On May 22, radio and television stations in Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Detroit were named the best in the state in the annual Michigan Associated Press Media Editors Broadcast Competition. WLNS-TV in Lansing, WWJ-AM in Detroit, and WGVU-FM in Grand Rapids won first place for Outstanding News Operation for 2015. Sixteen broadcast stations submitted 218… read more
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies Fred Jacobs recently hosted a webinar in which he revealed the key takeaways from our Techsurvey12, the radio broadcasting industry’s largest survey. At one point, he asked, “Is podcasting really the next big thing?” Based on the research results, he answered, “Yes, we think it is.” In fact, 28%… read more
Voting for the 2016 National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF) Inductees has begun. The 24 nominations in six categories were determined by the organization’s nominating committee. Four of those categories will be voted on by a voting participant panel comprised of 400 industry professionals, while the other two will be voted on by the public…. read more
WXYZ-TV (Detroit) celebrated the region’s top high school graduating seniors at the 37th annual Brightest & Best event on May 14, at the station’s broadcast center in Southfield, Michigan. Nearly 200 students from schools across Southeast Michigan attended the event. They were joined by their parents and guardians. The event was broadcast live on the… read more
Western Michigan University’s public radio station, WMUK-FM, is getting a new general manager. Stephen Anthony Williams will take the post beginning July 1. He has been general manager for WESM-FM at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore since 2011. He was interim general manager of the station for 18 months before that and had previously… read more
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. has announced that Jennifer Casey has been named Local/Digital Sales Manager of WPBN-TV and WTOM-TV (Traverse City). Casey will also oversee the local/digital sales of WGTU-TV and WGTQ-TV in the same market pursuant to joint sales and shared services agreements. The announcement was made by Todd Harrison, General Manager/General Sales Manager… read more
Last week, Michigan House of Representatives voted to approve Senate Bill 776. This legislation prohibits the state from counting signatures older than 180 days that were collected for ballot proposals and constitutional amendments. SB 776 passed 57-52 over the objection of Democrats. The bill now goes to Governor Rick Snyder for his signature. This means… read more
The MAB is presenting a FREE webinar on this topic for members on Thursday, June 2 at 1pm. For more information, click here. According to the FCC, commercial radio broadcasters in the top 50 Nielsen markets, with five or more full-time employees, must start using the FCC’s new online public inspection file on Friday, June… read more
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is a Community Partner with the MAB. In May, the agency is celebrating Foster Care Month to show appreciation for the foster families who provide loving homes. Approximately 13,000 Michigan children need loving foster homes while the state works to reunite them safely with their parents or… read more
By: John C. Lund The Lund Consultants, Inc. www.lundradio.com The most recent quarterly conference for Facebook revealed their version of Radio’s time spent listening: 50 minutes a day, up from 40 minutes in 2014. That’s still less than Radio’s 13+ hours a week (2015) or TV’s 36 hours a week. TV’s numbers are up a bit,… read more