About Us

Pete Bowers was the station manager at WBFH-FM in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for 41 years from 1976 to 2017 when he retired. In his words: "There already was a national College Radio Day. I thought we should put the spotlight on high school radio and have a day of our own. I bounced that idea off Dr. Rob Quicke, the founder of College Radio Day, and he was fine with it. So, I rounded up as many high school radio stations as I could from around the U.S. and we launched the first national High School Radio Day May 16, 2012 with 31 stations from 15 states participating. Our mission is to bring attention to high school radio stations and the service they provide their communities." Bowers was inducted into the Michigan Broadcasting Hall of Fame on August 18, 2018.