Russ McNamara | WDET
ATC Host, WDETRuss McNamara is the host of All Things Considered for 101.9 WDET, presenting local news to the station’s loyal listeners. McNamara has been working in radio since he was 17 - and in news since 2012. He also worked as play-by-play announcer for Wayne State University basketball for seven years. Born in the Upper Peninsula, McNamara is a lifelong Michigander. He is a 2002 graduate of Central Michigan University’s Broadcast and Cinematic Arts Program.
He is an amateur photographer, enjoys going to concerts and traveling with his wife, Sara.
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A former CBS Detroit reporter says he was fired because of discrimination based on his Palestinian background. -
The derailment happened east of Belleville near Haggerty Road, south of I-94. Township police say there is no threat to the public, since no rail cars containing hazardous materials were among those that went off the rails. -
Many unofficial results were ready sooner than expected. Now, canvassing and certification begins. -
Michigan’s economy was on the agenda as two of the state’s gubernatorial candidates made their pitch to the Detroit Economic Club on Friday. -
A group of Detroit activists is calling on the state and federal governments to investigate alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Constitution. -
The lawsuit alleges school staff "failed to properly identify a student with suicidal and homicidal tendencies" and failed to prevent the attack. -
“Our country is literally on fire, and that seems like hyperbole, but with climate change, with global warming, with what happened in D.C. with the insurrection, with the way manufacturing in this state is moving in this country, we are literally in crisis,” Hollier says. -
The Michigan Senate held an intense session Thursday with emotions raw over the recent shooting at Oxford High School. -
An Oxford High School student has been charged with murder, attempted murder, terrorism and other charges following Tuesday's attack at that school. Now, his parents have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. -
People gathered in Detroit's Clark Park on Saturday in response to the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse.
