The Frank Beckmann Show
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9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Detroit's hometown personality, Frank Beckmann brings his 35 years of broadcasting experience and his easy, laid-back humor to WJR listeners every morning. Frank continues the tradition of more interviews, more celebrities, more business coverage and more sports with a style that his fans have come to know and love. Frank's level of curiosity makes him a great listener and an even better host.
Not only are the listeners fans, but so is the Michigan Association of Broadcasters whom have recently awarded the Frank Beckmann Show -Best Midday Personality 2007, 2008, & 2009, Broadcast Personality/Team of the Year 2006 and Best 2006 News Special: 9/11 Anniversary broadcast From New York City. Frank was also cited by the Detroit Press Club Foundation as a 2007 Michigan Excellence in Journalism winner and best AM local talk-radio host in the Hour Detroit Best of 2010. Additionally, Frank was also a 2007 Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductee for his brilliant play-by-play and sportscasting work and the winner of the Ty Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting for work in the sports year 2009-2010.
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The Frank Beckmann Show: 2009 Best Midday Show
Frank was recently honored by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters with the “The Best Midday Show of 2009” award.
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Frank Beckmann honored by U.S. Renewable Energy Association
Frank was recently honored by the U.S. Renewable Energy Association with the 2009 Broadcasting Excellence Award. This award recognizes Frank for the body of information, resources, and show guests, which contribute to the understanding of earth climate and energy systems beyond political dictation or agenda based science.
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Frank Beckmann honored by the MI Taxpayers Alliance
Frank was recently honored by the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance with the first “Voice of the Taxpayers Award”. This award goes to a member of the media with the best coverage of issues of importance to state taxpayers
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Frank Beckmann best AM local talk-radio host in the Hour Detroit Best of 2010
Frank was recently honored by Hour Magazine as the best AM local talk-radio host 2010
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Frank is is the winner of the Ty Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting for work in the sports year 2009-2010
Frank Beckmann is the winner of the Ty Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting for work in the sports year 2009-2010
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American Spectator: America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution
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Read more...Recent Interviews
Frank speaks with Major Ed Pulido
(September 9) - Frank speaks with Major Ed Pulido, Army Veteran who shares stories to help combat the stigma associated with getting help through the Real Warriors Campaign during National Suicide Prevention Awareness Week.
Read more...Frank speaks with Steve Kirschner
(September 9) - Frank speaks with Steve Kirschner, Vice President of the Detroit Fire Fighters Association, who discusses the response to the recent Detroit fires.
Read more...Frank speaks with James Mack
(September 9) - Frank speaks with James Mack, Executive Detroit Fire Commissioner, about the response to the recent Detroit fires.
Read more...Frank talks with Patrick Anderson
(September 8) - Frank talks with Patrick Anderson, founder of the Lansing based Anderson Economic Group who was in the World Trade Center complex on September 11, 2001, about the letter that he wrote to Imam Rauf, who is attempting to build a mosque near Ground Zero.
Read more...Frank talks with Sam Rohrer
(September 8) - Frank talks with Sam Rohrer, Pennsylvania State Representative, about Pennsylvania's Open Workforce Initiative.
Read more...Frank congratulates George Blaha
(September 8) - Frank congratulates George Blaha, long-time and award-winning play-by-play voice of the Detroit Pistons and Michigan State Spartans, on his Michigan Sports Hall of Fame induction.
Read more...Frank talks with James Sherk
(September 7) - Frank talks with James Sherk, Senior Policy Analyst, Labor Economics, Heritage Foundation, discusses the new face of the union movement.
Read more...Frank talks with Gerald Rivera
(September 7) - Frank talks with Gerald Rivera, Author of the Great Progression: How Hispanics Will Lead America to a New Era of Prosperity.
Read more...Frank speaks with Daniel Howes
(September 3) - Frank speaks with Daniel Howes, Detroit News Business Columnist, about the new book about the auto bailout by Steven Rattner, former top auto advisor.
Read more...Frank speaks with Patrick Daniel
(September 3) - Frank speaks with Patrick Daniel, Enbridge President and CEO, abut the Feds checking on Enbridge conduct.
Read more...Frank speaks with Joe Arpaio
(September 3) - Frank speaks with Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff, who is being sued by the feds for failing to turn over documents in an investigation of whether his aggressive operations against illegal immigrants had violated civil rights.
Read more...Frank talks with Alton Davis
(September 2) - Frank talks with Alton Davis, Appeals Court Judge and appointed by Governor Granholm to the Michigan Supreme Court to take over Justice Weaver's seat.
Read more...Frank speaks withTed Nugent
(September 2) - Frank speaks with Ted Nugent, Motor City Mad Man, who will be bringing his Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead Tour to town this weekend.
