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Earlene McMichael to Leave WMUK
Western Michigan University’s WMUK-FM (Kalamazoo) announced that veteran journalist and local Morning Edition host Earlene McMichael is leaving the station after a 9-year run. McMichael will be joining Kalamazoo Valley Community College as its Marketing Project Manager, effective November 1, where she will apply her journalistic skills to publications, social media and much more. Over…
Read MoreMichigan Broadcasters at the Grand for Mackinac Policy Conference 2021
It was a busy week for many Michigan broadcasters as they covered the Detroit Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference 2021, taking place at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Our thanks to Caleb Gordon, WPHM-AM, Port Huron for sharing photos!
Read MoreWGVU Cool Teacher Returns
WGVU Public Media (Grand Rapids) has announced the return of its Cool Teacher contest, saying even though school may still look a bit different this year, learning and fun are still happening in classrooms across West and Southwest Michigan. The station has hosted the contest for 20+ years and the contest highlights dedicated, creative and…
Read MoreMichigan Learning Channel Presents Statewide “Return to School” Townhall
On September 8, the Michigan Learning Channel, Detroit Public Television and the COVID313 Coalition presented “Michigan’s Great Return to School Statewide Town Hall.” The 90-minute virtual live event was presented on Facebook along with the Michigan Learning Channel and DPTV’s One Detroit websites. The program featured discussion, guidance and resources to help make this a…
Read MoreInterlochen Public Radio Partners With TADL
This fall, the classical music side of Interlochen Public Radio (IPR) and the Traverse Area District Library (TADL) will launch a new partnership as part of an initiative to bring more classical music into the local community. The new series will take place every second Sunday of the month at 1 p.m. in the McGuire…
Read MoreDebbie Hamlett to Join WCMU as Executive Director/General Manager
WCMU Public Media (Mt. Pleasant) has announced that Debbie Hamlett will be joining the station as its new Executive Director/General Manager, effective October 4. Hamlett has 20 years experience in public media. Hamlett joins WCMU from Nebraska Public Media, where she held a dual role as Executive Director for the station’s 501c3 Foundation board and…
Read MorePublic Media Workforce Collaborative Secures Two-Year, $450,000 Grant CPB
Public media organizations Buffalo Toronto Public Media in Buffalo, N.Y.; Detroit Public TV in Detroit; Ideastream Public Media in Cleveland; and WQED in Pittsburgh have secured a two-year, $450,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to advance the next phase of the first workforce collaborative in the public media industry. This next phase…
Read MoreWDET-FM Wins National Murrow Award
On August 17, The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTNDA) announced that Wayne State University’s WDET-FM (Detroit) is the recipient of a 2021 national Edward R. Murrow Award. The station won in the Excellence in Innovation category in Large Market Radio for its “COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience” project. The COVID Diaries was presented in…
Read MoreHeritage Center to Explore Public Broadcasting’s Impact In The U.P.
Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center Director Dan Truckey has announced that the organization is going to explore the impact public broadcasting has made in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Speaking with WNMU-TV Host Mike Settles, Truckey said they are particularly interested in how it affected young people in the region, whether they were going to attend Northern Michigan…
Read MoreSarah Lehr Joins WKAR News Team As Politics and Civics Reporter
WKAR Public Media has announced that Sarah Lehr has joined its news staff in the role of politics and civics reporter. “As a politics and civics reporter, I want to hold public institutions to account,” said Lehr. “And I want to look beyond the horse race to show how policies affect real people in their…
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