YP of the Month has ‘drive to succeed’

The Client Marketing Coordinator for NRG Media in Wausau/Stevens Point, Haley Clark, is the WBA Young Professional of the Month for the month of June. The WBA Young Professional of the Month is a nominee for the WBA Young Professional…
La Crosse journalist first to receive Boyd Huppert Education Debt Assistance Grant

A reporter and anchor at La Crosse TV station, WKBT-TV, is the first to receive the recently established Boyd Huppert Education Debt Assistance Grant. Allyson Fergot is one of ten who applied for the student debt relief grant set up…
Reporter, anchor remembered for 45 years in broadcasting

A Wisconsin native with a 45-year broadcasting career has died. Thomas Kurt “Tom” Petersen, 83, died on Saturday. According to his obituary, Petersen left his mark in the broadcasting business working as a reporter and news anchor at TV and…
Adams joins WTMJ-TV as sales manager

Don Adams is joining WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee as the station’s sales manager. Adams is a seasoned media sales leader with more than 20 years of experience spanning local station, regional, and national leadership roles at Univision, Warner Media/Xandr, and Ampersand….
Richards remembered for talent, professionalism

Longtime WRJN program director and air personality, Ron Richards, died Saturday. Richards began his radio career in 1968 in Mauston at WRJC. After six months, he joined KFIZ, in Fond du Lac, then WZUU, now WRIT, in Milwaukee. He moved on…
Wescott to join Big Radio in Monroe

Josh Wescott, former radio news director and host of a top ranked morning show in the Madison market, has joined Big Radio stations in Monroe and Freeport to enhance the company’s local news presence. Wescott worked in the Madison radio…
Beno keynotes WLKL anniversary celebration

Ken Beno, retired WBA Education Committee Chair and WBA Hall of Famer, was the keynote speaker at the 50th anniversary celebration of WLKL, the college radio station at Lake Land College in Illinois. Beno compiled the original license application for…
Jensen remembered for love of broadcasting

Eric Jurgensen, 61, of West Bend, known on the air as “Rick Jensen” is being remembered for his lifelong love of broadcasting. He died April 29 at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee from complications of a stroke. Jurgensen studied journalism at…
Elizabeth Murphy Burns remembered as broadcast pioneer

Longtime leader of Morgan Murphy Media and WBA Hall of Famer, Elizabeth Murphy Burns, has died. She was 79. A Duluth-Superior native, her early broadcast career was served at television stations in Tucson and San Diego and in radio ownership…