Black Diamond Broadcasting proudly announces the appointment of Shannone Dunlap as its new Executive Vice President and General Manager. With a distinguished 30+-year career in the radio industry, and current Chairperson of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters’ board, Dunlap brings a wealth of experience, leadership, and vision to oversee all of Black Diamond Broadcasting’s properties across Michigan.
Alpha Media’s WSGW-AM/FM (Saginaw) held its 19th annual Sharing Hope radiothon on December 12 to benefit rescue ministries in Mid-Michigan. Money raised will help City Rescue Mission in Saginaw and the Good Samaritan Rescue in Bay City provide people in need things like a warm bed, food, clothing and counseling.
Ave Maria Communications has filed a deal to purchase religious WLCM-AM (Holt/Lansing) Jon Yinger’s Christian Broadcasting System. Ave Maria, which specializes in Catholic radio programming is based in Ann Arbor and currently owns WDEO-AM (Ypsilanti), WMAX-AM (Bay City), plus three FM translators in Michigan.
On December 16, The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced that the presentation of the 2025 NAB Crystal Radio Awards will take place during a special ceremony at the NAB State Leadership Conference March 4, 2025.
Both RadioInk and InsideRadio reported this week on conversations between the National Association of Broadcasters and the FCC regarding the future of EAS equipment, an issue that is growing in importance with the recent announcement from Sage Alerting Systems that it will not longer manufacture its current version of its EAS hardware.
Graham Media’s WDIV-TV (Detroit) has announced the hiring of Ty Steele as its new evening anchor on the stations 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. He will join Kimberly Gill, Kim Adams, and Hobie Artigue beginning December 16.
WGHN-FM (Grand Haven) has announced the results of its 2024 Coat Drive, done in partnership with Plantenga’s Cleaners. This year’s effort successfully collected and cleaned over 1,700 coats for those in need. Thanks to the incredible generosity of local residents, the drive also gathered over 200 pairs of gloves, donated by the West Michigan Lakeshore Association of Realtors, and more than 100 hats.
Townsquare Media’s WITL-FM (Lansing) held its annual listener Christmas party this past Tuesday, raising more than $7000 for Ele’s Place. Ele’s Place is a nonprofit, community-based organization dedicated to creating awareness of and support for grieving children, teens and their families.
Hillsdale College has announced that it has finalists in eight categories for the annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting Systems Awards. First-place winners will be announced on March 8 in New York City. “I’m very proud of our WRFH students for their effort,” said Scot Bertram, general manager of WRFH/Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM.
Over sixty Metro Detroit celebrities— including many from Audacy’s WWJ-AM and WOMC-FM, braved the cold for two hours this past Saturday (12/7) to ring the bell with the hope of collecting donations to fill their Salvation Army red kettle to the brim this holiday season.