UW-Madison student honored with WBA Student Leadership Award
A UW-Madison student is being recognized with the WBA Student Leadership Award. Alec (AJ) Garcia was involved in broadcasting activities from the moment he arrived on campus, with an emphasis on sports. He is the Sports Director at WSUM and…
4 students honored with scholarships
Four students were honored at the WBA Student Seminar with scholarships. Kenneth Kosirowski Recipient:WBA Foundation Scholarship $2,000 Grant Ken is a graduate of Marquette University High School in Milwaukee. He is currently enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring…
View list of student award winners
You can view the list of student award winners here.
WBA mentorship program renewed
Calling all broadcasters! I am pleased to announce the renewal of the WBA mentorship program. We need members to either sign up any of your new young professionals, or to volunteer your time to mentor a young broadcaster. Many successful…
Why CES is important to all broadcasters
This January, Fred and I started our year in Las Vegas, attending our eighth Consumer Electronics Show. It’s not the easiest way to start the year – when you bring close to 180,000 people into a city, everything becomes challenging….
Record elected WBA Board Chair
According to WBA bylaws, Dick Record, Family Radio, La Crosse, assumed the position of WBA Board Chair at the annual meeting during the recent WBA Winter Conference. Dick was one of those kids who decided at a very young age…
Get to know WBA leadership: Nancy Douglass
Nancy Douglass is the General Manager at CTJ Communications, broadcasting in beautiful Lake Geneva, Wis. CTJ owns and operates WLKG, Lake 961 FM. Nancy worked in print media in Indianapolis where she and her husband grew up, then briefly in Wisconsin…
New chairs to lead WBA Awards Committee
The WBA Awards Committee will be under new leadership after this year’s awards gala. Kelly Radandt, Woodward Radio Group, and Dean Maytag, retired from WISN-TV, will be co-chairs of the committee that oversees the annual awards contest and gala. The…
WBA Awards: Another Record Year!
It gets more difficult each year to believe that the WBA Awards program has grown again, setting yet another record, but it has happened again! Growing by almost 100 entries from the previous year, the WBA Awards for Excellence program…
