Michigan Radio has been recognized with multiple Broadcast Excellence Awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB). These awards were first announced in mid-March during the MAB’s live Broadcast Excellence Awards show. During the show, we learned that the station won four “Best in Category” awards and two “Merit” awards.
Michigan Radio received MAB Broadcast Excellence Awards in the following categories:
Best in Category
- HARD NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS STORY – “Nine days in a Michigan abortion clinic, as election looms” by Kate Wells, Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith, Mercedes Mejia, Laura Weber Davis
- MINI-DOCUMENTARY OR SERIES – “Abortion Rights on the Michigan Ballot” by Kate Wells, Tracy Samilton, Sarah Cwiek, April Baer, April Van Buren, Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith
- NEWS SPECIAL OR PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM – “Oxford, One Year Later” by Stateside team
- SPECIAL INTEREST & CULTURAL PROGRAMMING - Stateside (Abortion coverage and Whitmer Trial)
Merit Awards
- NEWSCAST - Newscast: 6 a.m., Aug. 2, 2022 by Lauren Talley
- USE OF NEW MEDIA – “It’s Just Politics” TikTok by Zoe Clark, Michigan Radio Digital team
In addition to these earlier awards announced in mid-March, Michigan Radio also received several additional awards at the MAB's Broadcast Excellence Awards Gala held Saturday, April 29 at the Motor City Casino Hotel in Detroit.
Best in Category
- Community Involvement: Enterprise Team events – Michigan Radio Amplify Team (Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith, Jamie Simmons, Beenish Ahmed, Nisa Khan)
Merit Awards
- Community Involvement: Local Lives event – Michigan Radio Marketing (Steve Chrypinski, Suzanne Belanger)
- Station Excellence
The Broadcast Excellence Awards program recognizes outstanding achievement in broadcasting by commercial and public television and radio stations in Michigan. All 2022 entries aired between January 1 and December 31, 2022, and this year there were more than 950 entries. Michigan Radio competes in Group 2 of the Public Radio Station divisions, which is for stations with more than a $2 million budget.
