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 • ...
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, ...
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 ...
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.) ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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."
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, ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...