By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies In addition to publishing compelling content, a great way to get people to come back to your website over and over is to provide some useful functionality. One way to do this is to add a directory. For example, when I need to find contact information for a person…
The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) announced Friday (3/6) that Detroit’s three casinos will likely be allowed to offer sports gambling beginning at 1 p.m.Wednesday, March 11. The Board is anticipated to give final approval on Tuesday after presentations by the three Detroit commercial casinos at its public meeting at Cadillac Place in Detroit. All…
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) and MAB Foundation (MABF) are proud to announce the recipients of 2019 Broadcast Excellence Awards (BEA) Station of the Year honorees. The awards were presented during the annual Broadcast Excellence Awards Program, held as part of the Great Lakes Media Show on March 4 at the Lansing Center. Commercial…
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation (MABF) is proud to announce the recipients of its 2020 Scholarship Program. Recipients were identified by the faculty representatives from each school, or by the sponsoring station, and ratified by the MAB Foundation Board of Directors. Scholarships were presented during the Great Lakes Media Show on March 4 at…
The Michigan Association of Public Broadcasters (MAPB) elected its 2020-2021 Officers of the Board of Directors during a board meeting held on Tuesday, March 3 in conjunction with the Great Lakes Media Show at the Lansing Center. Officers elected to the 2020-2021 MAPB Board of Directors: President: Steve Schram, Michigan Public Radio Vice President: Tom…
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation (MABF) is proud to announce the recipients of its 2020 Student Station/Program of the Year Awards. This year’s 584 Student Broadcast Award entries were judged by professional broadcasters across Michigan and presented across 40 categories. Stations of the Year are chosen based on the number of winning entries from…
Coral Howe, Frank Maynard Honored with MAB’s 2020 Carl E. Lee Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) presented its most prestigious engineering award during the Great Lakes Media Show on March 4 at the Lansing Center. The Carl E. Lee Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award was presented to Upper Peninsula Radio Engineer Coral Howe and Frank Maynard, Supervisor of Technical Operations for WKBD-TV and WWJ-TV in Detroit.…
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…
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,…
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…