Season's Greetings! This is the final edition of MAB News Briefs for 2021.
We wish you a safe and joyful rest of your holiday season
and a Happy New Year!
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Your MAB Staff: (L-R) Rachel Krause, Ann Walters, Sam Klemet, Karole White, Dan Kelley, Sara Siegmann, Denise Weston |
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MAB Holiday Office Hours:
Friday, December 24: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Monday, December 27: CLOSED
Friday, December 31: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Monday, January 3: CLOSED
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A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM
MAB'S KAROLE WHITE
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To my Dear Friends and Colleagues:
It is with excitement and some trepidation that I write to you in this last newsletter of the year as the President of MAB. I will be stepping down as President on January 2 after 36 years. I will continue as development manager of the MAB Foundation for a few more months, helping to raise funds and secure new endowments.
It has been an honor to serve as President of the MAB, MAB Foundation and Michigan Association of Public Broadcasters. Read More
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Entry System Is Open!
Entry Deadline: January 10, 2022
Awards Banquet: Thursday, March 3, 2022
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January 4 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Free Webinar: "Fighting Fakes and Truth Decay" with The Poynter Institute.
January 10
Quarterly Issues/Programs Report for 4th Quarter 2021 due in Online Public Inspection File.
January 20 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Free Webinar: "Trends of the Future Now – What Every Broadcaster Should Know From CES" with Shawn Dubravac.
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Keynote Speaker Announced For
Great Lakes Media Show - March 2-3!
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The Michigan Association of Broadcasters is excited to welcome ESPN’s Rece Davis as our 2022 Great Lakes Media Show Keynote Speaker.
Prior to his time at ESPN, Davis spent nearly two years in Flint, Michigan as a sports anchor and reporter at WJRT-TV.
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Davis, one of the sports industry’s preeminent hosts and a mainstay on ESPN for more than 25 years, is the host of ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning College GameDay Built by The Home Depot. He is also a host for premier college football events including the College Football Playoff National Championship and the NFL Draft on ABC, in addition to select play-by-play assignments for college football and basketball. Read More
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Our sessions will provide insight into helping broadcasters thrive in 2022 and beyond. The Show also includes a jam-packed exhibit hall full of new technology and toys to try out, a career fair networking event, student awards lunch, and a Broadcast Excellence Awards (BEA) that will celebrate the incredible achievements of our Michigan broadcasters. REGISTER NOW BELOW:
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LEGISLATIVE / REGULATORY UPDATES |
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Weekly Michigan Government Update
Kelley Cawthorne is the MAB legislative consultant working with MAB President White on your behalf in Lansing
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After the House of Representatives and Senate adopted identical versions of legislation aimed at attracting large business projects and development last week, both chambers adopted this week a $1.5 billion supplemental spending bill to fund that legislation. Read More
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Auction of New Over-the-Air Full-Power TV Stations to Occur in 2022 – First New TV Stations in More than a Decade
By: David Oxenford, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP
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An auction of construction permits for 27 new TV stations is scheduled to occur in June 2022, as we noted in one of our weekly updates on regulatory activities for broadcasters. This auction will be the first auction of new TV channels in over a decade – and the first in over a decade and a half that includes UHF channels that are considered better suited for digital transmissions. Read More
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Advisory: Stations Should Check With Web/IT Providers on New Apache Vulnerability |
Member stations are advised to check with their IT, web and cloud services providers to be certain they are patched for a new Apache vulnerability. The vulnerability, discovered last week, is in Apache logging package log4j has affected potentially thousands of companies worldwide, and is a particularly serious problem. Read More
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Record Amount Raised At WJR SAY Detroit 10th Annual Radiothon |
On December 9, Cumulus Media's WJR-AM (Detroit) presented its 10th Annual SAY Detroit Radiothon, hosted by Mitch Albom. The live broadcast originated from the Somerset Collection in Troy. Read More
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iHeart West Michigan Raises $490,377 For Helen DeVos Children's Hospital |
On December 9 and 10, iHeartMedia’s STAR 105.7 (WSRW-FM) and B-93 (WBCT-FM) aired the 22nd Annual Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Radiothon, sharing patient stories about how The Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital annual fund supports over 20 different programs. Read More
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Hyper-Local News Coming to WWJ-TV in 2022 |
WWJ-TV (CBS 62), the ViacomCBS-owned station in Detroit, will build from scratch a full-scale, hyper-local news department in 2022. The announcement was made December 14. Read More
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Townsquare Grand Rapids Ups Ken Evans to Director of Content |
Ken Evans will now serve as Director of Content for Townsquare Media Grand Rapids. Evans will oversee all of the on-air and online content creators in the market for Active Rock WGRD-FM, Hot AC WLHT-FM, Classic Hits WFGR-FM, Adult Contemporary WTRV-FM and Hip Hop WNWZ. Read More
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WKAR Brings New Jazz Radio Show to Mid-Michigan Airwaves |
WKAR Public Media at Michigan State is launching a new jazz radio show on New Year's Day. A Groove Supreme presents two hours of jazz every Saturday evening, hosted by Michael Stratton. A Groove Supreme debuts at 8 p.m. ET on Sat., Jan. 1, 2022, on WKAR 90.5 FM from East Lansing. Read More
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Webinars are free to MAB members and are archived for later viewing. Questions? Contact Dan Kelley at 1-800-YOUR-MAB. |
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FREE WEBINAR: Fighting Fakes and Truth Decay
with The Poynter Institute
January 4, 2022 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (Eastern)
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Where does information come from and who is behind it? Why do people spread disinformation? How can you detect fake photos? What is metadata and what will it tell you? What does every journalist need to understand about algorithms? See the newest tools fakers use to alter video and audio. How to use polysearch tools to get to the root of an images’ origin. |
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FREE WEBINAR: Trends of the Future Now – What Every Broadcaster Should Know From CES
with Shawn Dubravac, President of Avrio Institute and former chief economist for Consumer Technology Association
January 20, 2022 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (Eastern)
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- Where do our biases come from?
- How do we recognize our own biases?
- Eight kinds of biases that can influence our journalism (these don’t make you a bad person, they mean you are normal)
- How biases influence who is in and out of our coverage
- How you can find new voices that will give you new insights, even on deadline
- How biases even show up in our Google searches
- The MOST likely place your biases might show up in a carefully crafted story
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Available Now ON DEMAND
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Paul Weyland discusses how to get the attention of computer repair shops and digital security services! WATCH HERE!
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First 2022 Career Fair at Great Lakes Media Show March 3! |
The MAB Foundation partners with broadcast stations and educational institutions across the state of Michigan to host a series of Career Fairs each spring and fall. The first fair of 2022 will be during the Great Lakes Media Show on March 3 from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. |
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Why Your Radio Station Should Use ‘Thank You’ Webpages
By: Seth Resler, Jacobs Media Strategies
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As a general rule, once a listener comes to your website, the last thing we want to do is send them elsewhere. That's why I frown on websites using the “Latest Posts” widgets that direct people back to social media. You worked hard to get people to your site; don't encourage them to leave! Read More
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