Frank Beckmann retires after nearly 50 years - Michigan Radio & TV Buzzboard Acceptable registrations in the queue through December 31, 2022 at 9:30a ET have now been activated. According to the Detroit Free Press, the former WJR Radio host had been sick for nearly a year since his retirement from the station.. Beckmann began his career at WJR in 1973, starting as a sports talk show host. In reply to Beckmann's a great announcer by Bodogblog. The disease is untreatable. He knew how to press the professionals, so they didnt disassemble or reflect, WJR host Guy Gordon told the paper. WJR has had a long history serving as the radio home for Detroit sports teams, but after the Lions decided to drop their broadcasting rights deal with WJR this year, 97.1 The Ticket will be the flagship station for all four of the city's pro teams. I watch this channel exclusively for news. Beckmann then transferred to the sports department, eventually serving as Sports Director. First of all, I like Jalen Rose, but his comments were stupid. He has worked at Sirius XM in Washington D.C., WBEN in Buffalo, NY, and for stations in Baltimore, MD. Click link below to read more That's up from a low of 2.6 reported in June 2019 but down significantly from the 6.7 rating it achieved in December 2017. They are nowhere near being racist? (WXYZ) Metro Detroit broadcasting legend Frank Beckmann has died at the age of 72. I just find it hard to swallow picking and choosing. Over the illustrious history of 760 WJR, Frank Beckmann was second only to J.P. McCarthy in his legedary status at the 50,000-watt blowtorch. His comments were clearly alluding to somethimg more than what was written, and I think what the OP assumes that something is a general annimostity toward outgoing african american players that became bigger than Michigan that aren't going to behave as old white men would want them to. Click below to see everything we have to offer. He started with WJR in 1973 as the newsroom's youngest-ever reporter. As for jealous and bitter vs. youthful and arrogantI'll concede the point that I was putting meaning on to your words that perhaps you didn't mean. - Anne Frank 2016-02-03 Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank ist weltberhmt als Dokumentation des unmenschlichen Alltags unter der Nazi-Herrschaft in den Niederlanden. What happens if your vehicle falls through the ice? I like Beckmanns voice for football. Rather than calling itself The Eagle 96.9, the radio station will now be known as Freedom 96.9 (h/tRadio Insight). We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. It is not yet decided what will replace Beckmann's show, which airs weekdays 9 a.m. to noon. I didn't learn about this until reading Brian's Beckmann-referencing post, but for those still not in the loop, Beckmann said this on his Facebook page Sunday: "I got called off vacation to broadcast the Michigan hoops games in CharlotteM/Duke should be greatThis M team is the antithesis of the Fab 5, unselfish, always plays hard, no sense of entitlement, respects opponents, and no racistsWe should thank Jalen Rose for reminding everyone why we never want another group like the Fab 5 at Michigan, or any other school!!!". Charges against John DePetro have been dismissed as the radio host faced a trespassing charge related to an incident over the summer during a Monday court hearing. The University made money on the backs of the poor starving kid, blah blah blah, they still cheated (Webber the most obviously, but it is a little arrogant to think that none of them knew about him or were receiving anything themselves). With a Crains Detroit Subscription you get exclusive access, insights and experiences to help you succeed in business. Im watching oldDatelines. The 72-year-old longtime media personality has beensuffering from vascular dementia, a rare and untreatable brain disease. The family asks for donations to be made to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which is creating the Frank Beckmann Center for Journalism, instead of flowers. It's sad to know that it is simply cheap political hackery anymore. Detroit Radio Legend Frank Beckmann Dead at Age 72. Advertisement Image Credit:freep.com Who Is Frank Beckmanns Wife Karen? He said he was glad to see "no racists" on this current team unlike the Fab Five -- I don't need to even go into that one. The station finished December with a 4.6 rating, the 10th-highest ranked station in the market, according to Nielsen data. I tune out on the weekend. I would say they were more built on not understanding people who do not grow up like you grew up. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The radio host thanked MSNBC for providing him with what he loves: 24/7 news. WebDenn schreiben will ich! I've always thought he was overrated. FOX 2 - Longtime WJR host and University of Michigan football announcer Frank Beckmann passed away Saturday night at a hospice center in Clarkston. topicthat I also appreciate my relative *advantages* well enough that I respect those that reach maturity and success without them, as well. i doubt your grandmother has a 50,000 watt radio station or a facebook page, nor does she represent a university with a $5 billion endowment that has recently been through some issues with affirmative action. The Pistons' fourth quarter rally almost was enough to take down the Bulls. He would call Wolverines games for 33 seasons. Ryan Hedrick serves as the Assistant Program Director and Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. The two then swapped jobs, with Harwell taking over on the radio and Beckmann replacing Harwell on TV. "That's one I'll never forget," Beckmann said. My question is, why are we all obligated to love the Fab 5? Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. They werestupid thoughts then, too, but at least I canunderstanda young man not being very wise. He served as the morning sports anchor on Newstalk 760 WJR before hosting his own talk show on the station for almost 18 years. Personally, I would MUCH rather see Brando retire. Beckmann said in the release that he will miss doing his dream job but looks forward to "all the upcoming additional golf time. The guy should be fired because he sucks. During Wednesday morning's broadcast,Dietz interviewed Macomb County public works commissioner Candice Miller, Oakland Country treasurerAndy Meisner, former WJR reporter Tom Corbett (who now resides in Hong Kong and talked about the massive protests underway there) and a former hit man again in trouble with the law. Karen Beckmann, his wife, told The Detroit News thatdoctors give him days to live. The final day for "The Frank Beckmann Show" is scheduled for March 26, WJR owner Cumulus Media announced Wednesday. Beckmann is survived by Karen, son Jonathan of Rochester Hills, daughter Tori (Andrew) Kughn of Clarkston, and grandchildren Pierson, Brooks, and Sawyer Kughn. I don't see how this should affect his standing as a play-by-play man. This past Election Day, Nov. 3, Beckmann interviewed Trump, who expressed his confidence in winning re-election and complimented Beckmann's show. WJR's longtime voice Frank Beckmann dies at 72 - The Detroit Former WDIV-TV reporter Kevin Dietz fills in on Detroit's WJR radio Prayers for Frank and his family, and thanks for decades of memories. From Detroit News: Karen Beckmann, his wife, told The Detroit News that doctors give him days to live. He would go on to be the only broadcaster to call games for all four of Detroit's professional sports, according to a news release. Thank you for your support! Ufer and Beckmann were the only two radio voices for Wolverine Football for 65 years. Words cannot express how happy I am to be here as a historian, as a scientist, and as a lover of nature. ", Beckmann continued: "I even got a text this morning from Jocelyn Benson and that meant a lot to me because sure, I've got my views, and they may be different than somebody else's, but you have to listen to them. If you choose to make a purchase after clicking a link, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. Apparently someone has struck a nerve with you! In fact, after living with many blacks and interacting with them on a daily basis, it's quite the opposite(in many cases). Dietz also said in the post, "It is important to include the fact that alcohol was provided at this event and, according to management, was a factor in my termination. Six years ago, he was jailed under Michigan's "super drunk" law after being cited for driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.17% or higher, according to Michigan Secretary of State records. He is survived by his wife, Karen, and two children, Jon and Tori. More:WDIV-TV reporter Kevin Dietz says he was terminated over comment about black reporter, The station released a statement on July 1 that framed Dietz's departure as a resignation:Kevin Dietz has resigned from WDIV effective immediately. And as for "Why can't this guy just notlike the fab five and leave it at that?" Controversial celebrities such as Michigan rocker Ted Nugent also frequented Beckmann's show, but his highest-profile interview recently was with outgoing President Donald Trump. Bball just has a higher baseline announcing intensity than fball does. RR guys andCarr guys, too. Brant believes in order to be a good meteorologist, you have to be able to visualize what youre communicating to people. Stupid comments built on youth and ignorance. This was made on facebook, and not even to the general public. Among his accomplishments at the station was starting the Sportswrap talk show in 1981. Thanks, your message has been sent successfully. Privacy Policy "As a youngster growing up on the east side of Detroit, I always imagined sitting behind a microphone, announcing Lions and Tigers game. Everything is too black and white. During his time on the air, he also broadcast Detroit Lions from 1979 to 1988 and the Detroit Tigers from 1995 to 2003. His politics is not of my concern unless he runs for office which is not going to happen. Along with documenting storms and tornadoes on the Great Plains, his passion for storm documentation and understanding meteorology has led him on expeditions into the eyes of hurricanes Irma, Harveyand Nate, cataloging important data and experiencing firsthand the power of nature. I have always liked Frank as an announcer, but he has made the decision to be a Political pundit, and in my mind, that disqualifies him as a UM announcer. For him to publicly say this pathetic, obviously race-fueled drivel is enough to make me write a letter to the University about him. 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According to Wheeler, WJR looks for high-profile, thoughtful figures who know the city to serve as on-air fill-in hosts. Not sure if you realize this but there is a difference between bad and amateur. Terms of Use have been amended effective October 6, 2019. Theyre fascinating! bbeckman@newscenter1.com 605-355-0024 ext 41 Articles Potential winter storm next week? Weather ambassador from Canada: What is a clipper system? Born in Germany, he grew up on the east side of Detroit, before moving to Warren where he attended Cousino High School because it had a radio station. Regardless, it sucks and there should at least be a good semi-sincere apology issued. Along with his diagnosis, Beckmann suffered a stroke in October; hospitalizing CLARKSTON, Beckmann had vascular dementia and recently suffered several strokes. WJR-AM, the Detroit-based radio station where Beckmann spent most of his career, reported Sunday that he suffered from vascular dementia, a rare brain ): Raleigh/Triangle Alumni Club Hurricanes vs Red Wings Event. i suggest that anymore beckmann discussion happen on his talk show's facebook page. ( Neal Rubin The Detroit I don't concern myself with the other stuff.". I dont think theres much difference there.. Beckmann retired in March of 2021 after almost 50 years at the station. "I'm not planning on doing anything different. This is a serious subject that I approached through humor," Dietz wrote. He succeeded Bob Ufer as the voice of Michigan football in 1981 when Ufer became too ill to continue broadcasting the games. -M.W. My betyou've not walked an inch in those shoes. and that people who do so aren't really black. Beckmann The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. Brant earned his bachelors degree in history from Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo. KZLS started simulcasting on KQOB at the beginning of this year after the 96.9 signal was leased to Citadel and Cumulus Media for nineteen years.. I-90 Eastbound blocked from accident: Exit 51 to Rapid City, 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattles portions of Montana, Big warmup: A 50 swing in temperatures expected this week, Watch Brants 10 PM forecast here: Winter Storm Bulletins issued, LIVE: Winter Storm bulletins issued for Thursday, Once in a 50,000 year comet greets the human race later this month, Winter Storm Bulletins Issued for late Sunday through Tuesday, Whats the best weather model? He has also worked at WIBW-AM in Topeka KS, earning the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) award for Major Market enterprise reporting in 2016. He would later go on to do play-by-play for the University of Michigan Football, the Detroit Lions, and the Detroit Tigers.. over Frank Beckmann's comments is kind of funny. The sooner he leaves his post at the microphone, the better. According to reports, longtime Detroit radio personality Frank Beckmann has entered hospice care and he is not expected to make it through the weekend. Radio Ink is a registered trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. And if by "walked and inch in his shoes" you mean growing up a poor black kid in a single parent family in inner city detroit then rising to national fame because of my basketball ability, then no, I have not. Having begun his broadcasting career in 1989, he had been active in the industry for more than 5 decades. Update: Rest in peace, Frank. You didn't "say that Beckmann deserved anything that Jalen didn't", you merely spent a long post defending what he said without similarly backing up Jalen's. Radio guys should paint the picture by loading your ears with facts and being as descriptive and quick as possible. That was followed by stints at WKNR-AM in Dearborn and WDRQ-FM in Detroit, before joining the WJR news staff in Detroit, where he covered the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, among other stories in his three years as a reporter. Have you ever actually stopped to read historical markers along the road? All rights reserved. i tend to agree with 'some' of Beckmann's political views, yet i in no way share ANY of his moronic and misinformed opinions on the Fab 5. Stern told Morning Joe in an extensive interview that MSNBC is the network for him regarding cable news consumption. Why can't this guy just notlike the fab five and leave it at that? See the snow from around the Black Hills! Disclaimer: This page may contain affiliate links. I absolutely love Frank Beckmann as he is part of the Michigan tradition for me. Beckmann calling him racist for it was likewise stupid. Deploy network infrastructure faster and easier than ever before, with pre-packaged yet massively scalable infrastructure components for top packet and optical systems. He died Saturday night at a hospice center in Clarkston, according to reports. Is it the use of the word entitlement? In reply to I thinkall of this is by UMdad. Plus who exactly is a fan of the Frank Beckmann show Facebook page? However, old white men judging young black men, and praising our current white dominated basketball team while hoping that we never have an all black basketball team again seems very racistso do comments by other old white men saying "I'm so glad that you said this" and "finally someone said it," and other things like that. I personally will stand with the latter and tell Beckmann to STFU. I would say the difference is that I ascribe justification to Jalen's point of viewI understand where he's coming from and so I put them into a context and "forgive" him (for lack of a better wordit implies a right to pass judgment from me on to Jalen that I don't intend). The snow has stopped, why cant I travel? The 72-year old had vascular dementia and, late last week, doctors had given him only days to live. I respect our justice system and respect law enforcement, specifically the Warwick PD,DePetro said on Twitter. Also, should people really be fired because you don't agree with their politics? Oddly, I agree politically with almost everything Joe says. I grew up listening to him calling Michigan games. He suffered four more strokes since then. