The location of the first major broadcast remote of 2023: the student activities building on the grounds of the Bowers School Farm. It’s Saturday, January 7.
(Left to right) Jackson Bragman, Gabe Efros, Amanda Silverstone (behind guest vistor Giavanna Morrow), Will Gardner and Anthony Doria.
Station Manager Ron Wittebols (left) poses with his cousins who drove in from Macomb County. Jennifer and Dennis Morrow brought along their daughter, Giavanna to meet the staff!
The first couple of remotes from Winter Park were without snow. Here is the skating rink.
Will Gardner (left) and Eugene Belski (right) share a laugh while searching for a song request at yet another Winter Park remote. It’s January 21.
Jaden Ryke (right) calls play-by-play versus Robichaud on January 17, 2023 as Anthony Doria looks on.
There’s a lull in the crowd in the student activity building, during one of the Winter Park live broadcasts, but not for long. The WBFH remote booth was upstairs, tucked away from the otherwise packed concession area.
WBFH, through its streaming capabilities, can be hear all over the world. Andria Johnson (left) and her brother, Joey Scholze show off their Biffwear while listening from their home in Sparta, Wisconsin. Andria and Joey happen to be related to Station Manager Ronald Wittebols. That explains the swag...
Beloved WBFH icon, The BIFFalo, sits at the Main Street station booth during 2023 Black Hawk Fever on Friday, January 27. WBFH, along with other student groups and organizations, filled the hallway with all kinds of neat displays and participation opportunities.
Magdalena Leonard (left) and Evie Keough are all smiles on Valentine’s Day after filing another great sideline report during the Black Hawk basketball game on Tuesday, February 14. The Black Hawks beat Lake Orion by a score of 67-62.
Bryce Stachel is a staffer who always volunteers to help with behind-the-scenes chores. Here, Bryce volunteers to organize the CD library. Eventually, all the CDs on the table will be ripped into the WBFH automation system.
It's Friday, January 13th, 2023 just after another edition of Black Hawk Beat with Brooke Bugajewski. On this day, Brooke’s guests were three members of the Bloomfield Hills Schools Board of Education. (Left to right) Trustee Tareq Falah, Brooke Bugajewski, Trustee Meagan Hill with arms around her daughter, Emerson and Treasurer Paul Kolin. It’s the first visit for newly-elected members Tareq and Meagan.
Biff staffers represent at MAB Student Broadcast Awards: (Front row, left to right) Saffiyah Walji, Evie Keough, Magdalena Leonard, Emma Coden, Amanda Silverstone, Anthony Doria, Harlan Goldman and Manager of Operatons Ronald Wittebols. (Back row, left to right) Abel DuChateau, Jaden Ryke, Malachi Jackson, Eugene Belski, Will Gardner, Brooke Bugajewski, Gabe Efros, Momin Mubeen, Jackson Bragman and Hayden Buckfire.
Proud parents of the 2023 State Champs Lady Black Hawk hockey players overflow into the station work room to hear their daughters on the live broadcast of Black Hawk Beat with Brooke Bugajewski. It’s Friday, March 17.
It’s the very first game of the 2023 season and Magdalena Leonard (right) leads the conversation with Evie Keough as they anchor the pregame broadcast with a special edition of their popular program, The End Zone.
Magdalena Leonard (right) continues the broadcast while Eugene Belski checks the feed back to the broadcast center as Evie Keough looks on.
One can almost feel the heat in the pressbox as Anthony Doria (left), Grant Dobbie (center) and Kaden Kouyoumjian (right) hit the airwaves with the first football broadcast of 2023.
One of the welcome-back exercises during class is the ability to work as a team. Here, Eugene Belski delicately places another folded index card on the structure as Bryce Stachel fortifies the foundation. Staffers present in this photo (clockwise from left): Oliver Ellenson, Abel DuChateau, Bryce Stachel, Renata Langlas (hidden behind Eugene), Eugene Belski and Ceci Bolster.
