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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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Guzman joins Madison station as director of business development
Madison radio station Life 102.5 (WNWC-FM) has hired Ed Guzman as Director of Business Development. Guzman will work with local businesses, churches, and non-profit organizations in support of the radio station and its service to our community. “I’m excited to…
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Weekly Radio Addresses discuss vaccines, unemployment insurance
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol address vaccine availability in Wisconsin and Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance computer system. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — In…
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Kissinger remembered as advocate for public broadcasting
An advocate for public broadcasting in western Wisconsin has died. James Kissinger started his career in broadcasting in 1972 when he was selected to manage some of public broadcasting’s first stations outside of Madison and Milwaukee: WHLA-TV in La Crosse…
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WBA Awards Gala to be online event in 2021
The WBA Awards Gala will be held as an online event this year because of the ongoing pandemic. The WBA Board of Directors was informed by the Marriott Hotel in Madison that the gala planned for May 1 cannot be…
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James promoted at Midwest in Wausau
Rusty James has been promoted to the newly formed position of Operations Manager at the Midwest Communications radio stations in Wausau. James will oversee programming for CHR 95.5 WIFC, Country 101.9 WDEZ and Rock 94.7 WOZZ. James returned to Midwest…
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Station airs holiday play, supports theater guild
An Eau Claire radio station aired a holiday play while also raising money for a local theater guild. Greatest Hits 98.1(WISM-FM) presented “A Christmas Carol” on the air on Dec. 20, with morning show host and Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild…
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Now is the time for YPs to consider refinancing student loan debt
One of the most grown-up things I have ever done is refinance debt. In a nutshell, it means you transfer debt to another lender or stick with the same lender to agree to new terms. In 2020, I refinanced my…
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Beaver Dam radio ‘legend’ dies
A man who’s been on the radio in Beaver Dam for nearly five decades has died. John Moser was named a WBA Local Broadcast Legend in 2020 along with his on-air partner Bill McCollum. Last year’s recognition had to be…
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Station’s viewers generate 6.3M meals
A Madison TV station’s holiday campaign to fight hunger generated 6.3 million meals, topping the campaign’s 5 million meal goal. NBC15 News (WMTV-TV) has run “Share Your Holidays” for 25 years and has raised more than 55 million meals since…
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Weekly Radio Addresses take on pandemic relief, vaccine distribution
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol are focused on state legislation on COVID-19 and vaccine distribution. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — In this…
