It has been the tradition of your WBA Foundation to sponsor debates in major statewide elections. This year there is both a campaign for Governor and one for the U.S. Senate. The WBA Foundation will sponsor debates in each of the races. The Governor’s Debate will be Friday, September 24 from 7 to 8 p.m and the U.S. Senate Debate will be Friday, October 8 from 8 to 9 p.m.

The debate on September 24 will be produced at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. The debate on October 8 will be produced at WMVS-TV in Milwaukee. These are signature events for your Foundation/Association. It helps us put our best public affairs foot forward in the eyes of the political establishment with which we often work. We want it to be as successful as possible with as many live broadcasts - radio and TV - as possible. In the past 20 years we hosted 13 debates in Senate and Governor’s races and we have had as many as 22 commercial and 7 public TV and 58 radio stations carry the debates live. A small number of others, due to conflicts, have carried them on a delayed basis.

As you know, the power of the broadcast media is in LIVE broadcasts. That’s why we need as many stations as possible to carry the debate live. Please let us know if you will participate by responding to WBA Foundation President John Laabs at jlaabs@aol.com