Articles tagged:radio

Posted: Fri May 25 10:53 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
'Peter Greenberg Worldwide' radio show will focus on Ann Arbor on Saturday

Ann Arbor will be the focus of the Saturday, May 26 radio broadcast of "Peter Greenberg Worldwide," a radio travel show that will stream live from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at www.petergreenberg.com. Guests featured on the Ann Arbor episode include: • Coy Vaughn, deputy director, Washtenaw County Parks • ...

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Posted: Wed May 23 9:31 a.m. by Kevin Ransom AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Linda Yohn celebrating 25 years playing jazz at WEMU

On Friday morning, right around 9 a.m., Linda Yohn will flip the switch that turns on her studio microphone at WEMU, 89.1-FM. When she does, she’ll be marking a milestone—her 25th anniversary of being an on-air host at Eastern Michigan University’s venerable public-radio station. Yes, it was on May 25, ...

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Posted: Tue May 8 5:59 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
'This American Life - Live' broadcast will feature Sedaris, Rakoff and more

Ira Glass, host of the popular public-radio show "This American Life," returns to movie screens nationwide with "This American Life—Live!", a special live performance on Thursday, May 10 at 8 p.m. Locals will be able to see the show at Quality 16, at 3686 Jackson Road, or at Rave Motion ...

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Posted: Sat May 5 5 a.m. by Paul Wiener AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
This Week's Web Picks: infinite baseball; everybody's foreign accent; the protein game; and worldwide radio

Baseball-Reference.com How many times did the Tigers strike out in 2003? Here is a site that offers tons of cold hard facts. Well, not all cold. Is there any sport other than baseball that is as elevated - some might even say defined - by statistics? Maybe it's due to ...

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Posted: Mon Apr 9 5:55 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

The Moth and Michigan Radio will host the third Michigan GrandSLAM on Wednesday, April 11 at The Ark, 316 S. Main St. Hosted by bestselling author and Moth podcast host Dan Kennedy, ten champion Moth StorySLAM raconteurs will spin five-minute true tales on the theme “Fight or Flight.” No notes ...

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Posted: Fri Apr 6 11:12 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Nik Thompson has been named the new permanent host of "Sunday Best," the popular traditional jazz program on WEMU (89.1-FM). Thompson has been serving as interim host of the show since longtime host Arwulf Arwulf stepped down in early February. Thompson will continue hosting 89.1 Jazz on Saturdays (5-8 a.m.) ...

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Posted: Sat Mar 17 10:14 a.m. by Paul Wiener AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
This week's web picks: An Antarctica radio station, Ann Arbor Film Festival archives and more

A-Net Station There are really only two reasons to love this page: the music it streams, and its links to Antarctica. I'm not sure which I like more. The site was set up in Antarctica by George Maat and was one of the first internet radio stations to offer nonstop, commercial-free, ...

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Posted: Thu Mar 15 12:53 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Washtenaw County's two public-radio stations, WUOM (91.7-FM) at the University of Michigan and WEMU (89.1-FM) at Eastern Michigan University, have begun their annual spring fund-raising drives. Listener donations are an important source of income for both stations, and WEMU is shooting for a record today, the first day of its ...

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Posted: Mon Feb 20 5:12 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

"Marketplace Morning Report," a nationally distributed public-radio business program, plans to broadcast from Ann Arbor this week. The American Public Media program will use Michigan Radio’s Ann Arbor studios. According to a press release, the show will focus all week on the economy of Michigan and the Midwest, "highlighting the ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 8 3:20 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Arwulf Arwulf, well-known local radio host, poet and general cultural presence, is ending one of his long-running gigs, as host of the WEMU (89.1-FM) program "Sunday Best."

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Posted: Mon Jan 23 11:32 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
NPR's most recent 'Snap Judgment' kicks off with an Ann Arbor anecdote

The National Public Radio show "Snap Judgment," hosted by Michigan native and U-M law school graduate Glynn Washington, began with a brief Ann Arbor-set anecdote this past week, in an episode titled, "Hand of Fate." You can download the show at http://snapjudgment.org/podcast. Washington described being a transfer student at U-M, ...

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Posted: Wed Jan 18 5:51 a.m. by Roger LeLievre AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Ann Arbor-based Acoustic Cafe radio show fine-tunes tour with hometown date Tuesday at The Ark

Carrie Rodriguez "Acoustic Cafe," the weekly, produced-in-Ann Arbor radio show that enjoys a worldwide syndicated audience, will settle in at The Ark Tuesday night for a hometown "Acoustic Cafe" live show featuring three performers familiar to Ann Arbor audiences. Singer-songwriters Erin McKeown, Kelly Joe Phelps and Carrie Rodriguez will perform ...

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Posted: Fri Oct 7 4:22 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

WCBN, the student radio station at the University of Michigan, plans to participate in National College Radio Day on Tuesday with a special event on the U-M Diag.

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Posted: Mon Jun 20 5:01 p.m. by Bob Needham Entertainment director, AnnArbor.com

Mark Copeland, a program host and music director on radio's WQKL (107.1-FM), has been let go from the station. Copeland is no longer listed on the station's website, and both Copeland and the station, known as "Ann Arbor's 107one," confirmed via email that his employment ended last week. Program director ...

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Posted: Mon Jun 20 11:40 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
WEMU's Linda Yohn named top jazz radio programmer for third straight year

Linda Yohn Linda Yohn—music director at WEMU (89.1-FM), the public-radio station at Eastern Michigan University—was named Jazz Programmer of the Year in a major market, for the third straight year, on Saturday at the JazzWeek Summit's annual awards brunch in Rochester, NY. JazzWeek, celebrating its 10th anniversary in August, is ...

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