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Lt. Col. Hellenbrand to receive WBA Distinguished Service Award

Recently retired Wisconsin Army National Guard Lt. Col. Shannon Hellenbrand will receive the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association’s Distinguished Service Award at the WBA Summer Conference in La Crosse this June for her accomplished 20-year relationship with Wisconsin broadcasters. The award was…

TMJ4 launching afternoon lifestyle show

Milwaukee TV station TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) is launching an afternoon magazine-style program called What’s Brewing Wisconsin. Hosted by Morning Blend veteran Tiffany Ogle, What’s Brewing Wisconsin will showcase the best Wisconsin has to offer. Stephanie Brown, most recently a community reporter…

Wilde joins Morgan Murphy Media

Respected Green Bay Packers beat writer Jason Wilde is joining Morgan Murphy Media. Wilde has covered the Packers since 1996 for various outlets including the Wisconsin State Journal, the Athletic, and ESPNWisconsin.com. In this new partnership, Wilde will provide daily…

Chastain named WISC-TV GM in Madison

Morgan Murphy Media named broadcasting and media veteran Scot Chastain vice president and general manager of WISC-TV in Madison. Chastain has been a local TV general manager twice before, in Lansing, Michigan and Sacramento, California. Most recently, he was director…

Fulton to lead morning show on WKOW-TV

Dana Fulton has been named 27 News Anchor and Executive Producer of 27 News Wake Up Wisconsin at WKOW -TV in Madison. Fulton was promoted from Wake Up Meteorologist and will now anchor the weekday morning news from 4:30-7 a.m….

Engineer remembered for passion for radio

Long time Madison area broadcast engineer, John Bauer, died on Feb. 4. He was 71. John graduated from LaFollette High School in Madison in 1971 and moved to La Crosse where he started his career as a broadcast engineer at…

Madison area broadcast engineer dies

Madison area broadcast engineer, Roy Simmons, died Jan. 30. He was 62. According to his obituary, Simmons graduated from the Wisconsin School of Electronics and worked most recently as chief broadcast engineer for iHeartMedia. Prior to that he worked as…

Stead named to MIW class of 2025

Kim Stead of NRG Media in Wausau/Stevens Point was named one of the four MIW Erica Farber Mentorship in Management Class of 2025 mentees. The program selects four female radio professionals to further their leadership skills in sales, marketing, programming…

Kramer named VP/GM of WMSN-TV

Jon Kramer is the new Vice President and General Manager of WMSN-TV in Madison. He was the station’s General Sales Manager starting in 2019. “Jon’s extensive expertise in developing innovative advertising strategies and his proven track record in maximizing revenue…