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68 Michigan Stations Air Governor Whitmer’s State of the State Address

Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivering the 2021 State of the State address

We are proud to announce that 68 Michigan broadcast stations – 30 television and 38 radio – carried the Governor’s State of the State address. The list of stations includes members of the MAB as well as the Michigan Association of Public Broadcasters (MAPB). The MAB provided commercial television broadcasters with a “clean” feed of…

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McKibbin Media Group Announces New Management Team, Dennis Worden as GM

Dennis Worden

McKibbin Media Group has hired Dennis Worden as its new General Manager, overseeing all of the MMG properties in both Jackson and Hillsdale. The stations include News/Talk 970 & 101.5 WKHM, Jackson’s Hit Music K-105.3, Fox Sports 101.9 and 95.9 The Power Cow in Jackson and Radio Hillsdale 92.1 WCSR and 99.5 The Dale in…

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WZZM Introduces Jay Plyburn New Morning Anchor

Jay Plyburn

WZZM-TV (Grand Rapids) has announced the arrival of a new anchor to the station’s morning show lineup.  Jay Plyburn has joined the station following a 10-year run as a journalist for news stations in Texas, Arkansas, and Georgia. Most recently, Plyburn spent the last six months touring the country with his wife in a modified…

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Michigan Radio Releases Strategic Plan

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In a posting on the station website, Michigan Radio released details of their strategic plan to their listeners.  The process began in the fall of 2019 to develop a new strategic plan and articulating a refreshed vision, mission and values statements for the station. This was done to help guide the organization’s forward path and…

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Jessica Rosenworcel Designated Acting FCC Chairwoman

Jessica Rosenworcel

On January 21, President Joseph R. Biden designated FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel as Acting Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission. “I am honored to be designated as the Acting Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission by President Biden. I thank the President for the opportunity to lead an agency with such a vital mission and…

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Michigan Broadcasters Currently Assigned to Vaccine Priority Group ‘1C’

Coronavirus

At this time within Michigan, vaccines are being given to individuals in prioritized group “1B.”  MAB President/CEO Karole L. White has been in communication with MDHHS, this group includes frontline essential workers who are continuously working closely with large numbers of the public on a daily basis. Those would include workers like first responders, firefighters,…

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Advertising Sports Betting – What Are The Rules?

Karole White

By:  Karole L. White, President/CEO Michigan Association of Broadcasters The MAB has received several calls from members that were being told by ad agencies representing casinos and other sports betting organizations that TV and Radio stations had to be registered vendors with the state to accept sports betting ads. THIS IS NOT TRUE, according to…

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