text: Michiguide.com 2012 News Archives: Television: June 2012 Archives
  Television: June 2012 Archives
  Newsmakers and links: June 13, 2012
  on June 13, 2012 7:25 AM | Permalink
  WXYZ-TV is pleased to name sports reporter and anchor Tom Leyden as the Sports Director for Channel 7. Leyden follows in the footsteps of Don Shane who retired from the station earlier this year. Leyden was hired at WXYZ in 2004.
  Full story: Tom Leyden named Sports Director for WXYZ (Wed, 6/13)
  Federal agents are scrutinizing $75,000 in payments to a private company owned by Detroit radio host Mildred Gaddis from firms affiliated with two former guest hosts now facing criminal charges, according to two sources. Highland Park school board member Robert Davis and former Wayne County Assistant Executive Michael Grundy were once regulars on Gaddis' "Inside Detroit" morning show on WCHB-AM 1200.
  Full story: Pay to Mildred Gaddis' firm probed (Wed, 6/13)
  Full story: FCC Rejects Appeal, Orders Two Michigan Noncomms Shut (Wed, 6/13)
  CBS Top 40 WDZH (98.7 AMP RADIO)/DETROIT continues to see changes in its air staff, as night slammer NICK WIZE, know on-air as STYLZ, will exit.
  Full story: WDZH Night Host Stylz Exits (Wed, 6/13)
  BELL MEDIA GROUP Talk CKLW-A/WINDSOR, ON has added SYNDICATED SOLUTIONS, INC.'s "BLUE LIFESTYLE WITH ANTHONY DIAS BLUE."
  Full story: CKLW Adds 'Blue Lifestyle' (Wed, 6/13)
  Newsmakers and links: June 18, 2012
  on June 18, 2012 10:32 AM | Permalink
  Michigan 2012 Emmy Award winners announced
  The Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held their Emmy Award banquet over the weekend, handing out hardware to a number of personalities and organizations across the state.
  A complete list of winners is available on the Chapter's web site at www.natasmichigan.org - or just click here for the .pdf with all the winners.
  Sunny skies, the smell of elephant ears drifting deliciously, and the sound of homespun music about love, two-tracks and tractors -- what could be better than B-93 Birthday Bash?