68 Michigan Stations Air Governor Whitmer’s State of the State Address

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address on January 27.

We are proud to announce that 68 Michigan broadcast stations – 30 television and 38 radio – carried the Governor’s State of the State address.

The list of stations includes members of the MAB as well as the Michigan Association of Public Broadcasters (MAPB). The MAB provided commercial television broadcasters with a “clean” feed of the Governor’s address through the efforts of WLNS-TV in Lansing.  Special thanks to News Director Jam Sardar, Chief Engineer Cory Cumming and News Operations Coordinator/Chief Photographer David Parks.

We want to thank all of the MAB members who put aside competition and joined together to bring this important message to the people of Michigan.

Through the cooperation of the Michigan Public Radio Stations, MAB’s commercial radio broadcasters were invited to use either the WLNS clean feed audio or the hosted coverage provided by the Michigan Public Radio Network (MPRN). MPRN fed their coverage, anchored by MPRN Managing Editor Rick Pluta with WDET-FM’s Laura Weber Davis.

Public television stations had their traditional coverage of the address anchored by longtime Senior Capitol Correspondent Tim Skubick and panelists from the capital press corps and guests provided analysis following the address.

Following is the roster of stations who devoted time on-air and/or streaming to better inform the citizens of Michigan: