|Philip Nye | George Hunter |John Maher | Ed Mullen | Bob Neil | Erik Smith | Lou Morton | Bill Applegate (WKNR FM) | Frank Beckman (Stereo Island) | Keener AirCheck Central An important dimension of the WKNR experience was its award winning news department. While the tight play list and personality of the announcers may have appealed to the younger demos, Keener Contact News was decidedly focused on the adult audience. Then as now, broadcast journalism in Detroit was cut-throat competitive. Contact news got it right and got it first often scooping larger, more well funded news operations. … Continue reading Contact News