Public Documents
FCC Public Documents
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Audited Financial Statements
2023 Audited Financial Statements
2022 Audited Financial Statements
2021 Audited Financial Statements
2020 Audited Financial Statements
CPB Annual Financial Reports (AFR)
2023 CPB Annual Financial Report
2022 CPB Annual Financial Report
2021 CPB Annual Financial Report
2020 CPB Annual Financial Report
Employment Statistical Report
2023 Employment Statistical Report
Annual Equal Employment Opportunity Report
Annual EEO Public File Report June 1, 2023-May 31, 2024
Local Content and Service Report to the Community
2023 WDET Local Content and Service Report to the Community
Board & Meetings
Governing Board
The Board of Governors of Wayne State University holds the FCC license to operate WDET and comprises the governing board for the station. A listing of current Board members, committees, officers and meeting dates may be found on the BOG website bog.wayne.edu. The Board of Governors infrequently discusses matters pertaining to the radio station, however, whenever there is a pertinent meeting agenda item the meeting date will be posted on this website.
Shirley Stancato, Chair – 12.5% Bio
Bryan C. Barnhill II, Vice Chair – 12.5% Bio
Danielle Atkinson – 12.5% Bio
Michael Busuito – 12.5% Bio
Mark Gaffney – 12.5% Bio
Marilyn Kelly – 12.5% Bio
Anil Kumar – 12.5% Bio
Terri Lynn Land – 12.5% Bio
Open Meetings
Regular Board meetings and meetings of the standing committees will be held in the McGregor Memorial Conference Center – Alumni House complex 495 Gilmour Mall, Detroit, MI 48202, unless indicated otherwise in the monthly official notice of meetings. For more information about upcoming meetings, including agendas visit the Wayne State University Board of Governor’s website at bog.wayne.edu.
WDET Leadership
| Mary Zatina | General Manager | mary.zatina@wdet.org | 313-577-4146 |
| Jerome Vaughn | News Director | jvaughn@wdet.org | 313-577-7530 |
| L. Adam Fox | Program Director | adam.fox@wdet.org | 313-577-5153 |
| Susan Hanchett-Nowinski | Director, Marketing and Communications | shanchett@wdet.org | 313-577-2528 |
| Carmen Garcia | Associate Director of Philanthropy | cgarcia@wdet.org | 313-577-3342 |
| Derek Donnellon | Associate Director of Revenue | derek.donnellon@wdet.org | 313-577-4255 |
| Jenny Sherman | Manager, Digital Content & Strategy | jenny.sherman@wdet.org | 313-577-9526 |
| David Leins | Manager, Podcast Operations | david.leins@wdet.org | 313-577-7571 |
| Diane Sanders | Manager, Strategic Initiatives | diane.sanders@wdet.org | 313-577-3039 |
Community Representation Statement
As a public radio station, WDET believes that it is important to reflect the communities we serve in our programming, staff, and leadership. We recognize that employing a diverse team is essential to understanding and serving Metro Detroit’s diverse communities, and to our ability to deliver relevant programming that engages our audiences and helps listeners achieve their full potential. Diversity is one of our shared organizational values and we strive to cultivate an inclusive environment by integrating a wide spectrum of skill sets, perspectives, ideas and values that shape all facets of our work.
WDET is an equal opportunity employer and we actively recruit to promote diversity and inclusion in our workforce. We support and follow Wayne State University’s nondiscrimination and affirmative action policies. WDET is committed to recruiting from a broad pool of candidates, enabling us to hire and promote qualified staff and management that represents a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, personal experiences and characteristics, and talents. Applicants and employees of WDET and Wayne State University are considered for positions and evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, familial status, marital status, arrest record, height, weight, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal or state law. WDET continually explores new opportunities for achieving and promoting diversity and inclusion and to monitoring and evaluating our success. That means WDET will always meet the standards of federal and state law, Wayne State University’s Equal Opportunity Policy, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Diversity Eligibility Criteria.
Wayne State University Non-Discrimination & Affirmative Action Policy