From the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, to rules surrounding mail-in ballots, to a mysterious bird sighting in northern Michigan, these were the most read stories from the WCMU newsroom in 2024.

Compiled by reporters from both WCMU and IPR, this community resource project takes the form of a timeline that highlights 31 key events in the pipeline’s story in the Straits of Mackinac.

WCMU's summer cohort of four newsroom interns covered a wide range of stories, including First Lady Jill Biden’s visit to Traverse City, potential water shutoffs at some Mount Pleasant apartments, the story of card game unique to northeast Michigan, what 'track-life' means to one demolition derby racer in Cadillac and much more.

The WCMU Newsroom is happy to announce we've hired a new reporter. AJ Jones is a native of Southfield, Michigan and comes to us after spending the last year working as a reporter for Michigan Public. Jones sat down with news director Rick Brewer to talk about some of the stories he plans to cover.

WCMU's 91.7FM and TV Channel 6 have returned to the air in the northeast Lower Peninsula, following a fire that destroyed our transmitter site on February 28, 2024.

WCMU Classical returned to the air in the Petoskey / Harbor Springs area on 103.9 HD-2 on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

A fire destroyed the transmitter site for WCML 91.7FM and WCML-TV Channel 6 on Feb. 28, 2024. On Thursday, the foundation for a temporary building to house new broadcast equipment was laid at the transmitter site in Atlanta, Michigan.

WCML-FM 91.7 and WCML-TV Channel 6 are off the air indefinitely following a fire at our Atlanta transmitter site. WCMU anticipates it may take several months to restore full service to northeast Lower Michigan.

Tina Sawyer will begin hosting WCMU's Morning Edition on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Current host Mike Horace will move into a full-time roll as WCMU's radio Program and Operations Manager.

Beginning Monday, October 31, All Things Considered will start an hour earlier at 4pm, and Fresh Air will move to 7pm.