February 2020
Governor Whitmer Activates State EOC in Response to Coronavirus; MAB Announces Extra Precautions at Media Show
Today (2/28), Governor Gretchen Whitmer activated the state Emergency Operations Center to coordinate with state, local and federal agencies to help prevent the spread of Novel Coronavirus. The governor, Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Director Major General Paul Rogers, and Captain Emmitt McGowan of the Michigan State Police…
Read MoreMAB Goes to Capitol Hill!
This past week, your MAB traveled to Washington for the NAB Leadership Conference and to meet with lawmakers to share success stories and discuss issues facing broadcasters in Michigan. 18 Members joined the MAB February 24-25. (L-R) Dan Boers, WOOD-TV; Tim Feagan, iHeartMedia; Andrew Kohlrieser of Congressman Bill Huizenga’s office; Kim Krause, WXMI-TV; Kevin Dunaway,…
Read MoreOver $20,000 Raised During WLEN 2020 Kiwanis Radio Auction
The Kiwanis Club of Adrian, in partnership with Lenawee Broadcast’s WLEN-FM, hosted its 26th Annual Radio Auction on February 8. The auction featured hundreds of items donated by local businesses up for bid. The event was broadcast live, raising over $20,000 to benefit the Adrian community. Major Event sponsors included Old National Bank, Iott Insurance…
Read MoreGive Away Radio Station Stickers to Capture Listener Contact Info
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies One of the most important things you can use your radio station’s website to do is to capture contact information from your listeners. By capturing their email addresses and other information, you can reach these listeners again later and activate them. Many stations give stuff away as a way…
Read MoreThree Michigan Stations Finalists in NAB Crystal Awards
Three Michigan stations have been announced as finalists for the 33rd annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards. Congratulations to WKQI-FM (Detroit), WSGW-AM (Saginaw) and WWJ-AM (Detroit). Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards have recognized radio stations for their outstanding year-round commitment to community service. Winners will be announced and the finalists honored at the We…
Read MoreWFCX/WFDX to Sign Off Pending Ownership Changes
Northern Broadcast’s WFCX-FM (Leland) and WFDX-FM (Atlanta) has announced (2/26) that the stations will be leaving the air at midnight on February 29. WFCX was recently sold to Central Michigan University and that sale was approved by the FCC on February 21. It is expected that WFCX will become a satellite station of WCMU-FM (Mt.…
Read MoreMidwestern Broadcasting Closes on WKLT; New Morning Show and Simulcast
On February 24, Midwestern Broadcasting closed on its purchase of Northern Broadcast’s WKLT-FM (Kalkaska/Traverse City) and, on first day of ownership, brought back Steve ‘Omelette’ Normandin to the station’s morning show. “Omelette & Friends” was previously heard on WKLT from 2006-2016. He later hosted mornings on WGFN/WCHY. Joining ‘Omelette’ will be Derek ‘Sasquatch’ Geisser, who…
Read MoreWFUR-FM Sold to Bible Broadcasting Network
On February 27, an application was filed with the FCC to transfer to license of WFUR-FM (Grand Rapids) from Furniture City Broadcasting Corporatiion to Bible Broadcasting Network of Charlotte, NC. WFUR-FM has been owned by Furniture City and the Kuiper family since it signed on in 1960. The Kuiper family, through Furniture City Broadasting will…
Read MoreWKAR’s Elkins Speaks on NextGen TV at APTS Public Media Summit
WKAR Public Media (East Lansing) Director of Broadcasting and General Manager Susi Elkins spoke this past Tuesday (2/25) at the 2020 APTS Public Media Summit in Washington, D.C. during a session titled “Collaboration with National Partners on Spectrum Opportunities.” WKAR is one of the public stations that is currently experimenting with NextGen TV technology and…
Read MoreMichigan Journalism Hall of Fame to Induct New Members
Six new members will be inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame on April 26, 2020 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center at Michigan State University in East Lansing. New honorees include former WXYZ-TV (Detroit) reporter Bill Proctor, whose investigations led to the creation of the University of Michigan Law School’s Innocence Clinic. Proctor…
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