Posts Tagged ‘Issue 516’
WSAQ Community RoofSit 2026 Nets $150k for Child Abuse/Neglect Council
Liggett Communication’s WSAQ-FM (Port Huron) held their annual Community Roof Sit to benefit the St. Clair County Child Abuse and Neglect Council (CAN) last week (9/13-18). WSAQ morning show host Matt Markham again lived on a rooftop downtown Port Huron, through both blazing sunlight as well as some brief rain showers, raising funds and awareness for child abuse prevention and advocacy.
Read MoreWLXT Welcomes Riley Couture
MacDonald Garber Broadcasting Head of Programming Peter Garber commented, “My family and I are thrilled to welcome Riley to MGB. We feel extremely fortunate to have found someone with Riley’s passion and talent to join Mark Elliott on The Breakfast Show. She’s a perfect fit for Lite 96 and we look forward to seeing the relationship she builds with our listeners and the community at large.”
Read MoreSiggy Ehrlich Named Classical IPR Fellow
Interlochen Public Radio’s Amanda Sewell has announced that Classical IPR is welcoming Siggy Ehrlich as the 2026-2027 Classical IPR fellow. Ehrlich is a recent graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts
Read MoreMore Action on Issues About Lowest Unit Rates for Political Parties and Joint Fundraising Committees After Supreme Court Decision – Where Do These Actions Leave the Broadcaster?
On September 4, as we noted in our weekly update of regulatory activity of importance to broadcasters, the Supreme Court seemingly decided that Lowest Unit Rates for this year’s elections would be governed by the Media Bureau’s March Public Notice – the Public Notice announcing that ads from political parties and joint fundraising committees, when approved by a federal candidate, would get those rates. The Supreme Court stayed a decision of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals that had found that ads from these groups did not get LUR,
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