WJBK-TV/FOX2 (Detroit) has announced a new anchor lineup. Amy Andrews has been promoted to weekday morning anchor. She’ll accompany Jay Towers on the FOX 2 Morning News. Deena Centofanti and Maurielle Lue will team up to anchor The Nine. Raj Roop will take Andrews’ place at 11 a.m. and Lue’s position on The Nine. Lue will… read more
From important educational sessions to the ever popular Broadcast Excellence Awards Ceremony, the Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference (GLBC) is designed with YOU in mind and planned so that you can make the most of your time at the conference! Steve Julin is back at GLBC this year to bring you a great session about the… read more
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies Last year, we rebuilt the Jacobs Media website from the ground up to enable us to execute the same type of Content Marketing strategy that we recommend to our radio station clients. This post is the second in a series explaining what we did and how your radio station… read more
By Nikki W. O’Meara, MSU Today Roughly 1,500 people visited the WKAR Public Media studios at Michigan State University’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences on Saturday, January 14 to celebrate the launch of a new, free, localized 24-hour kids channel and multiplatform services from WKAR Public Media. The channel, called WKAR PBS Kids, broadcasts… read more
Wondering what ATSC 3.0 means for television broadcasters and television viewers? Watch this video fromThe Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc., is an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital television:
Following the long-awaited FCC approval of the purchase of Media General by Nexstar Media Group, the company closed on the transaction on January 17. With the closing, Nexstar has promoted WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids) General Manager (and former MAB Chairman) Diane Kniowski to Senior Vice President and Regional Manager. In this new role, Kniowski will oversee… read more
Ameera David has joined WXYZ/WMYD-TV as a 7 Action News Anchor/Reporter. David was the host of “Boom Bust,” RT America’s flagship financial news program. Headquartered in Washington D.C., the show is broadcast daily to 700 million households in over 100 countries worldwide. Before hosting “Boom Bust,” David was a correspondent and anchor for the general… read more
Dan Clark has been named Local Sales Manager at WXYZ-TV (Detroit). Clark has been an account executive with the station since May 2012. He has a proven track record as a sales executive and is consistently a top performer in all key revenue streams, including digital and new business development. He was the station’s #1… read more
Once again this year, the MAB partnered with Central Michigan University to bring the Governor’s annual State of the State Address. The broadcast, along with the Democratic Response, was provided via satellite to 29 commercial and public television stations throughout the state. In addition, 33 commercial and public radio stations aired coverage anchored by Michigan… read more
Its not over until its over. In an article published just after noon eastern time today (1/23), Broadcasting and Cable reports that the FCC’s spectrum auction isn’t finished quite yet. In round 4 of stage 4 (in what is essentially the clean-up phase of the spectrum incentive auction), forward auction bidders upped their bids by about… read more