U-M officials have launched an internal review of Michigan Public Media, the umbrella organization for Michigan Radio, operating as WUOM, 91.7 FM; Michigan Television, the Flint-based public television channel broadcasting as WFUM, and the Michigan Channel, which carries U-M programming on the Comcast cable system, said U-M spokeswoman Julie Peterson.

Donovan Reynolds Michigan Public Media director, resigned Wednesday, according to Peterson.

Reynolds came to the station in 1996 and created controversy when he changed the National Public Radio local affiliate’s format from classical music to a news and talk format. Listenership and fund-raising soared after the change. In 1999, WUOM was named the Best Station in America by the Public Radio Program Directors Associaton.

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Reynolds, who was earning $144,200, said he decided to leave the station because it is in "need of fresh leadership."

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