On December 8, Nexstar’s WLNS-TV (Lansing) held its 16th Annual Day of Giving, again this year benefiting the Greater Lansing Food Bank and the South Michigan Food Bank to help feed those in need during the holiday season.
iHeart Radio/West Michigan’s 24th annual Helen Devos Children’s Hospital Radiothon was held December 7-8 and raising over $601,000 for West Michigan’s children and families.
WKAR Public Media, an award-winning PBS member station, premiered “Beyond the Score with Al Martin,” on Thursday, December 14, 2023 on WKAR-TV in mid-Michigan. The special edition sports magazine show explores stories where sports and society intersect.
This past October, WLEN-FM/WQTE-FM and 96.5 The Cave, along with community partners, spent 10 days collecting gently used coats and blankets to “Keep Lenawee Warm.” The stations have just released this years totals.
Kayla Morgan has been upped at Beasley Media Group’s WMGC-FM (Detroit) middays. The Detroit native has been serving in a digital content role for the company since earlier this year after moving back to Michigan in September 22. She earlier served as afternoon host at WWST-FM (Knoxville, TN).
DPTV and Wayne State Partner with the Center for Cooperative Media on National Journalism Conference
One of the most important national journalism conferences of the year is coming to Detroit next spring and Detroit Public TV and Wayne State University’s Department of Communication are helping to plan and host it.
On December 1, Emily Wilkins, Michigan State University alum and Washington correspondent at CNBC, was elected as the 117th president of the National Press Club, pledging to continue the Club’s fight for journalists who are unjustly held in the United States and around the world.
When was the last time you had an aircheck session with your talent? In today’s radio world, with all the time demands on the PD, it’s easy to skip these meetings. So, let’s make today the day to schedule a session with your talent, and please, take these tips into the meeting.
On December 1, Broadcast veteran and host of WOMC’s “JJ and JoAnne Morning Show” said goodbye and officially retired after 52 years in Detroit radio. Johnson started his career on 104.3, then known as WEXL, but rose to fame in Detroit as a morning show host on WWWW-FM and then as a longtime morning host on “JJ and The Morning Crew,” first on Detroit’s WRIF, followed by WLLZ-FM and WCSX-FM.
WPBN/WGTU-TV (Traverse City) Meteorologist Mark Watkins has retired after 13+ years at the stations and a career spanning nearly 55 years. Watkins began his career in radio back in 1969 during his high school years at a local radio station in Georgia. From there he moved to Chicago where he attended Northwestern University and also working as a nighttime radio personality