Posts Tagged ‘Issue 496’
WXMI Anchor/Reporter Robb Westaby Retires
After 18 years spent as WXMI-TV/FOX 17 (Grand Rapids) morning traffic anchor and reporter for Walker, Northview and Comstock Park, Robb Westaby put down the microphone for the last time on April 18, 2026, retiring after more than 50 years in broadcasting.
Read MoreLongtime WXYZ-TV News Videographer/Editor Wanda Doerner Passes
Wanda Doerner, a former WXYZ-TV (Detroit) News Videographer/Editor who worked at the station for more than four decades and was beloved by her colleagues in the news industry, passed away April 18 at 71.
Read MoreKarina Prieto Moves to WOOD-TV as Anchor/Reporter
WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids) has announced that Karina Prieto has joined the station as an anchor/reporter. Prieto recently spent two years as the weekend morning anchor and weekday multimedia journalist at sister-Nexstar station WLNS-TV in Lansing.
Read MoreBeloved WXMI-TV Morning News Floor Director Mike Davis Dies
Mike Davis, former WXMI-TV/FOX 17 (Grand Rapids) Morning Floor Director passed way on April 11. Davis was a staple of West Michigan morning news. Davis started his career at FOX 17 in 1983 as a commercial editor before moving to the news department. He eventually became the morning broadcast Floor Director.
Read MoreRemembering Bob Kevoian: 1950-2026
Bob Kevoian of the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom Show died last Friday (4/17) at the age of 75 in Indianapolis. Bob & Tom’s roots go back to Northern Michigan, where the two met in an upscale “watering hole” called The Bar Harbor in Harbor Springs, MI. They were already in radio, working at two different Petoskey stations, when media sales rep Lucy Nalley (now retired and living in Grand Haven), suggested putting them together on 100,000 watt WJML-FM.
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