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3-part WBA Awards Gala kicks off May 19

Your WBA is hosting a virtual awards gala over three days to give you and your stations a chance to celebrate the amazing work you and your team submitted for the 2019 WBA Awards for Excellence. Winners will have a…

Hygiene drive tops $428,000 in donations

The Family Radio Network’s 2020 “Help for the Homeless” hygiene drive collected more than $428,000 worth of donated hygiene and cleaning supplies for 89 crisis agencies in 15 of their listening communities. Agency staff and volunteers collected, counted, and squirreled…

Ruppert retires after 41 years in engineering
Kevin Ruppert

WISC-TV Director of Engineering Kevin Ruppert is retiring after a 41-year career in broadcasting. Ruppert started at the Madison station in 1979 as a news stringer while also working at a Wisconsin Dells radio station. That summer he was hired…

Wisconsin Broadcaster available now

The May/June issue of the Wisconsin Broadcaster is now available. You can download it here [PDF].   Highlights from his issue: WBA Chair Chris Bernier writes about helping communities through the pandemic WBA President and CEO Michelle Vetterkind highlights developments…

Former Packer John Kuhn joins Milwaukee radio station

Former Green Bay Packer fan favorite John Kuhn is joining 97.3 The Game (WRNW) in Milwaukee as a midday on-air personality. Kuhn will broadcast alongside former Wisconsin Badger Brian Butch on the new “Nine 2 Noon with Kuhn” to discuss…