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. I think the "OUTRAGE!!!!!11!!!!!" Kurt Nagl is a reporter covering manufacturing particularly the automotive industry's transition to electrification, the impact on the supply base and what it means for the state as well as the business of law. 2023 www.freep.com. If you can stomach the images, here's a bite of how good he is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1dFu6zV8M. WJR/Cumulus does not comment on its finances. In reply to The comments are racist like by Wolverine318. He does a great job describing the games. That's pretty cut and dry, to me. It might be time for you to grow the fuck up, and start looking at the reality of a situation. My company makes a lot more off of my work than they pay me. The answer is because he used a word that went beyond "not liking" the Fab Five. His passion for Byzantine and Russian history brought him overseas to study the lands of Turkey, Russia, Finland and the Baltic States. College athletes more or less have a part time job which pays them 15 to 20 thousand dollars a year. "While attending a social event during the conference, we took a WDIV team photo and I jokingly said to the group'We are probably going to have to crop the black reporter out of the photo.' Finally, how is your choice of jealous and bitter somehow better than youthful and ignorant? Just an awful radio play-by-play guy. Just because "entitlement" happens to be "racially charged buzz-word" for the whiny liberal sect of our population, doesn't mean that there are no entitlement minded black people anymore. The conversations are available as podcasts on Paul W. Smith's WJR web page. Frank Beckman speaks at the annual Michigan / MSU tailgate presented by the Detroit Sports Media Association in 2013. I don't follow your logic. WJR talk radio host Frank Beckmann was diagnosed with an illness called Vascular Dementia. The next month, he started exhibiting behavior unusual for him. His comments were stupid. Where is the praise for a guy (Jalen) who corrected beliefs he held ages ago? It's a term used when one black person wants to accuse another of "acting white" or "assimilating into white culture"as if all white people are one single homogenous group where one person doesn't deviate from another. He was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 and named "Best Midday Personality" by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. I thought I was dreaming, he said. On 27 January 1945 Otto Frank was liberated from Auschwitz by Russian soldiers. Check out this home tucked away in the woods of Sturgis. Kevin Dietz, the veteran investigativereporter whose26-year career withWDIV-TV (Channel 4) ended this summer in controversy, is returningto the airwaves this time as afill-in host for WJR-AM (760). Police searched the house several months earlier as part of an investigation into the disappearance of Charlotte Lester, who has beenmissing for six months. I have to agree with you on this one. Your message has not been sent. If I tell someone to expect 60 mph winds, I better darn well know what that looks like and what its capable of. DePetro have been dismissed as he faced a trespassing charge related to an incident over the summer during a Monday court hearing. WWJR program director Mike Wheeler said that Dietz's role at the station right now is occasional subbing. Who lives and dies with this team and puts more out there than anyone on this little anonymous blog. DETROIT -- Frank Beckmann, whose near-half century as a Detroit broadcaster included a decade calling Tigers games, passed away Saturday following a This is called an argument. 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Also, I read Brian's posts but although I respect his work with this blog and his enthusiasm as a Michigan fan, I don't blindly believe his analysis like many of the sycophants. I loved them at the time, but watching that documentary was more like watching Titanic for me. I like when you guys are onI like news 24/7, and now I find Im getting it. Aber Anne Frank war nicht nur eine hellwache und beraus reife Chronistin ihres Alltags. I remember 760 as this bastion of informative interesting radio that actually provided a service to the entire state of Michigan as well as most of the country on good nights. ", "I will be forever grateful to WJR for helping all of my boyhood dreams to come true," he said. He says, Dont worry, well be seeing them win championships before long as well. On Wednesday morning, Dietz subbed for WJR veteran radio anchorPaul W. Smith in the 5-9 a.m. morning drive slot. If this is what gets him fired so they can bring in someone better then it will be worth it. He had just come from a George W. Bush rally, where he was one of the speakers. What, you've never said anything stupid? Longtime WJR-AM radio host and University of Michigan football play-by-play man Frank Beckmann is in critical condition at an Oakland County hospice facility, his family said Friday. Karen Beckmann, his wife, told The Detroit News that doctors give him days to live. ??. "I'm more conservative, but I've always welcomed all those views," he said. If you're a fat old rich white dude from the suburbs, you probably do find poor black kids from Detroit abhorrent. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Also he's done this for almost thirty years, In reply to I don't normally like to slam by evenyoubrutus. I'll defend to the death the right to be an asshole. In reply to They are nowhere near being by BRCE, "They are nowhere near being racist? 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