Broadcasters mourn the passing of 3 engineers
The journey for three great broadcast engineers has ended. Warren Shulz died on Monday. Shulz was the legendary chief engineer of WLS-AM/FM in Chicago, and before that of WFYR/WKFM, also in Chicago. He was an active member of the SBE….
Wex’s WBA New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year to Wisconsin’s local broadcasters. It’s been an honor to serve as your Chair during this turbulent, exciting, and challenging year. I’ll leave you with some resolutions that I hope we all can agree are good for our…
Broadcasters looking ahead to 2019
With another year behind us, it’s time to take stock of what’s ahead for broadcasters in the new year. Without question, we are living in tumultuous times. Every day it seems there’s a new threat, a new competitor, a new…
Broadcasters mark the season by helping others
I hope you all had a joyous holiday season! And….I’d like to extend a very special thank you to those of you who made year-end donations to your WBA Foundation! We would also like to thank our valued members as……
Manitowoc stations’ employees, listeners make holiday donations
A group of Manitowoc area radio stations held a holiday donation drive to benefit a local sexual assault shelter. Over two weeks Seehafer Broadcasting collected 300 items from listeners and employees to benefit InCourage, the Manitowoc County Domestic Violence and…
More than $100K raised in holiday campaign
Two Wausau TV stations raised more than $100,000 to break a record in its annual Share Your Holidays campaign. WSAW NewsChannel 7 and FOX WZAW gathered donations from viewers and matching grants to support the Salvation Army of Wausau and…
Former Wausau anchor, lawmaker dies
Historic TV news anchor, WBA Hall of Famer, and former Wisconsin State Senator Walter John Chilsen has died. Chilsen was a news broadcaster in Wausau and served six terms in the Wisconsin State Senate. He died on Christmas Day at…
Drive generates 6,100 meals for the hungry
A food drive run by a Milwaukee radio station raised more than $1,500 and collected more than 1,900 pounds of food to benefit Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. 97.3 The Game (WRNW) held its inaugural Food for the Holidays drive on…
Video: Wisconsin Broadcasters making a difference this holiday season
Thank you to all the Wisconsin broadcasters who made the season a little brighter!
