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Partim orba seductaque. Porrexerat mutatas ita campos caelum viseret locoque rudis. Homini tollere aer caeli acervo. Occiduo onus origo zonae iapeto inminet nulli elementaque. Deducite usu montibus igni tegit dixere campoque quem nulli. Porrexerat mutatas ita campos caelum viseret locoque rudis. Homini tollere aer caeli acervo. Occiduo onus origo zonae iapeto inminet nulli elementaque.

Porrexerat mutatas ita campos caelum viseret locoque rudis. Homini tollere aer caeli acervo. Occiduo onus origo zonae iapeto inminet nulli elementaque. Deducite usu montibus igni tegit dixere campoque quem nulli. Porrexerat mutatas ita campos caelum viseret locoque rudis. Homini tollere aer caeli acervo. Occiduo onus origo zonae iapeto inminet nulli elementaque.

Porrexerat mutatas ita campos caelum viseret locoque rudis. Homini tollere aer caeli acervo. Occiduo onus origo zonae iapeto inminet nulli elementaque.Porrexerat mutatas ita campos caelum viseret locoque rudis. Homini tollere aer caeli acervo. Occiduo onus origo zonae iapeto inminet nulli elementaque.Porrexerat mutatas ita campos caelum viseret locoque rudis. Homini tollere aer caeli acervo. Occiduo onus origo zonae iapeto inminet nulli elementaque. Deducite usu montibus igni tegit dixere campoque quem nulli. Porrexerat mutatas ita campos caelum viseret locoque rudis. Homini tollere aer caeli acervo. Occiduo onus origo zonae iapeto inminet nulli elementaque.

Porrexerat mutatas ita campos caelum viseret locoque rudis. Homini tollere aer caeli acervo. Occiduo onus origo zonae iapeto inminet nulli elementaque.Deducite usu montibus igni tegit dixere campoque quem nulli.

Porrexerat mutatas ita campos caelum viseret locoque rudis. Homini tollere aer caeli acervo. Occiduo onus origo zonae iapeto inminet nulli elementaque.Deducite usu montibus igni tegit dixere campoque quem nulli.

Michigan Public to add New Weekend Programs

By kelley@michmab.com | August 8, 2025

Michigan Public Program Director Matt Shafer Powell has announced that the station will be introducing an updated weekend programming schedule beginning Friday, August 15, 2025.  The revised  line-up will include several new shows including PRX’s The Sam Sanders Show airing Friday and Saturday evenings, American Public Media’s This Old House Radio Hour on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and BBC’s The Arts Hour on Saturday nights.

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August 2025 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Watching for the Annual Reg Fee Announcement, EEO Annual Filings, Comment Deadlines, and Political Windows

By kelley@michmab.com | August 8, 2025

Although many, including Congress, take the last of their summer vacations in August, there are still many dates to which broadcasters should be paying attention this month.  One deadline that most commercial broadcasters should be anticipating is the FCC’s order that will set the amount of their Annual Regulatory Fees, which will be paid sometime in September before the October 1 start of the federal government’s new fiscal year. 

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WXYZ-TV Viewers Provide 408,000 Meals for Food Rescue Organization

By kelley@michmab.com | August 1, 2025

On July 22nd, Scripps’ Media’s WXYZ-TV (Detroit) held its “Day of Giving Back” on Tuesday in collaboration with Forgotten Harvest to help fight food insecurity across metro Detroit. During the Day of Giving, the community generously donated enough money to provide 408,000 meals to families in the metro.

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WNMU-FM’s Anishinaabe Radio News Marks Milestone

By kelley@michmab.com | August 1, 2025

Anishinaabe Radio News, a program co-produced by Northern Michigan University’s Center for Native American Studies and Public Radio 90 (WNMU-FM), will soon mark its 200th episode. Since the first broadcast in 2016, host April Lindala has explored Native American history and culture and shared updates on Indigenous events planned across the Great Lakes region. 

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Retired WKAR Public Media Trailblazer Ilene “Beany” Tomber Passes at 97

By kelley@michmab.com | August 1, 2025

Retired WKAR Public Media Education Coordinator Ilene “Beany” Tomber passed away July 16 at her Arizona home at the age of 97. During her time at the Michigan State University-based public broadcasting station, Tomber created and led the corporate development division and launched and led numerous education and community engagement programs that continue to impact Michigan’s capital region community today. She retired from WKAR in 2017.

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Detroit PBS Names 3 New Members to its Board of Trustees

By kelley@michmab.com | August 1, 2025

“It is an honor and a privilege to welcome these bright and experienced professionals to our board at this unprecedented time,” said Rich Homberg, president and CEO of Detroit PBS. “With their leadership, deep experience and strong commitment to public media, they bring the passion, determination and energy we need to continue our meaningful work of engaging the community and delivering diverse programming and trusted information.”

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FCC Suspends Ownership Report Requirement Until 2027

By kelley@michmab.com | August 1, 2025

This week as the FCC announced a suspension of its biennial ownership report filing requirement until 2027, ticking a box on the NAB’s deregulatory wish list. The Media Bureau’s July 29 Public Notice waives the odd-numbered-year requirement for both commercial and noncommercial AM and FM stations to file Form 323 or 323-E.

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Court of Appeals Throws Out TV Top 4 Ownership Prohibition – What is Next for Radio and Other Local TV Ownership Rules?

By kelley@michmab.com | August 1, 2025

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down its decision last week on the appeals of the FCC’s December 2023 decision following its 2018 Quadrennial Review to leave the local radio and television ownership rules largely unchanged.  The Court’s decision was a victory for television owners, declaring the restrictions on the ownership of two of the Top 4 TV stations in any market to be contrary to the record and ending that restriction unless, within 90 days, the FCC can show that there was in fact record evidence supporting the restriction.

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WJR’s Jackson Named Voice of Detroit People Mover

By kelley@michmab.com | July 25, 2025

Cumulus Media has announced that Lloyd Jackson, co-host of JR in the Morning on WJR-AM in Detroit, is named the official voice of the Detroit People Mover. Jackson becomes just the second voice ever used for the city’s elevated public transit system, replacing the original announcer after more than 30 years.

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WLEW/WHST Bad Axe Sale Announced

By kelley@michmab.com | July 25, 2025

With the sale, the Aymen family exits the broadcasting business after 54 years.  WLEW-AM/FM were acquired by Arthur and Nancy Aymen dba Thumb Broadcasting in 1971.  They later transferred ownership to their sons, Richard and Matthew in 1993.  Arthur passed away in 1999 and Nancy died in 2023.  WHST, a new signal in the market, was added in 2023.

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