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WBA Awards for Excellence contest opens for entries
You can start submitting your award-winning entries for the WBA Awards for Excellence RIGHT NOW! and if you’re looking to get starlight to submitting entries…here’s the The submission deadline is Jan. 9 at 4 p.m. CT. Your WBA Awards Committee…
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2025 WBA Hall of Fame Show available now
A half-hour program highlighting four 2025 WBA Hall of Fame inductees is available to view online and available for stations to air. This show features Denise Callaway, Bill Hubbard, Mark Zoromski, and Paul Braun. The show is available to all…
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YP of the Month is ‘unsung hero’ for station group
An announcer and producer at Woodward Community Media in Appleton, Zach Zelinski, is the WBA Young Professional of the Month for the month of November. The WBA Young Professional of the Month is a nominee for the WBA Young Professional…
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Guard presents WBA with commemorative coin
WBA President & CEO Michelle Vetterkind on Oct. 24 visited with our longtime partners and friends at the Wisconsin National Guard, including Maj. Gen. Matt Strub and Brig. Gen. Brion Aderman. During the visit, Vetterkind was honored to receive a…
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Nominations open for WBA Hall of Fame, Local Broadcast Legends
Nominations are now open for the WBA Hall of Fame and the Local Broadcast Legends. The WBA Hall of Fame Committee made a number of changes to the process starting with the 2025 cycle: Nominations for both recognitions must be…
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Weekly Radio Addresses discuss capitol budget, prescription drug prices
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol touch on the capital budget and lowering prescription drug prices. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — In this…
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Positivity important as end to pandemic nears
Is it spring? As I write this, we are experiencing mild weather and many parts of Wisconsin have hit 50 degrees. After the bitter cold temperatures we had in February how can a person not think of spring. We are…
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Weekly Radio Addresses take on pandemic anniversary, budget hearings
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol speak to the one-year anniversary of the pandemic and state budget hearings. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: —…
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In-person events returning this summer
Rarely do we talk with a WBA member who doesn’t mention their desire to get back to networking with their fellow broadcasters. We most definitely share in that desire and are very excited to return to in-person events with the…
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PBS Wisconsin launches racial justice digital series
PBS Wisconsin is producing a nine-part digital series focused on important issues affecting Wisconsin’s Black communities titled “Why Race Matters.” In the new series, host Angela Fitzgerald interviews Black Wisconsinites about race, identity, and achieving racial equity in the state….
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Tenpas moves to middays on WHBY
Radio host Hayley Tenpas is moving to the middays timeslot on WHBY in Appleton. “Focus Fox Valley” will air 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., filling the hours previously held by Kathy Keene’s “The Good Neighbor Show.” Keene will retire on…
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Wisconsin Broadcaster available now
The March/April issue of the Wisconsin Broadcaster is now available. You can download it here [PDF]. Highlights from his issue: NAB President and CEO Senator Gordon Smith is coming to Summer Conference WBA Chair Chris Bernier focuses on the…
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Students go online to learn from broadcasters, receive awards
“I thought all the professionals were great!” “It was an absolute pleasure attending this years seminar!” “This was a great experience, I’m so happy to have been a part of it.” “I got one-on-one connections with professionals that not only…
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WBA Student Awards for Excellence winners announced
The 2020 Student Awards for Excellence winners were announced at the WBA Student Seminar on Saturday. The complete list of winners is available here. Congratulations to all the winners! Great job! Charlie Berens presented a keynote speech. Thank you Charlie!…
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Keene to retire as WHBY’s Good Neighbor
After 40 years behind the microphone, WHBY’s Good Neighbor Kathy Keene is announcing her retirement. Keene joined Woodward Communications in January 1981. In September of that same year she became the host of the Good Neighbor Show on WHBY. During her…
