On December 13, personalities from Radio Hillsdale WCSR-FM and The Dale (WCSR-AM/W258DE) rang bells for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign at the Hillsdale Market House. From 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. listeners, station partners, and the community made donations totaling $6,248.12!
Students attending a leading audio production and training facility in southeast Michigan, Audio Engineers of Detroit, will receive Ferris State University credit for their coursework under an agreement intended to build a pathway through Ferris State’s Television and Digital Media Production degree program.
Former WDET Program Director and host Judy Adams has passed away at age 75. Adams died December 24 after battling an illness. Adams spent more than 30 years at WDET, serving for most of them as PD. She hosted a program on the station called Morphogenesis and later, The Judy Adams Program. Adams left the station in 2005.
The Detroit Pistons and Scripps Sports are partnering once again to broadcast five games for the 2024-25 regular season on WMYD-TV (TV20)(Detroit). The first game aired January 9 when the Pistons hosted the Golden State Warriors.
News/Talk WFDF-AM (Detroit) has added the syndicated “Your Morning Show with Michael DelGiorno” to its morning programming, airing live weekdays from 6 – 9 a.m. The show is a mix of news, political commentary, lifestyle topics, pop culture, and humor.
Black Diamond Broadcasting proudly announces the appointment of Shannone Dunlap as its new Executive Vice President and General Manager. With a distinguished 30+-year career in the radio industry, and current Chairperson of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters’ board, Dunlap brings a wealth of experience, leadership, and vision to oversee all of Black Diamond Broadcasting’s properties across Michigan.
Alpha Media’s WSGW-AM/FM (Saginaw) held its 19th annual Sharing Hope radiothon on December 12 to benefit rescue ministries in Mid-Michigan. Money raised will help City Rescue Mission in Saginaw and the Good Samaritan Rescue in Bay City provide people in need things like a warm bed, food, clothing and counseling.
Ave Maria Communications has filed a deal to purchase religious WLCM-AM (Holt/Lansing) Jon Yinger’s Christian Broadcasting System. Ave Maria, which specializes in Catholic radio programming is based in Ann Arbor and currently owns WDEO-AM (Ypsilanti), WMAX-AM (Bay City), plus three FM translators in Michigan.
On December 16, The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced that the presentation of the 2025 NAB Crystal Radio Awards will take place during a special ceremony at the NAB State Leadership Conference March 4, 2025.
Both RadioInk and InsideRadio reported this week on conversations between the National Association of Broadcasters and the FCC regarding the future of EAS equipment, an issue that is growing in importance with the recent announcement from Sage Alerting Systems that it will not longer manufacture its current version of its EAS hardware.