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Michael Patrick Shiels is a radio personality and author from the US state of Michigan. He is the host of Michigan's Big Show Starring Michael Patrick Shiels, heard on twelve Michigan radio stations. [1] He is also known for authoring books with Donald Trump, Larry King, Arthur Hills, and Ben Wright. [2]
Shiels has written for newspapers and magazines on golf and travel. His articles have appeared in publications including the Los Angeles Times , Cigar Aficionado , Travel + Leisure , AAA Michigan Living, Singapore's SC Magazine, Bermuda Royal Gazette , Honolulu Star-Bulletin , Automotive News , Traverse Magazine, Lake Magazine, Traverse City Record-Eagle , Booth Newspapers, The Detroit News , Detroit Free Press , Heritage Newspapers, Sports Illustrated , Golf Magazine , and more.
Shiels was the long-time producer for Detroit's legendary radio host, J.P. McCarthy at WJR. He began hosting the Michigan Talk Network's morning show in 2005 until his departure from WJIM and MTN in February 2012. [3] Just over two months later, Shiels returned to radio as host of "Michigan's Big Show Starring Michael Patrick Shiels", [4] a production of Spotlight Media Marketing and Productions, which is owned by former WJIM Account Executive Suzanne Huard.
Since 2012, "Michigan's Big Show Starring Michael Patrick Shiels" has continued to grow, and now airs on twelve radio station signals throughout the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The program continues to make headlines with newsmaker interviews with Michigan politicians. [5]
'MPS' won the "Network Radio Personality of the Year" award from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters in both 2007 and 2008.
Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States. Located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km) northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid Michigan. At the 2020 census, Flint had a population of 81,252, making it the twelfth largest city in Michigan. The Flint metropolitan area is located entirely within Genesee County. It is the fourth largest metropolitan area in Michigan with a population of 406,892 in 2020. The city was incorporated in 1855.
Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was 15,678 at the 2020 census, with 153,448 in the Traverse City micropolitan area.
Ford Field is a domed American football stadium located in Downtown Detroit. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the annual Quick Lane Bowl college football bowl game, state championship football games for the MHSAA, the MHSAA State Wrestling Championships, and the MCBA Marching Band State Finals, among other events. The regular seating capacity is approximately 65,000, though it is expandable up to 70,000 for football and 80,000 for basketball.
Joseph Priestley "J.P." McCarthy II was a radio personality best known for his over 30 years of work as the morning man and interviewer on station WJR in Detroit, Michigan.
The Little Traverse Light is located in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan on the north side of the Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan on Harbor Point in West Traverse Township near Harbor Springs, Michigan. It marks the entrance to the harbor at Harbor Springs.
WFDF, which brands itself as 910 AM Superstation, is a talk radio-formatted radio station licensed to Farmington Hills, Michigan, serving Metro Detroit. The station is owned and operated by Kevin Adell and provides sports, entertainment news, news updates, local community news, online podcasts, and live streaming content from a Detroit perspective. The station broadcasts in HD, and since 2017 broadcasts its show on Facebook with live video news coverage. WFDF is also broadcast on a subchannel of WADL.
Traverse City West Senior High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Traverse City, Michigan. It is one of two comprehensive schools in the Traverse City Area Public Schools district, and one of six high schools in Traverse City. The school enrolls about 1,600 students each year, making it the largest high school in Michigan north of Kent County.
WLNS-TV is a television station in Lansing, Michigan, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to dual ABC/CW+ affiliate WLAJ under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Mission Broadcasting. WLNS-TV and WLAJ share studios on East Saginaw Street in Lansing's Eastside section; through a channel sharing agreement, the stations transmit using WLAJ's spectrum from a tower on Van Atta Road in Okemos, Michigan.
WDFN is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts an all-news radio format under iHeartMedia's Black Information Network, targeting Detroit's African American community. Its studios are located in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, while its transmitter is in nearby Gibraltar.
WTCM is an AM radio station broadcasting in Traverse City, Michigan. It is owned by the Biederman family and their company, Midwestern Broadcasting. Today, WTCM, along with sister WTCM-FM is at or near the top of the Arbitron ratings, and are part of a dying breed of family-owned-and-operated radio stations.
WQTX is a radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic Adult Contemporary format to the Lansing, Michigan radio market. Licensed to St. Johns, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1972, and has been through a number of different calls and formats during its history.
WJIM is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Lansing, Michigan. It is owned by Townsquare Media and broadcasts a talk radio format. It is also the flagship station of the Michigan Talk Network. Studios and offices are on Pinetree Road in Lansing.
Matt Shepard is an American television play-by-play announcer for the Detroit Tigers on Bally Sports Detroit. He has also covered professional, collegiate and high school sports on both television and radio in Metro Detroit since the 1990s.
Frank Carl Beckmann was a German-born American broadcaster and talk radio host on WJR in Detroit, Michigan. He also was the radio play-by-play announcer for University of Michigan football from 1981 to 2013.
