Awards
Michigan Radio, WXYZ Reporters Honored with Award for Advancement of Justice
Michigan Radio reporter Sarah Cwiek and WXYZ-TV (Detroit) reporter Heather Catallo have been selected as a winners of a 2020 Wade H. McCree Award for the Advancement of Justice by the Michigan Press Association Foundation. Cwiek was recognized for her story, “They say their son needs to be in a psychiatric hospital. He went to…
Read MoreWinners Announced in 2019 MAPME Broadcast Contest
Radio and television stations in Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor and Lansing were named the best in the state in the annual Michigan Associated Press Media Editors broadcast competition. General Excellence awards for 2019 went to WLNS-TV, Lansing, Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor and WGVU-FM in Grand Rapids. The Detroit Free Press won the First Amendment…
Read MoreMAB and MAB Foundation Honor Broadcast Excellence Awards ‘Station of the Year’ Recipients
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) and MAB Foundation (MABF) are proud to announce the recipients of 2019 Broadcast Excellence Awards (BEA) Station of the Year honorees. The awards were presented during the annual Broadcast Excellence Awards Program, held as part of the Great Lakes Media Show on March 4 at the Lansing Center. Commercial…
Read MoreMAB Foundation Announces 2020 High School & College ‘Station of the Year’ Awards
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation (MABF) is proud to announce the recipients of its 2020 Student Station/Program of the Year Awards. This year’s 584 Student Broadcast Award entries were judged by professional broadcasters across Michigan and presented across 40 categories. Stations of the Year are chosen based on the number of winning entries from…
Read MoreCoral Howe, Frank Maynard Honored with MAB’s 2020 Carl E. Lee Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) presented its most prestigious engineering award during the Great Lakes Media Show on March 4 at the Lansing Center. The Carl E. Lee Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award was presented to Upper Peninsula Radio Engineer Coral Howe and Frank Maynard, Supervisor of Technical Operations for WKBD-TV and WWJ-TV in Detroit.…
Read MoreThree Michigan Stations Finalists in NAB Crystal Awards
Three Michigan stations have been announced as finalists for the 33rd annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards. Congratulations to WKQI-FM (Detroit), WSGW-AM (Saginaw) and WWJ-AM (Detroit). Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards have recognized radio stations for their outstanding year-round commitment to community service. Winners will be announced and the finalists honored at the We…
Read MoreMichigan Journalism Hall of Fame to Induct New Members
Six new members will be inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame on April 26, 2020 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center at Michigan State University in East Lansing. New honorees include former WXYZ-TV (Detroit) reporter Bill Proctor, whose investigations led to the creation of the University of Michigan Law School’s Innocence Clinic. Proctor…
Read MoreWYCD’s Chuck Edwards, Beasley’s George Beasley Named To Country Radio Hall Of Fame!
At ceremonies on February 19, The Country Radio Hall of Fame has announced its 2020 inductees and there are a couple of names known to Michigan broadcasters. The honorees include Chuck Edwards, of “Chuck, Rachael and Grunwald In The Morning” on Entercom’s WYCD-FM (Detroit). Chuck has spent the past 20 years at WYCD/Detroit where he…
Read MoreFinalists Announced in 2019 Michigan APME Broadcast Contest
Finalists have been announced in the Michigan Associated Press Media Editors 2019 radio and TV contest. The awards in actual order of finish — first or second — will be announced at the annual Michigan APME annual awards banquet April 4 in Lansing. The General Excellence, Rising Star and First Amendment award winners also will…
Read MoreThe MAB is Pleased to Announce the 2020 Carl E. Lee Award Recipients
Coral Howe and Frank Maynard will be honored March 3 at The Great Lakes Media Show during the Exhibitor Reception. The Carl E. Lee Broadcast Engineering Excellence Awards was named after Carl E. Lee, a prominent Michigan broadcast engineer and station owner, who was known for his innovation and recognition of opportunity. Broadcast engineers work…
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