Read more...John McCulloch talks with Matt Kibbe
(September 1) - John McCulloch talks with Matt Kibbe, CEO of Freedom Works and author of Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto, who discusses the rise of the modern day Tea Party movement.
Read more...John McCulloch talks with Dr. Larry Hunter
(September 1) - John McCulloch talks with Dr. Larry Hunter, Social Security Institute, discusses how the AARP is playing seniors for fools.
Read more...Frank speaks with Imad Hamad
(August 31) - Frank speaks with Imad Hamad, American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee Regional Director, regarding the two men caught in the Netherlands with ties to Detroit possible terrorist dry run act.
Read more...Frank speaks with Ron Miller.
(August 31) - Frank speaks with Ron Miller, President of RegularFolksUnited.com, author of SELLOUT: Musings from Uncle Tom’s Porch, discusses his weekend with Glenn Beck and the Fauntroys at the big rally in Washington DC.
Read more...Frank speaks with Virg Bernero.
(August 30) - Frank speaks with Virg Bernero, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, about his running mate, Brenda Lawrence.
Read more...Frank speaks with Gary Wolfram
(August 30) - Frank speaks with Gary Wolfram, William E. Simon professor of economics and public policy at Hillsdale College, about tax cuts for the rich help the poor.
Read more...Frank talks with Justice Robert Young
(August 27) - Frank talks with Justice Robert Young, Michigan Supreme Court, about the controversy over Justice Elizabeth Weaver stepping down to make way for Justice Alton Davis, who will be stepping in.
Read more...Frank talks with Mike Bouchard.
(August 27) - Frank talks with Mike Bouchard, Oakland County Sheriff, about the abuse of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Exemption Act.
Read more...Frank talks with Ron Weiser
(August 27) - Frank talks with Ron Weiser, Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, regarding the state convention.
Read more...Frank speaks with Robert Bobb.
(August 26) - Frank speaks with Robert Bobb, Emergency Financial Manager for DPS, annual downtown back to school parade.
Read more...Frank speaks with Rick Snyder and Brian Calley
(August 26) - Frank speaks with Rick Snyder, Republican gubernatorial candidate, and Brian Calley, on board as Snyder's running mate.
Read more...Frank speaks with John Dioso
(August 26) - Frank speaks with John Dioso, Rolling Stone Deputy Managing Editor, who ranks the 100 greatest Beatles tunes.
Read more...Frank speaks with Elaine Chao
(August 25) - Frank speaks with Elaine Chao, 24th Secretary of Labor and Distinguished Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
Read more...Frank speaks with Dr. Gary Dunbar.
(August 25) - Frank speaks with Dr. Gary Dunbar, Executive Director of the Field Neurosciences Institute and Co-Director at the CMU Neuroscience Center, regarding the stem cell ruling.
Read more...Frank speaks with Kenneth Thompkins and Randy Hawes
(August 25) - Frank speaks with Kenneth Thompkins and Randy Hawes, DSO Musicians, about the ongoing DSO contract negotiations.
Read more...Frank talks with Rev. Jesse Jackson
(August 24) - Frank talks with Rev. Jesse Jackson, who is in Detroit regarding the Rainbow PUSH Campaign and Rebuild America: Jobs Justice Peace statewide bus tour.
Read more...Frank talks with Eric Champnella
(August 24) - Frank talks with Eric Champnella, Michigan alum and Los Angeles based screenwriter, about U of M and OSU fans joining forces to keep the game between the two schools at the end of the season.
Read more...Frank talks with Duke Fakir
(August 24) - Frank talks with Duke Fakir, of the Four Tops, about the Motown Annual Golf Inner-City Classic on Saturday August 28th at Palmer Park.
Read more...Frank talks with Anita Baker
(August 24) - Frank talks with Anita Baker, who will be performing on Aug. 28th.
Read more...Frank talks with Dr. Donna Rockwell
(August 23) - Frank talks with Dr. Donna Rockwell, Associate Faculty and Community Outreach Liason at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology and Clinical Psychologist at the Center for Creative Living in Royal Oak, regarding suicide.
Read more...Frank talks with Howard Shapiro
(August 23) - Frank talks with Howard Shapiro, Associate VP for Student Services and Undergraduate Affairs at Wayne State University, about the black-white graduation gap at WSU.
Read more...“My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m In Therapy,” Wednesdays-Sundays from August 18-29
(August 20) - One of the longest running one-man shows in broadway history comes to the Andiamo Novi theatre Aug. 18-29.
For a limited time only audiences at the Andiamo Novi theatre will laugh non-stop when Steve Solomon brings his smash-hit one-man show “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m In Therapy” to Novi. Performances run Wednesdays-Sundays from August 18-29 and tickets are now on sale.
