Wisconsin broadcasters celebrate excellence at WBA Awards Gala
Radio and television stations from across Wisconsin came together Saturday to celebrate their award-winning work at the 2025 Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Awards Gala. The awards were handed out at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton with 400 in attendance. Competition…
Podcast: AM Radio – Essential and Endangered
Allison Mazzei (KS Assoc. of Broadcasters) and Jordan Walton (MA Broadcasters Assoc.) host with National Assoc. of Farm Broadcasters President Jeff Nalley and National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters President Jim Winston. Jeff and Jim discuss the importance of the…
Radio stations partner with Packers to support Patriot K9s
Four NRG Media radio stations in Wausau/Stevens Point raised money for Patriot K9s during the Packers Tailgate Tour during a visit to Mosinee on April 11. The stations listeners showed up in masses to meet and take pictures with current…
Elizabeth Murphy Burns remembered as broadcast pioneer
Longtime leader of Morgan Murphy Media and WBA Hall of Famer, Elizabeth Murphy Burns, has died. She was 79. A Duluth-Superior native, her early broadcast career was served at television stations in Tucson and San Diego and in radio ownership…
Eau Claire broadcaster, Hall of Famer, dies
Legendary Eau Claire area broadcaster and WBA Hall of Famer, Mike Sullivan, died Monday following a battle with leukemia. He was 75. Sullivan worked in almost every aspect of radio broadcasting from DJ to station manager during his decades-long career,…
Milwaukee music director awarded student debt relief grant
The music director of 88Nine, a Radio Milwaukee Station (WYMS-FM) is the recipient of the 2025 Results Broadcasting Education Grant. Erin Wolf joined the station in 2022, after many years of hosting a show on WMSE and also following the…
Hygiene drive breaks new record
The Family Radio Network’s 33rd annual Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive broke another record raising $723,000 worth of new hygiene and cleaning supplies for 137 crisis programs in 22 communities across Wisconsin. More than 1,050 businesses, churches, and schools…
New podcast highlights work of state broadcaster associations
The National Alliance of State Broadcaster Associations (NASBA) is publishing a new podcast to highlight the work of state broadcast associations from across the United States. Check out the first episode and subscribe here and on YouTube.
WBSD marks 50 years on the air
Radio station WBSD recently marked 50 years of broadcasting at Burlington High School. The station hosted a reunion for former staffers at the station and presented a video about the history and impact of the station. Congratulations!