On Friday, September 8, WBFH provided the musical atmosphere for the Senior Sunrise which kicked off the new school year. Grant Dobbie, WBFH student general manager, served as station representative to the student council, which organized the event.
The seniors provided a nifty banner.
The view from the newly-renovated baseball field. The turnout was quite impressive, considering the early hour of the event. Most seniors showed up between 6:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Station Manager Ron Wittebols attended a private radio reunion on Saturday, September 30 and crossed paths with two Biff alums! Ever the clown, Ron poses sternly with (left) Jennifer Purtan (Andover ’79) and JoAnne Purtan (Andover ’87), both broadcast industry veterans.
Oliver Ellenson, new to staff during the fall 2023 semester, didn’t have a photo to share for his bio page, so Station Advisor Danielle Tier quickly snapped this one as he sat across from her at the work table. In a matter of seconds, Oliver had one of the coolest bio photos to ever grace this website!
Although it was a trying season for the Black Hawk Varsity Football team, as noted by the score of the last game above, The Biff carried the home games under the direction of Sports Director Anthony Doria with various staffers producing and voicing the game. Special shout-outs go to Grant Dobbie, Eugene Belski, Jaden Ryke, Kaden Kouyoumjian, Magdalena Leonard, Evie Keough, Sydney Fortner and Fallou Cisse.
Alex Abel brings a cheerful outlook to the airwaves every Monday night from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with Double-A Energy.
Staffer Aiden Lindblom's grandmother took a Biff tee and converted it into a nice throw pillow for his birthday present. How cool is that?
Devlish and angelic Halloween hijinks are best shared between friends: Laurie Mezey, principal’s secretary, (left) and Jackie Osborn, secretary to the associate principals and athletics, get into the spirit! Both women happen to be big fans of The Biff, so we just had to include them on the website!
A great many of the WBFH staff made the trek to Detroit’s Ford Field on Thursday, November 2 to participate in the second-annual Great Lakes Broadcast and Sports Media Academy. Proudly posing for the camera (left to right) Operations Manager Ronald Wittebols, Aiden Lindblom, Grant Dobbie, Jaden Ryke, Anthony Doria, Alex Abel, Magdalena Leonard, Kaden Kouyoumjian, Evie Keough and Station Advisor Danielle Tier.
After first arriving at Ford Field, two Biff staffers set out to meet and have their photograph taken with another Biff alum. They succeeded. (Left to right) Doug Karsh, Magdalena Leonard, Evie Keough and Scott Anderson (Andover ’88). Karsh and Anderson were broadcasting their regular midday shift from the venue.
While waiting to support Jaden Ryke and Anthony Doria and their pending turn on camera at the State Champs! Sports Network booth, some of the staffers just had to clown for the camera. (Left to right) Grant Dobbie, Station Advisor Danielle Tier, Evie Keough, Magdalena Leonard and Eugene Belski
One of the most unique booths was sponsored by Lawrence Technological University (LTU). Here, Jaden Ryke (left) and Anthony Doria perepare to record a sports segment for State Champs!, a state-wide sports network.
Jaden and Anthony get their final instructions from the director before taping begins.
Fresh from the experience, Jaden and Anthony were told by the booth hosts that they nailed it! One of the best performances of the afternoon...
Over 900 people gathered at Ford Field for the Great Lakes Broadcast and Sports Media Academy, as Sam Prince, a passionate advocate for organ and tissue donation, interviews Craig Monroe, a former major league baseball player and current Detroit Tigers broadcaster, from the floor of Ford Field.
It’s Saturday, November 4 at North Central College in Naperville, IL and the suspense is palpable as Evie Keough (left) and Magdalena Leonard await the announcement of the winners of the Best Sports Talk Program category at the 2023 Drury Awards.
After a walk to the podium to accept, Evie and Magdalena proudly show off their third-place win!
