Andrew Robins

News Director
  • Andy Robins
    Andy Robins

Andy Robins has been WMUK's News Director since 1998 and a broadcast journalist for over 24 years. He joined WMUK's staff in 1985. Under his direction, WMUK has received numerous awards for news reporting.

Email: andrew.robins (at) wmich.edu     Phone: (269) 387 5717

Recount Changes Two Races

By • Sep 2, 2016

"OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP - At 10:15 a.m., hours before a decision would be made, Nick Loeks intently watched each vote be tallied. "Three votes," the clerk said as two others prepared their pens to record the result. "Boven. DiBiaggio. Loeks. Mazer." A short pause. "Four votes..." On it went." (MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette)

Calhoun County Wins Big Anti-Blight Grant

By • Sep 2, 2016

"The Calhoun County Land Bank Authority will continue to flight blight in the county by tearing down several vacant properties with grant funding awarded by the state. On Thursday, the land bank said it received $3.8 million from the Michigan Homeowner Assistance Nonprofit Housing Corp." (Battle Creek Enquirer)

Gibson Smokestack Restoration Begins

By • Sep 2, 2016

"KALAMAZOO, MI - Work to restore the former Gibson Guitars smokestack appears to be underway. Work was being done Thursday to prepare to deconstruct and preserve the smokestack, which has been the most talked about part of the iconic guitar factory at 225 Parsons St. on Kalamazoo's North Side." (MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette)

Michigan Potawatomi Protest Pipeline

By • Sep 1, 2016
James MacPherson / AP Photo

Members of a Michigan Indian tribe are heading west to help fight a controversial oil pipeline. The Gun Lake Band of Potawatomi says some members of the tribe based in Allegan County will go to North Dakota. It says they'll help support efforts by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to block the Dakota Access Pipeline project.

New WMU Dining Hall Opens

By • Sep 1, 2016
Andy Robins / WMUK

Western Michigan University unveils its newest student cafeteria Thursday, September 1.

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