Mix 93 received awards from Michigan Association of Broadcasters
HOUGHTON, Mich. – The Voice of the Huskies, Mix 93.5 FM WKMJ, has recently won three awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters in the Commercial Radio Market 4 category.
The station received a Play-By-Play Sports award for the 2019 Miner's Cup Broadcast of the Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan football game. The Huskies won 24-20 to secure the cup for the 10th straight season. Josh Ylitalo broadcasted the game from Kearly Stadium with former Husky Brett Gervais. Ylitalo has been calling Tech football games since 2012.
Dirk Hembroff also received a pair of awards from the MAB for his 6-10 a.m. weekday show The Dirkside. Hembroff received Morning Show Broadcast Personality award and a Sports award for his daily sports update. Hembroff hosts the Joe Shawhan Hour on Mondays and Huskies Drivetime on Tuesdays throughout the season on his show. Hembroff has been the voice of the hockey huskies for 18 years.
Mitch Lake is also employed by the radio station and has been calling Michigan Tech basketball games on the radio since the early 1980s. He is also the public address voice of Kearly Stadium during football games and the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena during Tech hockey games.