This week, we've got another MAB Board Profile, this time highlighting Dan Boers of WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids).  Dan is serving his first term on the board.  Get to know him in the article below.

Also this week, lots of awards to announce, both from the AP and RTDNA.  Michigan commercial and non-commercial winners won in both contests and we're very proud!  All that and more.

Thanks for reading.  Have a great week. 

 
Dan Kelley
Director of Technical Services
Digital Communications Manager

According to a report in TVNewsCheck, the FCC Chair Ajit Pai announced the introduction next month of an overarching review of the commission's broadcasting, cable and satellite rules.  Read more here...


May is one of the few months without the normal list of quarterly filings and EEO public file reports. But, just because there are none of these regular filings due, that does not mean that the month will be a quiet one for broadcasters on the regulatory front. In fact, far from it.
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By: Chris Lytle, Content Developer
InstantSalesTraining.com

So, I thought I'd write another article about closing sales. To get the ball rolling, I googled "best sales closing lines."  Unfortunately... Read more here...

Last Wednesday, I spoke about podcasting at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. My goal was to give everybody in the room ideas that they could use to launch a podcast in the next 30 days.  Read more here...

Do you know an outstanding broadcasting, media, sales, engineering or journalism student that has great ideas and would love to become more involved in the broadcast industry?  Read more here...


The latest issue of Beyond the Classroom, the MAB Foundation student newsletter has just been sent out.  In this issue, there's Michigan broadcasting job opportunities, a review of our recent student awards luncheon and an interview with WLNS-TV (Lansing) News Director Jam Sardar.  Read more here...