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…
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…
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies Over the past several weeks, I have written about how radio stations can turn their Audiences into Communities. As I noted in January, the key distinction between the two is that members of a Community care about and communicate with each other; members of an Audience do not. Two weeks ago,…
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters are proud to work on behalf of our members to educate Congress and state lawmakers about the issues that impact our industry. Over the past two weeks, the MAB and representatives from stations across the state have met with multiple members of Congress and their staff. Michigan currently has seven…
Providing access is a key mission of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. This week, the MAB is proud to have fought for and won an issue that is important to our members who cover activities at the state Capitol. Last week, media parking spots were removed on Ottawa St. near the Capitol building. Those were…
The Society of Broadcast Engineers will hold the 2022 SBE Leadership Development Course August 3-5, 2022, in Atlanta, GA. This three-day course is an intensive study of successful leadership and management, designed specifically for broadcast engineers. The course explores the nature of leadership, the difference between being a manager and being a leader, how to…
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…
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…
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…