What we should say is “Celebrate YOU” because YOU are the best in the industry and YOU deserve to be recognized for your hard work! The Broadcast Excellence Awards Reception is one of the biggest and brightest parties of the year for Michigan broadcasters and you won’t want to miss it! Gather your station’s best… read more
The CommLawBlog reports that most radio stations located in large markets, which have been defined by the Commission in this instance, to be the Nielsen Top-50 radio markets, will need to make sure that they have their online public files completely uploaded by December 24, 2016. Back on June 24, 2016, full-power radio stations in the… read more
Because your real job is getting your salespeople to do their jobs better. Register NOW for The Coaching Imperative here. When: December 21, 2016 1:00 p.m. EST After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Throughout 2016, Chris Lytle from Instant Sales Training, has brought you and your sales team… read more
Editor’s Note: The views and opinions of this article do not necessarily reflect those of the MAB. Contact the MAB for information on the MAB’s official editorial policy. By: Dick Taylor, CRMC/CDMC Dick Taylor Blog https://dicktaylorblog.com/ Be it just a one sheet with your latest sales promotion or a full color brochure, if you haven’t… read more
On December 8 and 9, CBS Radio’s WYCD-FM (Detroit) held its 16th Annual “99.5 WYCD Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon,” raising $551,272! The radiothon was held at Art Van Furniture in Warren. Several donations were dedicated to WYCD ‘s Linda Lee, who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in late summer. Lee… read more
By: Curtis LeGeyt, EVP, Government Relations National Association of Broadcasters I wanted to let you all know that the Senate went out of session for the year early Saturday morning (12/10), and FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel was not reconfirmed. This means her term will expire at the end of 2016 and we will begin the… read more
Nominate an engineer you know! Email Dan Kelley at [email protected] Gary Williams is an engineer for WLNS-TV and WLAJ-TV in Lansing. Gary was formerly Chief Engineer for WLAJ-TV, prior to the station entering into a shared-services agreement with WLNS-TV in 2013. Q: Please share with us a brief engineering resume. Gary: I started at (the original) WWJ-TV (Detroit) as… read more
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies Your radio station has a website — but why? What is the website for? How does it fit into your radio station’s overall strategy? What do you want listeners to do when they come to your website? It’s important for radio broadcasters to step back and think about these… read more
The Scripps Howard Foundation is looking for journalists to enter to win one of its annual awards. Depending on the category, the competition is open to television or radio stations, online news sites or websites, broadcast or cable networks, any newspaper that published in print or online three or more times a week in 2016,… read more
Central Michigan University’s CMU Public Radio (WCMU-FM), in collaboration with the distribution network of Michigan Community Action (M.C.A.) and the generosity of Consumers Energy and Isabella Bank, presented a unique fundraising effort titled Warm Hearts, Warm Homes, December 9 through 12. Every donation made to CMU Public Radio during the Warm Hearts, Warm Homes campaign was matched… read more