By: Karole L. White, MAB President/CEO As all of you have suffered the loss of revenue, we have lost several NCSA Partners this spring as well. It has put a significant strain on our budget. Others just postponed their messages until Fall. We have a few new NCSA Partners as a result of, but not… read more
MAB Executive Director of Programs Jacquelen Timm has accepted a position as the CEO with the Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners. Her last day with the MAB will be January 10. “Jackie has accomplished many things at the MAB and we are a better organization for her hard work,” MAB President/CEO Karole L. White said. … read more
The positive response to a May 2019 survey of MAB members asking if they would carry high school sports live or stream was overwhelmingly a YES. Background: The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Board of Directors established a policy decades ago that prohibits live television broadcasts of high school sporting events. With the plethora… read more
MAB Media Show Sponsor So-Cast is offering a free webinar to MAB members next week, Thursday, February 28 at 2 p.m. Eastern: Building your Digital Rate Card – Everything you need for your sales team to drive digital revenue. Heard about this huge revenue opportunity and wondering how your station can successfully drive more digital… read more
Your MAB has many exciting things happening in 2018! We are moving to a temporary location while our new building is under construction, we are launching a new website, there are Third Thursday webinars, the job bank website, legislative updates, political broadcasting webinars, Snack and Learns, celebrating 70 years of Michigan broadcasters and so much… read more
The MAB Staff is out and about sharing about the virtues of association membership with MAB members and their employees. Several stations have already hosted the MAB in 2018 and we are now booking Snack ‘N’ Learns for the for the second week in March. “With the turn over at stations, we can no longer… read more
Happy New Year … 2018 is quickly approaching. There are many exciting things in store here at the MAB. The Great Lakes Media Show will be held March 6 and 7 and host dynamic exhibitors, speakers and sessions to address new challenges facing broadcasters as they evolve into multi-media platforms. We also will be launching… read more
By: Peter Tanz, MAB Chairman Vice President, Midwest Communications (Kalamazoo) All of my company’s stations in Michigan are members of the MAB and have been for decades. Why? Simply because the MAB offers value that we can’t get from any other affiliation. The MAB is the voice for broadcasters in Michigan. Individually, I can be as active politically as time will… read more
By: Karole L. White President/CEO Michigan Assocation of Broadcasters If you are like many, the bird isn’t the only thing over the holidays that got stuffed. We all ate our fill. Now, its back to work where for the next month we will all try to sell as far into 2017 as we can. Securing… read more
The MAB is pleased to announce that we have added a new, paperless billing process through Freshbooks to add convenience and flexibility for our members. In the past two months, you may have noticed an invoice from Freshbooks, for your MAB dues, in your email inbox. This allows you to instantly and securely pay your… read more