Radio Results Network (RRN), along with First National Bank & Trust of Iron Mountain have announced a donation to the Iron Mountain and Kingsford School Backpack Food Programs. These programs were started to ensure that every Friday, children in need from Iron Mountain and Kingsford schools will receive a weekend’s worth of food. The bag…
By: David Oxenford, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP March is one of those months where no regularly scheduled FCC deadlines fall. But there are still plenty of other deadlines and dates of importance to broadcasters that fall during this month, from comment dates in rulemaking proceedings, to the start of an auction for new TV stations…
This past weekend, the MAB was saddened to learn the passing of longtime WJR personality Frank Beckmann at age 72. According to his wife Karen, Beckmann died Saturday night (2/12) of vascular dementia. He reportedly had been in hospice care for several days. He began his career at WJR as a reporter in 1973, launched…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
By: David Oxenford, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP Ads planned to run in (last Sunday’s) Super Bowl by Republican candidates in primaries to select candidates for 2022 senate elections drew comments and controversy even before the game, with some calls to block the ads from the air. Ads for a candidate in Pennsylvania used the “Let’s…
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…