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BIFFSTOCK 2010 PLEDGE DRIVE BRINGS IN OVER $4500 IN DONATIONS AND PLEDGES!
The Bloomfield Hills School District’s radio station WBFH, also known as The Biff, began broadcasting its 34th Annual Biffstock pledge drive April 15th and concluded April 17th at 3 a.m. WBFH students collected money and pledges from listeners in the community to help underwrite radio station enhancement expenses.
Donations and pledges totaled over $4500. An exact total will be posted here soon as well as a list on donors. Thank you for your support!
“Our radiothon is a fun event for the radio students and it gives listeners a chance to support community radio with their donations” said WBFH Biffstock Chair and Andover senior Josh Loney. All 26 WBFH staff students from Andover and Lahser were on the air for two hour shifts for a total of 33 hours of live programming. Listeners can also follow the station on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TheBiff881.
There are five levels of support for those that want to be a fan of The Biff: General Admission ($10), Balcony ($25), Main Floor ($50), Backstage Pass ($100), and Meet & Greet ($250 or more). Those who donate receive donor announcements aired on the station and a fan swag bag consisting of a Biff bumper sticker, pen, button and T-shirt. Listeners who would like to be an underwriter can do so by calling (248) 341-WBFH. They can also fax in pledges to (248) 341-5679 or e-mail pledges to TheBiff@Radio.fm.
Listeners are also encouraged to join The Biff Fan Group on Facebook. Search “WBFH 88.1 FM, The Biff” and join the fan group.
The station broadcast live during the school day from Lahser High School Thursday, April 15 and from Andover High School Friday, April 16.
A benefit concert was held in the Andover gym Friday night. Performing were local bands Twentyforseven, Live the Dash, Magic Firewater and Anemic Royalty. DJ's Amir and Lex kicked off the show at 5. They also performed in the lunch room during lunch before enthusiatic crowds. A $5 donation was collected at the door. |
WBFH DOMINATES MAEB AWARDS
Seven Bloomfield Hills School District radio broadcasting students won 14 state broadcasting awards from the Michigan Association of Educational Broadcasters (M.A.E.B.) at their annual Share-a-thon held March 23, 2010 at the University of Detroit Mercy. Students from both Andover and Lahser operate the District radio station WBFH, also known as “The Biff”, from the studios in Andover High School.
The M.A.E.B. is an organization made up of high school and college radio stations and one vocational broadcasting school from around the state. The awards were given to the student’s level of performance: Gold Microphone, Silver Microphone, and Bronze Microphone. The following WBFH students won awards at the ceremony:
Josh Loney, Andover senior: Production-Gold, Interview-Gold, Air Check-Gold, MAEB Promo-Silver, Newscast/Sportscast-Bronze
Chad Shepard, Lahser senior: Sports Play-By-Play-Gold, Production-Silver
Ryan Bloom, Andover senior: Sports Play-By-Play-Gold, Production-Bronze, Newscast/Sportscast-Bronze, Talk Show (with Drake Deitch)-Bronze
Patrick Garretson, Lahser senior: Production-Gold
Alex Scharg, Andover senior: Sports Play-By-Play-Bronze
Kevin Furlong, Andover senior: Production-Bronze
Drake Deitch, Andover senior: Talk Show (with Ryan Bloom)-Bronze
The keynote speaker was Matt Shepard, co-host of the Shep and Sharp Show which airs from 3-6 p.m. on the sports talk station WDFN 1130 AM in Detroit. Other guest speakers included Marie Osborne of WWJ 950 AM and Curtis Paul of Citadel Broadcasting in Detroit.
The WBFH management team of Pete Bowers, Randy Carr and Ron Wittebols were active in the event serving as award judges, award presenters and breakout session moderators. |
Eight WBFH Radio
Students Win 14 State Broadcasting Awards from the Michigan Association
of Broadcasters
WBFH Wins 2010 MAB High School Station of the Year Award |
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Bloomfield Hills School District radio broadcasting
students won five first place awards, three second place awards and six
third place awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB)
at their annual Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference held March 3, 2010
at the Lansing Center in Lansing. WBFH received the most
cumulative points in all categories entered and was awarded the High
School Station of the Year.
The MAB received 458 entries from 33 schools for their annual High
School and College Broadcasting Awards competition. WBFH students
won 14 of the 26 awards given out in the high school radio division:
- Lahser senior Chad Shepard won five
awards: 1st Place, MHSAA Sports PSA; 1st Place, Sportscast/Sports
Play-by-Play; 2nd Place, Promotional Announcement; 3rd Place, Talk Show
(with Bobby Brandon); 3rd Place, Air Check (with Drake Deitch).
- Andover senior Josh Loney won four
awards: 1st Place, Talk Show; 2nd Place, Air Check; 3rd Place,
Daily Newscast/News Feature; 3rd Place (tie), Promotional Announcement.
- Andover senior Josh Gordon won two
awards: 2nd Place, Public Service Announcement; 3rd Place (tie),
Promotional Announcement.
- Andover senior Kevin Furlong won
one award: 1st Place, Daily Newscast/News Feature.
- Lahser senior Patrick Garretson won
one award: 1st Place, Promotional Announcement.
- Andover senior Ryan Bloom won one
award: 3rd Place, Station Activities Report.
- Andover senior Drake Deitch won one
award: 3rd Place, Air Check (with Chad Shepard).
- Lahser junior Bobby Brandon won one
award: 3rd Place, Talk Show (with Chad Shepard).
The WBFH management team of Station Manager Pete
Bowers, Assistant Manager/Technical Director Randy
Carr and Remote Supervisor/Program Director Ron
Wittebols were present to congratulate the award winning
students and accept the Station of the Year Award on their
behalf. This was the sixth Station of the Year Award WBFH has won
in the last eight years.
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- Randy Carr was given a Support Staff Recognition Award at the School Board Meeting Thursday, March 4th. We salute Mr. Carr for his contributions to WBFH and the school district.
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- Three Biffers won the top three awards in the Public Service Announcement Contest sponsored by the League of Women Voters Oakland Area. The 2010 Census PSA by Chad Shepard (Lahser senior) won 1st Place and a $250 cash prize. Lahser senior Patrick Garretson's PSA won 2nd Place and a $100 cash prize. Andover senior Kevin Furlong's PSA won 3rd Place and a $50 cash prize. The contest was open to all public, private, parachial and home-schooled students who attend or reside in Oakland County.
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- Former Biffer JoAnne Purtan made a surprise visit to the Biff January 22nd. JoAnne is an Anchor/Reporter for Channel 7 Action News in Detroit.
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- Five WBFH Staff members (Chad Shepard, Drake Deitch, Ryan Bloom, Kevin Furlong and Josh Loney) took a tour of 97.1 The Ticket on January 19th. Former Biffer Scott Anderson gave us the tour. Gator is the mid-day co-host from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Click HERE for a video of the tour.
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