Read more...Warren Pierce speaks with Jeremy Haberman
(August 20) - Warren Pierce speaks with Jeremy Haberman, owner of the Magic Bag in Ferndale, about the negative impact that the Woodward cruise has on businesses.
Read more...Warren Pierce speaks with Tony Michaels
(August 20) - Warren Pierce speaks with Tony Michaels, Executive Director of the Woodward cruise.
Read more...Warren Pierce speaks with Hale Walker
(August 19) - Warren Pierce speaks with Hale Walker, Senior VP First Preferred Mortgage Company, about the difficulties of obtaining a mortgage and the impact of financial reform.
Read more...Warren Pierce speaks with James Boyle
(August 19) - Warren Pierce speaks with James Boyle, President of College Parents of America, about the cost of sending a child to college.
Read more...Warren Pierce speaks with Reverend Wendell Anthony
(August 18) - Warren Pierce speaks with Reverend Wendell Anthony, NAACP Detroit Branch President, about the new campaign to reduce violence.
Read more...Warren Pierce speaks with Richard Bernstein
(August 18) - Warren Pierce speaks with Richard Bernstein, who was a life long Democrat, author of Duped America, who now says that the Democratic party once represented the center-left and now has shifted so far left that is does not represent Middle America.
Read more...Warren Pierce speaks with L Brooks Patterson
(August 17) - Warren Pierce speaks with L Brooks Patterson, Oakland County Executive, about the Royal Oak City Council voting to lift the gun ban at Arts, Beats and Eats.
Read more...Warren Pierce speaks with Walid Shoebat
(August 17) - Warren Pierce speaks with Walid Shoebat, former Muslim terrorist and author, regarding the mosque at Ground Zero and President Obama's support.
Read more...Warren Pierce speaks with Scott Burton
(August 17) - Warren Pierce speaks with Scott Burton, cancer survivor, renowned comedian, world class juggler, author uses humor and laughter to provide hope and balance for cancer patients (was keynote speaker at the Karmanos Survivor Celebration), also discusses the new TV show The Big C, which is a series that tries to find the humor in cancer.
Read more...Frank speaks with Bob Lutz.
(August 13) - Frank speaks with Bob Lutz, former GM Executive who comments on Ed Whitacre stepping down Sept. 1st and the future of GM.
Read more...Frank speaks with Rick Snyder
(August 13) - Frank speaks with Rick Snyder, gubernatorial GOP nominee, about the debates.
Read more...Frank speaks with Ismael Ahmed
(August 13) - Frank speaks with Ismael Ahmed, Michigan Department of Human Services, about the welfare myth busting effort.
Read more...Frank talks with Kerrie Ferrell about her book, "Rick Ferrell, Knuckleball Catcher", that profiles her father
(August 13) - Frank talks with Kerrie Ferrell about her book, "Rick Ferrell, Knuckleball Catcher", that profiles her father.
Read more...Frank talks with Dayne Walling
(August 12) - Frank talks with Dayne Walling, Mayor of Flint, about the arrest pertaining to the serial stabbings in Flint.
Read more...Congressman Mike Rogers visits with Frank in the studio
(August 12) - Congressman Mike Rogers visits with Frank in the studio.
Read more...Evander Holyfield visits with Frank in the studio
(August 12) - Evander Holyfield visits with Frank in the studio.
Read more...Frank talks with Chip Ganassi
(August 12) - Frank talks with Chip Ganassi, a former American racecar driver and current racecar owner (currently the owner and president of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates), about NASCAR and MIS this weekend.
Read more...Frank speaks with David Cole about Ed Whitacre stepping down Sept. 1st
(August 12) - Frank speaks with David Cole, Center for Automotive Research, about Ed Whitacre stepping down Sept. 1st.
Read more...Frank talks with Robert Ficano
(August 11) - Frank talks with Robert Ficano, Wayne County Executive, who is requesting the County Commission to amend a 1984 ordinance that allows bonuses to be paid to retirees.
Read more...Frank talks with Peter Morici
(August 11) - Frank talks with Peter Morici, University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, Department of Logistics, Business & Public Policy, about the "Summer of Recovery".
Read more...Frank speaks with Mayor Dave Bing
(August 10) - Frank speaks with Mayor Dave Bing about Mike Ilitch possibly buying the Detroit Pistons and moving the team downtown.
Read more...Frank speaks with Andy McCarthy
(August 10) - Frank speaks with Andy McCarthy, former federal prosecutor, a contributing editor with National Review Online, and a co-chair of the Center for Law and Counterterrorism, about the mosque at Ground Zero.
Read more...Frank speaks with Mohammed Saddiq
(August 10) - Frank speaks with Mohammed Saddiq of GENeco, a sustainable energy firm which developed the Bio-Bug prototype vehicle, which runs on human waste.
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