760 WJR Named 'Station of The Year' by the MAB

760 WJR has been named Market One Commercial Radio Station of the Year by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.

The honor came Saturday night during the MAB’s Broadcast Excellence Awards, an annual red-carpet black-tie gala that was held at Sound Board inside MotorCity Casino Hotel. 

In addition to winning Station of The Year, 760 WJR also picked up an honor for “’JR Afternoons with Chris Renwick” as Best Regularly-Scheduled Broadcast Personality or Team, and another for the station’s efforts in Community Involvement.  

“Thank you to everyone associated with the Michigan Association of Broadcasters for this tremendous honor,” said 760 WJR Program Director Ann Thomas during her Station of The Year acceptance speech.

“As you can imagine … because WJR is more than a hundred years old … the archives in The Golden Tower of the Fisher Building are amazing.”

“While doing some spring cleaning the other day, I came across boxes of awards (and) plaques from non-profits applauding our work, and ‘thank you’ notes from community leaders and listeners.

It reminded me that all of us here in this room stand on the shoulders of the broadcasting greats who came before us.

They set the bar for excellence, and I am grateful that in 2024, the talent, producers, engineers, production, digital, and sales teams at WJR are still working to be the best in the business.”

All totaled, 760 WJR took home 10 Best awards, plus multiple Merit awards, with these winners announced previous to Saturday’s presentation:

BREAKING NEWS STORY: BEST: WJR-AM ~ Coverage at Michigan State University CREDITS: Marie Osborne, Chris Renwick

FEATURE/USE OF MEDIUM: BEST: WJR-AM ~ Cop Hug CREDITS: Marie Osborne
MERIT: WJR-AM ~ Magnum PI Day CREDITS: Marie Osborne

MARKETING MATERIALS & PROMOS: BEST: WJR-AM ~ WJR Streaming Promo CREDITS: Ann Thomas, Mark Blackwell

MINI-DOCUMENTARY OR SERIES: BEST: WJR-AM ~ “HealthWatch with Dick Haefner“ CREDITS: Dick Haefner
MERIT: WJR-AM ~ Politics of Hate CREDITS: Marie Osborne

MORNING SHOW BROADCAST PERSONALITY OR TEAM: MERIT: WJR-AM “’JR Morning”
CREDITS: Nick Roddy, Jaime Edmonds, Lloyd Jackson, Guy Gordon

PLAY-BY-PLAY SPORTS: BEST: WJR-AM ~ Michigan Panthers CREDITS: Chris Renwick, Jehuu Caulcrick, Nick Roddy, Dan Cahillane

SPECIAL SHOW BROADCAST PERSONALITY OR TEAM: BEST: WJR-AM ~ WJR Christmas on Us CREDITS: Paul W. Smith and the WJR Team

SPORTS: MERIT: WJR-AM ~ Lomas Brown Ring of Honor CREDITS: Marie Osborne, Lomas Brown

USE OF NEW MEDIA (ALL ENCOMPASSING): BEST: WJR-AM ~ Greenways to a Growing Resurgence CREDITS: Curtis Paul, Andrew Mullin, WJR News

USE OF NEW MEDIA (SINGLE PROJECT): MERIT: WJR-AM ~ Detroit Grand Prix Charts New Course CREDITS: Curtis Paul, Andrew Mullin, WJR News

The Michigan Association of Broadcasters is a non-profit organization that advocates for the radio and television broadcast industry. Their annual Broadcast Excellence Awards, now in its 28th year, celebrates the outstanding achievements of radio and television across the State of Michigan.

Learn more and see the complete list of winners at MichiganMedia.com.