Three Michigan stations are finalists for this year’s NAB Marconi Radio Awards! Lenawee Broadcasting’s WLEN-FM (Adrian) has been nominated as a Legendary Station of the Year, alongside radio stations from San Francisco, Dallas, Phoenix and Knoxville. Additionally, WLEN’s Julie Koehn has also been nominated as a Legendary Radio Manager of the Year. Under Koehn’s leadership,… read more
The Museum of Broadcast Communications has announced the Radio Hall of Fame 2022 nominees. Among the 24 were three past and current Michigan-based personalities: Mojo in the Morning at WKQI-FM (Detroit); former Grand Rapids personality Kevin Matthews and former Grand Rapids personality Laurie DeYoung. Mojo in the Morning is currently heard on WKQI-FM as well… read more
The winner of this year’s Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education is Bob Gould, a Professor of Practice in the School of Journalism at Michigan State University. Gould began his career as a television news photographer in 1990 at WILX-TV in Lansing, spending the rest of his professional career at WZZM-TV in… read more
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) has announced the recipients of the 2022 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. The 7 Michigan broadcasters won a total of 13 awards in Region 7, which is shared with Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the… read more
The Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists handed out its Excellence in Journalism Awards at a banquet last Thursday (5/6) in Troy. First place winners in broadcast included mix of commercial and non-commercial stations: Breaking/Spot News Reporting: WWJ-AM (Detroit) – Dan Jenkins, Brian Larsen, Tony Ortiz, Jackie Paige, Jon Hewett for coverage of… read more
The American Advertising Federation (AAF) of Greater Flint has awarded Krol Communication’s WRSR-FM (Flint) its Gold ADDY award for a commercial produced in-house. The station won the award in the category of Film, Video, & Sound > Audio/Radio Advertising > – Audio/Radio Advertising / Local > – Single Spot more than :30 seconds for “Mug… read more
The annual Michigan Associated Press Media Editors broadcast competition has announced winners in the 2021 Michigan APME awards. In the broadcast category, General Excellence awards for 2021 went to WDIV-TV (Detroit), WDET-FM (Detroit) and WKAR-AM/FM (East Lansing). Michigan’s Public Radio stations dominated the radio categories in all market sizes. In television, Michigan’s commercial stations placed… read more
The Academy of Country Music® announced this past Monday (1/24) Radio Awards nominees for the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards™, including a double nomination for Audacy’s WYCD-FM (Detroit). WYCD was nominated for Major Market Radio Station of the Year. Its morning show, Josh, Rachael & Grunwald In the Morning with Josh Holleman, Rachael Hunter… read more
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation has announced that entries are now being accepted for both the NAB Crystal Radio Awards as well as the 2022 Celebration of Service to America Awards. The NAB Crystal Radio Awards are presented annually at the NAB Show in Las Vegas…. read more
The Michigan Student Broadcast Awards are in full-swing, with students from around the state submitting their best work to be judged by Michigan broadcasters. We are looking forward to hosting an in-person Michigan Student Broadcast Awards Luncheon in conjunction with the Great Lakes Media Show on March 3, 2022 in Lansing. But first, we need… read more