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Jim Matthews was the overnight anchor at Metro Detroit's WWJ-AM known as "Newsradio 950". He had held that position for seven years. He was 57 years old at the time of his death. [1] "Matthews" was the name he used professionally; his legal surname was "Nicolai". [2] He was a graduate of Lutheran High School in Harper Woods, Michigan. [3]
Mort Crim (born July 31, 1935) [1] is an author and former broadcast journalist. Crim joined Channel 4 (soon to be named WDIV-TV) in Detroit in 1978. Crim stayed with the station 19 years before retiring from anchoring TV newscasts in 1997.
In 1969, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began to impose restrictions on the common ownership of print and broadcast media in the same market.The combination of the Detroit News and WWJ-AM-FM-TV was given grandfathered protection from the new regulations, but by the mid-to-late 1970s, the Evening News Association was under pressure to break up its Detroit cluster voluntarily.
(CBS DETROIT) - Al Allen, a Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame honoree who worked in broadcast news in Detroit for over 50 years, died Tuesday. He was 79. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and ...
Eliot started broadcasting Detroit weather on WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV on channel 4) from the 1947 to 1980. [7] He later forecasted for WJBK-TV (channel 2) Detroit from 1980 to 1983, [8] and also hosted a movie series on WKBD-TV (channel 50). [9] [10] He was known for his jokes during his weather broadcast and combining words together.
He retired from WJLA-TV on September 15, 2017. [3] He was a radio personality on WGTS 91.9 FM, a Christian radio station. [4] [5] He stated that he wanted to use his platform as a well-known figure in the Washington area for Christian ministry. [1] Hill died on November 22, 2021, at the age of 71. [6]
Longtime “Deadliest Catch” cast member Nick McGlashan has reportedly died at age 33. The TV star died Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee, TMZ reported, citing confirmations from both a medical ...
Six of the nine CEOs of Detroit's largest corporations listen as Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan talks during a news conference on June 3, 2020. Duggan and others spoke at the Detroit City Council ...