In the News Archive

Radio station segment helps rescue animals

A Lake Geneva radio station is using an on-air segment to find new home for animals at a no-kill animal shelter. The on-air feature titled “Wet Nosed Wednesday” airs weekly on WLKG. The manager of Lakeland Animal Shelter visits ‘Curt…

Training will help with sales recruitment

The WBA is working with Media Staffing Network to provide member stations with a new program, Local Sales Recruitment. The program will help bring you the best and brightest sellers. We’ve heard you: it’s difficult to find and keep sellers. Since 1993, Media Staffing…

Podcast explores technology and broadcasting

A podcast produced by Jacobs Media highlights what they found for broadcasters while visiting CES in Las Vegas. CES is North America’s largest trade show, with over 3,800 exhibitors and 170,000 attendees. Every year, companies debut new technological innovations here….

Successful Winter Conference

Thank you to everyone who attended the Winter Conference this week! We hope you got a lot out of the event. Please let us know what you thought as we’re already planning the summer conference scheduled for June 14-15 in…

Ajit Pai named new FCC chairman

President Donald Trump has picked a fierce critic of the Obama-era “net neutrality” rules to be chief regulator of the nation’s airwaves and internet connections.  Monday afternoon, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai announced that Trump has selected him to succeed Tom Wheeler and…

TV station helps collect toys for 13,950 children

A television station in Madison was part of a holiday effort to collect toys for children ahead of the 2016 holiday season that gathered toys for 13,950 kids in Dane County. WKOW has sponsored Toys for Tots for 28 years….