In the News Archive

TV and radio stations in the Wausau area were part of a fundraising effort to benefit the families of four people who were killed in a string of shootings in the Wausau area. The four people were killed March 22 in…

Your WBA can help you earn non-job vacancy specific menu option initiative credits for EEO compliance through support of WBA Foundation scholarships. The scholarships are offered to worthy students on an annual basis. The application process is currently underway with…

The National Association of Broadcasters has extended the contract of president and CEO Gordon Smith through March 31, 2023. Smith became the NAB’s CEO in November 2009, succeeding David Rehr, who resigned suddenly in March of that year after three-and-a-half years…

Check out these great NAB radio jingles from May 1964.  

Thousands of Milwaukee area students will benefit from a TV station’s annual school supply drive. WISN-TV raised more than $67,000 in its fifth annual Class Act School Supply Drive to benefit Milwaukee Public School District students. In addition to monetary…

A new brochure shows the changes for the next round of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Awards for Excellence program. If you haven’t yet gotten it in the mail, you can find it here. What a great event this has evolved into,…

Numerous radio and TV stations in Wisconsin have stepped up to help victims of Hurricane Harvey. Here are a few of the efforts to raise money and collect supplies: WKOW-TV in Madison partnered with the Wisconsin chapter of the American…

A general sales manager with Midwest Communication in Wausau/Stevens Point has won a national award from Radio Ink. Bob Jung won the Radio Wayne award Thursday at the Radio Show in Austin, Texas. He’s entering his 44th year in the…

A broadcast engineer who retired in 2015 after 38 years in the business has died. Steve Paugh was a systems design engineer at Morgan Murphy Media in Madison when he retired. He died Sept. 4. Paugh served in the Air…