WNEM: Reporter / Anchor.
WRIF / WXYZ: FM programming. 1974-1982
Jay Michael Brandow was born June 30, 1954, in Bay City, Michigan, and died April 12, 2022, at age 67.
At the age of 50, Brandow also become an author publishing his first non-fiction work titled “The Captain’s Chair” about a sole survivor of a ship wreck in Lake Superior.
References:
- WNEM.com, David Custer, April 13, 2022 – Longtime WNEM reporter Jay Brandow has died
- The Captain’s Chair
The Captain’s Chair – by Jay Michael Brandow
Available from Amazoncom What happens when yellowed photographs, discovered in the wall of an old house, built just after the American Civil War, begin talking to you? Would You listen? Historic treasure, and the Victorian secrets of a trio of sea captain.
- WRIF Staff Photo from 1977
HOTTEST RIFF IN TOWN— WRIF/Detroit recently scored a record 8.0 share in the July/August Arbitron ratings, and naturally decided to celebrate. Gathering for a staff photo session are (standing left to right) Dave Simmons, PD Tom Bender, Sheila Rush/ow, Michael Stevens, Carol Coughlin, Jay Brandow and Assistant PD Gloria Johnson. (Kneeling l-r) Carl Coffey, Phil Foreman, Michael Collins. Staffer Art Penhallow was on va cation and missed the action. [Radio & Records, October 14, 1977, Page 46]
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