MacDonald Garber Broadcasting is purchasing silent WSRT-FM (Gaylord) and translator W252DA (Petoskey) from Northern Radio. An application was filed with the FCC on February 28. WSRT is one of six stations Northern has been selling off. So far, the company has sold WKLT-FM (Kalkaska), WKLZ-FM (Petoskey) and WCFX-FM (Leland). With the sale of WSRT, Northern… read more
Earlier this month, WKBD-TV (Detroit) Community Connect host Lisa Germani paid a visit to the William V. Banks Broadcast Museum to talk with four former employees of WGPR-TV about their experiences at the station and what it meant to them to find work at the first African American owned and operated television station in the… read more
By: Jeremy Fenech, Program Director 103.9 The Fox WRSR-FM (Flint) ‘Who wants seconds?’ ‘Are you gonna finish that?’ Simple questions at dinner time that we all take for granted. You may be heading back for a second helping of dinner… while so many people in our own community are desperately seeking their first helping… for… read more
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has announced the recipients of its Engineering Achievement Awards. Established in 1959, the Engineering Achievement Awards are given to individuals who are nominated by their peers for significant contributions to advancing broadcast engineering. The 2020 NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award Jeff Welton is regional sales manager, Central US, for Nautel… read more
On March 2, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Congressman Paul Mitchell (R-MI) reminded the public to take commonsense steps to prevent the spread of the common cold, flu, and the coronavirus. Dingell and Mitchell remind people to replace handshakes or hugs with a bump of the elbow, wash their hands frequently with soap for 20… read more
By: David Oxenford, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP The FDA last week issued an update on its review of issues related to the sale and marketing of CBD products. The guidance reiterates the kinds of warnings that we have given before (see, for instance, our articles here and here) about not advertising specific health benefits of CBD… read more
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies Last week, I wrote about how a radio station could use WordPress’ Custom Post Types to build a directory of local bands. But if your radio station’s website is built in WordPress, this feature has plenty of other applications as well. For example, you could use it to help… read more
By: Gary Berkowitz Berkowitz Broadcast Consulting The coronavirus outbreak is concerning on many levels, but one thing is for sure: It can and most likely will affect everybody in one way or another. Many music stations across the US are wondering: What do we do with coronavirus? The answer is simple. Keep your listeners informed… read more
By: Karole L. White MAB President/CEO The MAB has launched a resource page on its website for stations and their reporters on COVID-19 the Coronavirus. This web page gives broadcasters up to the minute information coming out of the State Emergency Communications Center and articles about reporting on pandemics and health emergencies from some of… read more
On March 11, the NAB announced that the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas has been postponed for this year due to Coronavirus concerns. NAB’s Sue Keenom, in an email to state broadcast associations, said “This was a difficult decision to make, but at the end of the day, the health and welfare of our… read more