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WEMU Receives 2017 Public Radio Station Of The Year Award

WEMU Awards
Patrik Holubik
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89.1 WEMU
89.1 WEMU received three Best in Category awards, four Merit awards, and station of the year for 2017.

For two out of the last three years, 89.1 WEMU has been recognized as the 2017 Public Radio Station of the Year by theMichigan Association of Broadcastersfor Public Radio Group 1, as well as several merit and best in category awards. 

The awards were presented at the MAB's yearly Broadcast Excellence Awards held at the Lansing Center on Wednesday evening. The Broadcast Excellence Awards program recognizes outstanding achievement in broadcasting by commercial and public television and radio stations in Michigan each year. All 2017 entries aired between January 1 and December 31, 2017.
 

89.1 WEMU received three “Best in Category” awards and four Merit awards in the following categories:

Station Awards

  •  STATION OF THE YEAR (Public Radio Group 1)

Best in Category

Merit Awards

Additional production credits to producers Mat Hopson, Taylor Pinson, Patrik Holubik and reporter Jorge Avellan.  

WEMU-FM is lead by:

  • Vice President for Communications, Walter Kraft
  • General Manager Molly Motherwell 
  • Content Director Patrick Campion
  • Chief Broadcast Engineer (Emeritus) Ray Cryderman
  • Music Director (Emeritus) Linda Yohn
  • News Director David Fair

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