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
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
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
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
On May 12, the FCC released a public notice announcing the complete and incomplete applications for the forward auction. The forward auction will see wireless carriers and other participants bid on spectrum in the 600 megahertz (MHz) band relinquished by TV broadcasters. It is scheduled to launch two days after the close of the reverse… read more
Thursday, June 2 at 1pm Eastern Presented by David Oxenford, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP The FCC has just announced the effective date of the new rules requiring that radio stations maintain their public files in the FCC’s online public file system. The June 24 deadline is only for top 50 market stations at this time;… read more
Michigan celebrated AMBER Alert Awareness Week Sunday, May 15 through Saturday, May 21 to help bring more awareness to the Michigan AMBER Alert Program and to promote the importance of AMBER Alerts in recovering abducted or endangered children. The statewide AMBER Alert week was designated by the Michigan Senate in Senate Resolution 178, introduced by… read more
Nominate an engineer you know! Email Alisha Clack at [email protected] Mike Maciejewski Market Engineering Manager for Townsquare Media, Grand Rapids Brief Engineering Resume: 1999-Present – Market Engineering Manager for Townsquare Media, Grand Rapids 1998-1999 – Chief Engineer, KTRH, Houston, TX 1994-1998 – 1st tour of duty at current job 1991-1994 – Station owner/operator, WKGH, Allegan, MI… read more
via WKAR.org More than 500 community members turned out for a casting call at TV studios on the campus of Michigan State University on Saturday, May 7, for the WKAR original series, Curious Crew. “It was so exciting to see all the [kids] faces!” said Susi Elkins, WKAR-TV Station Manager. Ranging in age from 9… read more
