Pat Batcheller is a host and Senior News Editor for 101.9 WDET, presenting local news, traffic and weather updates during Morning Edition. He is an amateur musician.

Batcheller joined WDET in 2007 after nine years at WWJ, where he was a news editor, producer and reporter. He started his broadcasting career in 1989 and has lived and worked in Michigan his entire life. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Specs Howard School of Media Arts. He has won multiple awards for excellence from the Associated Press, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Society of Professional Journalists. He is an amateur musician, playing percussion in the Downriver Community Band.

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This story is part of WDET’s Crossing the Lines: Live6 series, exploring the neighborhoods around the intersection of Six Mile...

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WDET's CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on ApplePodcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get...

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Paul Gross has covered a lot of weather in four decades, including tornadoes, blizzards, heat waves and floods. The affable...

Great Lakes Now features the search for venomous catfish

The latest episode of Great Lakes Now features a small fish tale. Or to be more precise, a tale about...

Unbeaten Michigan, Ohio State renew their storied college football rivalry

This year's college football game between Michigan and Ohio State could be one for the ages. The Big Ten rivals...

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