By: Gary Berkowitz Berkowitz Broadcast Consulting As we enter 2021, here are 21 programming points that will help you construct a “solid foundation” for your station in the new year. As each of the 21 points are released, they will appear here. Please check out my YouTube videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/garyberk1. 1. The music library and… read more
The Alabama Broadcasters Association is invited Michigan broadcasters to participate for free in their monthly engineering webinar series. The first webinar will be this Tuesday, January 19 from 11 a.m. to Noon Eastern Time and will feature Bert Goldman, president of Goldman Engineering Management, Inc. Goldman brings more than 40 years of experience and specializes… read more
The pandemic did not stop MacDonald Broadcasting’s SANTA JOE from delivering boxes and bags of toys to kids spending their holiday week in the Hospital … and beyond Christmas. The toys are “gifted” to children who are hospitalized throughout the year. 97.3 JOE FM’s 7th Annual SANTA JOE promotion began in mid-January, asking listeners to… read more
Robby Bridges has been named VP of Programming/South at Macdonald-Garber Broadcasting. Bridges will oversee programming for the company’s Traverse City and Cadillac MI clusters including country WLXV-FM and adult hits WZTC-FM, with day to day responsibility for heritage CHR WKHQ. He will continue to host “Robby and Rochelle” mornings on the station as well. “I’m… read more
iHeartMedia has announced that longtime market veteran Anne Carlini has joined its classic rock WLLZ-FM (Detroit) as Morning Show host. Carlini spent 30 years cross town at rocker WRIF-FM (Detroit). She most recently was midday host at Black Diamond Broadcasting’s WGFM/WGFE (Traverse City). WLLZ program director Casey Krukowski told All Access, “We are excited to… read more
The MAB has learned that Lori Sallows, a former WLEN-FM (Adrian) sales executive and on air personality passed away December 17 at age 56. Sallows was longtime co-host on the ‘Mornings with Lori and Steve.’ Also serving as the WLENs promotion director, Sallows raised thousands of dollars for the community through fundraising efforts on the… read more
The MAB is sad to pass along news that former Jerry Moore passed away December 3 at age 79 in Jackson, TN. Moore served in the Air Force as an aide to a General from 1963-1969 while he worked at WSOC-TV in Charlotte, NC as a Studio Operator. He left the TV Station in 1967… read more
Following a weekend of stunting, this past Monday morning (1/4), Latitude Media flipped the AM/FM Translator combo WMMI (Mt. Pleasant) to a new classic country format. The station, known as Buck 92.3 FM and AM 830 and features country classics from the 70s, 80s and 90s, as well as some selections from the early 2000s…. read more
Just before Christmas, Entercom and the Detroit Lions announced a multiyear broadcast partnership, making 97.1 The Ticket (WXYT-FM) the flagship station for Lions football beginning in 2021. “The Lions are synonymous with the city of Detroit and this is a great opportunity to leverage our position as the unrivaled leaders in sports radio and deliver… read more
WBKB-TV (Alpena) reports that the station’s transmitter site was broken into New Year’s week and 400 pounds of rigid copper coaxial transmission line was stolen from the site. In reporting the theft in a newscast, the station suspects the burglars likely are selling the copper at salvage for money. The station asks that anyone with… read more