Madison stations raise more than $50K in holiday effort
A group of Madison radio stations worked together to raise more than $50,000 to help people in the Madison area over the holidays. Mid-West Family Broadcasting stations Magic 98, La Movida, WJJO, and Q106 started the effort Dec. 8. Magic…
Green Bay station switches to Classic Rock
A Cumulus owned radio station in Green Bay changed formats from AAA to Classic Rock. WRKU-FM transitioned to all holiday music in November and the format change to classic rock happened after Christmas. The station is now “106.7 The Big…
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Majority of House of Representatives backs Local Radio Freedom Act
A majority of the House of Representatives now supports the Local Radio Freedom Act after a bipartisan group of five House members signed a resolution opposing “any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge” on local broadcast radio stations….
Request-A-Thon raises money for 13,000 meals
A request-a-thon event put on by a Madison radio station raised enough money to pay for 13,000 meals for a food bank in southern Wisconsin. Entercom’s Mix 105.1 partnered with NBC 15’s Share Your Holidays campaign and Second Harvest Foodbank…
WPT partners on American-Indian cultural education project
Wisconsin Public Television has joined a coalition of organizations that has created a website offering free classroom resources about American Indian studies in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Act 31 Coalition partners created WisconsinFirstNations.org which invites educators to explore Wisconsin Native cultures and…
Whitewater station sold to general manager
A county format FM station in Whitewater is being sold to the station’s general manager. Prairie Communications is selling WSLD-FM to Nora Karbash, who is the station’s general manager. The deal is worth a reported $1.25 million and includes the…
Submissions open: WBA Awards season underway
Submissions open today for the 2017 WBA Awards for Excellence. Submissions can be made through the BetterBNC website. Full instructions and all details about the contest can be found in the Awards Brochure. Submissions are due at 11:59 p.m. CT…
Madison station promotes Garon to APD/MD
Entercom has promoted Jesse Garon to be Assistant Program Director and Music Director at classic hits station WOLX-FM in Madison. “WOLX has been one of my favorite radio stations for years and I’m happy to now play such an important…
