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Child and Family Charities’ Operation Good Cheer to Deliver Nearly 19k gifts to Michigan
Currently celebrating its 55th year, Operation Good Cheer provides seasonal comfort and joy to children in Michigan’s foster care system through thoughtful, personalized gift deliveries. Each year, program administrators collaborate with foster care agencies to collect holiday wish lists of up to six gift ideas from participating children across the state.
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The One Thing That Can Derail Your Christmas Programming
Every year, the pattern is the same. You flip the switch to Christmas music and the reaction is off the charts. Ratings spike. Social media lights up. Sales is thrilled. Then, a few days in, the familiar comment pops up, usually from someone inside the building. “Why are we playing the same songs over and over.”
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WJLB-FM Keeps Detroit Warm with Coats for Kids
This past Sunday (11/16), IHeartMedia’s WJLB-FM (Detroit) held its annual “Coats for Kids” event. The event, held this year at Eastern Market in Detroit, is dedicated to keeping children across Metro Detroit warm throughout the cold winter. Coats for Kids was hosted by WJLB on-air personalities Bigg Dawg Blast and Chris Carsyn.
Read MoreMichigan Association of Broadcasters Launches
Comprehensive Industry Recruitment Campaign
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MAB Member Benefit Spotlight
Mark Your Calendar
The MAB hosts events for all Michigan broadcasters throughout the year both in-person and online. Along with the continuing education opportunities, the MAB connects broadcasters with chances to network and celebrate during awards ceremonies. Keep track of the MAB opportunities on the events calendar.
Closing Broadcasting's Canyon: Bringing Managers and Gen Z Together
October 16, 2025, 1:00 pm EST
Mark your calendars to spend “Third Thursdays with the MAB” each month!
Broadcasting has a silent, but threatening issue occurring across the industry. It is creating a deepening canyon within staff throughout this wonderful business. We are blessed with an incredible number of veterans, but they are struggling to grow new employees into productive, long term broadcasters. This divide is a problem and it is important that leadership begins to take action.
