After the issue Wednesday (10/7) surrounding an NPT issued for Alaska and a planned similar NPT to be issued October 15 for Puerto Rico we have the following information from Harold Price, president of Sage Alerting Systems:
On October 5, Midwestern Broadcasting’s WKLT-FM (Kalkaska/Traverse City) air personality Finster (of the Omelette and Finster morning show on KLT “The Rock Station”) put out a call to the Boyne City community: Let’s preserve the historic water tower! Adjacent to the historic train station in downtown Boyne City, the water tower fed the steam engine trains that traveled to and through Boyne City.
On September 26, McKibbin Media Group’s WKHM-FM (Jackson) held their 2026 K105.3 Fall Fest & Chili Classic. The event was a tremendous success, bringing approximately 3,000 people to downtown Jackson for a full day of chili, live music, family activities, shopping and community fun.
On September 23-24, the RAB held its Fall Board of Directors meeting in Cleveland and elected its 2027 slate of officers and directors. Newly elected officers include Julie Koehn, General Manager of Lenawee Broadcasting and Southeast Michigan Media (Adrian).
Jylha began his career in radio, working at stations WBCM, WXOX, WGER and WSGW. At WXOX, he served as air personality, news reporter and eventually news director. He joined WSGW in 1982, doing news and on-air work.
Moore’s career started in 1981 doing news part-time at WKMI after she graduated from Hope College that spring and she soon became full-time there for several years before joining WKZO in the early 1990s.
WCMU Public Media is proud to present “Stories with Sandra Cisneros: The Places We Call Home — An Evening of Conversation, Connection & Celebration.” The event brings the work of acclaimed author Sandra Cisneros into conversation with communities across Michigan.
Former KUPL/KBFF Portland Program Director Dylan Salisbury has landed in Saginaw, Michigan, joining MacDonald Broadcasting as Program Director for the company’s Mid-Michigan cluster, including WKCQ, WJMO and WSAG/WSAM.
The Detroit Tigers have announced that television play-by-play voice Jason Benetti and radio play-by-play voice Dan Dickerson have signed multi-year extensions to keep them on Detroit SportsNet and the Tigers Radio Network, respectively.
Detroit PBS and 90.9 WRCJ announce new funding progress as it celebrated the groundbreaking of the future home for public media in Southeast Michigan, the Fred and Barbara Erb Public Media Campus on October 1. The groundbreaking marked a major milestone in the transformation of 234 Piquette Avenue into a new center for public media, education, journalism, arts and community engagement.