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Get your Digital Checkup from Seth Resler

Looking to step up your station’s digital game? As a FREE service from YOUR WBA, you can get a personalized assessment of your station’s digital strategy from Jacobs Media’s Digital Dot Connector, Seth Resler. Seth will get some basic information…

Station hosts free ‘Family Affair Expo’

Milwaukee radio stationV100.7 (WKKV-FM) hosted its eighth annual free “Family Affair Expo” last weekend drawing about 1,000 attendees to the State Fair Park Products Pavilion in West Allis. The aim of the expo is to make a positive impact on…

Retired radio host dies
Howard Witt, Jr.

A man with a long career as a radio host in Madison has died. Howard Witt Jr., better known to many as “Andy,” died Wednesday in Fitchburg. He was 71. Witt started his career at a radio station in Neenah…

Jonathan and Kitty morning show marks 20 years

The hosts of the Triple-M (WMMM-FM) morning show are marking 20 years on the air in Madison. Jonathan Sutton and Kitty Dunn celebrated the milestone with a party this weekend at Club Tavern. “We met so many wonderful people! It’s…

Award-winning student radio show profiled

A radio show that won two WBA Student Awards for Excellence was the subject of a TV news story about the sisters who host the show in remembrance of their father. WISN-TV published a story about the sisters who remember…

AG reporter retires after more than 40 years

An agricultural reporter from northeast Wisconsin is retiring after more than 40 years. Mike Austin came to the Fox Valley in 1978 and began doing agricultural reports on both radio and TV in Green Bay. He served that last 17…

Vetterkind renews CAE credential

WBA President and CEO Michelle Vetterkind has earned renewal of her Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential through the American Society of Association Executives. The CAE credential is the marker of a committed association professional who has demonstrated the wide range…

La Movida named finalist for national award
Lupita and Luis Montoto

Spanish-language radio station La Movida (WLMV) in Madison was named a Station of the Year finalist for the 2019 Medallas de Cortez awards at the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference. The awards were given out on Tuesday at a ceremony…

Jowett Fellowship supports training for photographers

The Rick Jowett Fellowship was established in 2017 by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation to support educational opportunities for photographers and videographers who work in media in Wisconsin. Recipients of the fellowship can use the grant for professional development in…