeknights from 7-12 midnight. Vermeulen is a 23-year broadcast professional, most recently serving as a writer and editor for WWJ. Her career has taken her to Cairo, Dubai, Oman and South Africa before returning to the U.S. and working…
Read MoreWCSX-FM Announces the Return of the Stone Soup Project in the Motor City
Beasley Media Group is pleased to announce the return of the WCSX Stone Soup Project in the Motor City. Seventeen years ago, the station ran a radio promotion challenging listeners to transform a junkyard car into a classic automobile. Metro Detroiters opened their garages and wallets to rebuild the first car. In addition, mechanics and…
Read MoreHope FM Listeners Donate $34k to Mission Effort
During their Annual Fundraiser for Crossover Cups Mission, WNFR-FM (Sandusky/Port Huron) (90.7 Hope FM) listeners generously gave $34,446 to rescue 415 children from human trafficking in the Dominican Republic. The station has partnered with Crossover Cups Mission for the last 8 years and has been able to see the impact of the mission firsthand with…
Read MorePlymouth-Canton’s 88.1 The Park Celebrates 50 Years!
Plymouth-Canton’s WSDP-FM (88.1 The Park) celebrated a milestone this past Monday. The student-run station signed on the air February 14, 1972 with just ten watts of power in mono on 89.3 mHz. Over the years, the station changed frequencies, increased power, went stereo and increased their broadcast schedule from 6 hours a day to 24/7.…
Read MoreDoug Montgomery Upped to VP at Townsquare
Former Grand Rapids programmer Doug Montgomery, who joined Townsquare Media in 2016, has been promoted. He will continue to oversee Content and Programming for 70 Country stations, now as Vice President of Country Content and Programming. Since joining the company in 2017 he has led the Country format for Townsquare, and is the showrunner for…
Read MoreFormer Marquette Broadcaster Lou Chappell Dies at 85
Former WLUC-TV (Marquette) General Manager and radio station owner Lou Chappell passed away Monday, February 14th at his home in Marquette. Chappell worked at WDMJ-TV and WLUC-TV from 1956 through 1973. He was first hired when the station was launched. He eventually became general manager. The Dollar Bay native’s obituary says he spent some of…
Read MoreWWJ’s 19th Winter Survival Radiothon Raises Nearly $1M in Heating Assistance
Audacy’s WWJ-AM (Detroit) has announced the results of its 19th Annual Winter Survival Radiothon for THAW, The Heat and Warmth Fund. $986,256.00 was raised from station listeners. The day-long on-air event was held February 4 from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the station. The THAW program helps those residents in southeastern Michigan who are…
Read MoreSehvilla Mann Named WMUK News Director
Western Michigan University’s WMUK-FM (Kalamazoo) has announced that Sehvilla Mann has been appointed the station’s new News Director. Mann came to WMUK in 2014 and has produced award winning journalism for the last eight years, including two regional Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association. She has covered a wide range of stories…
Read MoreJosh Berry Joins WXMI
Scripps Media’s WXMI-TV (Grand Rapids) has announced that Josh Berry has joined the station as reporter/co-anchor on the station’s 6, 10 & 11 p.m. newscasts. He’ll be teamed with longtime WXMI anchor Janice Allen. Berry joins the station after serving just over 4-1/2 years as news anchor at WOLO-TV in Columbia, South Carolina. Prior to…
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