It’s a serious broadcast as (left to right) Anthony Doria, Sydney Fortner and Jaden Ryke broadcast the Black Hawk varsity basketball game agains Farmington on Friday, January 26.
Who is the sideline reporter at the center of this photograph? It’s noneother than Ryan Schwartz, making his broadcast debut as an official staff member of The Biff.
Sydney Fortner (center) is all smiles as she monitors and controls the sound levels during the live broadcast. A lot goes on behind the scenes to ensure a quality broadcast.
Ryan Schwartz, brand-new member of the WBFH broadcast team scores a live, on-air interview from the sidelines with first-year Principal Dr. Dan Hartley during the Friday, January 26 broadcast of Black Hawk Basketball vs. Farmington.
Ryan Schwartz interviews Dyoni Edwards postgame.
Homework is a fact of life for BHHS students and multitasking can be a challenge. Magdalena Leonard is knocking down assignments between songs during a solo edition of The End Zone.
Scott Meach (Andover ’86), left, has a conversation with former WBFH General Manager, Pete Bowers (Andover ’71) about the history of WBFH. Recorded August 12, 2023. Photo courtesy of StoryCorps Archive.
Jaden Ryke clocked 6 hours of original programming each week, all semester, dividing his time between Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays! Never in the history of The Biff has anyone ever put in so much Hustle & Grit!
Rant on, Jaden! Bring the heat for Friday, January 26!
From the floor of the MABF Student Broadcast Awards luncheon on Monday, March 18 (clockwise from center): Alex Abel, Sydney Fortner, Evie Keough, Magdalena Leonard, Kaden Kouyoumjian, Aiden Lindblom, Anthony Doria, Eugene Belski, Ryan Schwartz, Jaden Ryke and Grant Dobbie.
On Monday, March 18, Alex Abel makes his way to the podium to accept his second-place award for Public Service Announcement at the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation Student Broadcast Awards.
WBFH Station Advisor Danielle Tier takes her turn announcing a few MAB Student Award winners at the podium.
Anthony Doria (left) shares the honorable mention for talk show with Sydney Fortner.
Evie Keough is all smiles after learning she won 2nd Place, Use of Social Media.
The staff (front row, left to right): Kaden Kouyoumjian, Aiden Lindblom, Grant Dobbie, Anthony Doria, Evie Keough, Sydney Fortner, Magdalena Leonard, Danielle Tier. (back row, left to right): Alex Abel, Jaden Ryke, Eugene Belski, Ryan Schwartz and Ronald Wittebols.
Sydney Fortner (left), Katie Johnston (center) and Will Merchant (left) are deep in thought on March 21 as they tackle their assignments for the big fundraising campaign, Biffstock.
Danielle Tier knows how to motivate her staff: When the energy level drops, it’s COOKIE TIME! Anthony Doria (left), Eugene Belski, Kaden Kouyoumjian, Maria Aladlouni and Katie Johnston open the box of scrumptiousness during a break between asking for donations at Biffstock.
Sydney Fortner documented the members of her seventh-hour class on the white board and then felt the need to add their respective height. Grant Dobbie was absent that day. Lucky him. Aiden Lindblom disputes his height. Sydney, where are Ron’s pants?!
The stage is set for the first-ever North Hills Ice Cream Social broadcast. It's Friday, May 31.
Sydney Fortner (left) and Magdalena Leonard kick off the broadcast that celebrates the very first year of North Hills Middle School operation.
On June 11, WBFH staffers are recognized for their accomplishments at the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation Student Awards! Front row (left to right): Abel DuChateau, Eugene Belski, Alex Abel, Anthony Doria, Kaden Kouyoumjian, Magdalena Leonard, Sydney Fortner, Jaden Ryke. Back row (left to right): Board Trustee Siva Kumar, Station Advisor Daniel Tier, Board Trustee John VanGemert, BHHS Principal Dr. Dan Hartley, Station Operations Manager Ronald Wittebols, Interim Superintendent Keith McDonald, Baord Tustee Michelle Southward and Board President Meagan Hill.
Anthony Doria is hands-down the hardest-working staff member. Here, he’s taking time to catch up on his fan mail...or is he?
His future is so bright, he’s gotta wear shades! Jaden Ryke, now newly-promoted student general manager, is describing the Solar Eclipse of April 8 to his listeners during the 3-o’clock hour of his broadcast, Hustle & Grit.
Aiden Lindblom (left) and Magdalena Leonard (right) are broadcasting from the gym during the Friday, September 6 Black Hawk Games, a school-wide assembly to celebrate Homecoming Week.
Dr. Dan Hartley, BHHS principal (left) is commenting on the festivities from the gym during the Friday, September 6 Black Hawk Games broadcast. These broadcasts provide real-world experience to Biff staffers as they have to cover a live event in front of thousands of people. Jaden Ryke holds the microphone.
Superintendent Rick West (left) stopped by the WBFH studios on Wednesday, September 25 to chat with Aiden Lindblom (right).
Rick West waits patiently while Aiden Lindblom arms the recording deck before the start of the recording session.
Rick West Interview with Aiden Lindblom
Eugene Belski poses in a publicity shot for his broadcast Genie’s Cars.
It’s a great fall weekend for a change as Operations Manager Ronald Wittebols and Social Media Director Evie Keough take a break during their portion of the live broadcast from Charles L. Bowers School Farm. It's Sunday, October 6.
Pete Bowers (left) regales Evie Keough (middle) and Jaden Ryke with stories from the early days of The Biff.
Pete Bowers reveals that the day after he signed WBFH on the air, the station’s first remote was an ox roast from the school farm! And back then, there were no such things as internet remote broadcast equipment and laptop computers; everything was done by phone lines, transformers and audio mixing boards. Bowers goes on to say that he had to order those phone lines to terminate in the root cellar of the barn that still stands today, several hundred feet from the visitor center where they are originating this broadcast.
It's Sunday, November 3 and look who shows up to supervise the Digital Media Narratives display in front of the WBFH studios during the BHHS Open House: Eugene Belski (left) and Magdalena Leonard.
Eugene Belski (left) organizes some handbills as Maya Zendel smiles for the camera.
Station Student General Manager Jaden Ryke gives the floor report in the game against Birmingham Seaholm on Tuesday, November 26.
Olivia Roleston carefully unwraps the end of a microphone cord in preparation to repair a faulty connector.
She then discovers how frustrating it can be to separate some of the wiring!
