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2026 WBA Awards for Excellence Rulebook available now
Hello Wisconsin Broadcasters, On behalf of your WBA Awards Committee, we hope you have had a great first half of the year, and that you have been saving your potential entries for this year’s contest. You are a part of the largest state broadcaster awards program in the nation, and we can’t wait to see…
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Ambassador program extends to second UW campus
The WBA campus ambassador program is expanding to a second campus after its pilot year at UW-Oshkosh. Two students at UW-Whitewater will serve as WBA ambassadors starting in the fall semester. The ambassador program was launched in 2025 on the UW-Oshkosh campus with two students: Dylan Przybylski and Jacob Link. The students acted as representatives…
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Wisconsin Broadcaster available now
The September/October issue of Wisconsin Broadcaster is now available. Highlights from this issue:
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Shockleys establish Young Broadcasters Development Fund
WBA Hall of Famers Terry and Sandy Shockley are the founding grantors of the newly established Young Broadcasters Development Fund, aimed at inspiring career building in the broadcast industry. “Our mission with this fund is to inspire and motivate young people to pursue a career in broadcasting,” Terry and Sandy Shockey said. “The rewards are…
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Student scholarship competition underway
Do you know a student who could use assistance with educational expenses? The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation offers three $2,500 scholarships and one $1,500 scholarship. Students who meet eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply for these scholarships. The application process is online. It’s available on the WBA website at wi-broadcasters.org/scholarships Students who have completed at…
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Madison station safely gathers listeners for drive-in movie
Madison radio station Life 102.5 (WNWC-FM) held a drive-in movie event at the Madison Mallards’ baseball stadium on Friday evening. More than 500 people were on hand in the socially distanced setting for a showing of Jeremy Camp’s Christian hit movie “I Still Believe.” The Mallards have transformed their stadium into a drive-in movie theater…
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Weekly Radio Addresses encourage online voter registration, celebrate women’s suffrage
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol residents are encouraged to use the state’s online voter registration system and celebrate the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — Sen. Devin LeMahieu in this week’s GOP radio…
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Davis rejoins Cumulus as Operations Manager for Appleton-Oshkosh stations
Cumulus Media has appointed Brian Davis as Operations Manager for Cumulus Appleton-Oshkosh and Program Director of 99.5 WPKR-FM. In his new roles, Davis will program Country station WPKR-FM and will oversee Cumulus’ five radio stations in the Appleton-Oshkosh market, including: WPKR-FM, WVBO-FM (Classic Hits), WWWX-FM (Alternative), WNAM-AM (Nostalgia), and WOSH-AM (News/Talk). Davis was most recently…
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Engineer remembered for work in Chippewa Valley
A broadcast engineer who spent most of his life in the Chippewa Falls area has died. Lanny E. Roth died Wednesday. He was 78. According to his obituary, Roth was on staff when WCFW-FM went on the air and worked at WEAQ/WIAL radio stations in Eau Claire. He later worked for the University of Wisconsin…
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Hall of Fame inductees, Legends to be honored in 2021
The honorees named for the 2020 WBA Hall of Fame and Local Broadcast Legends will be honored in 2021 and no new honorees will be selected in 2021. The WBA Board and Foundation Board voted in July to have the 2020 selections for both honors be inducted during the WBA 2021 Summer Conference. The boards…
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YP Award to be given in 2021
This year’s Young Professional of the Year winner, Terry Stevenson from Seehafer Broadcasting in Manitowoc, will be recognized at the 2021 WBA Summer Conference. Stevenson was to be honored at this year’s Summer Conference in La Crosse, which was cancelled because of the pandemic. The 2021 Summer Conference is scheduled for June 17-18 at Blue…
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Pflugshaupt to serve as YP Committee Co-Chair
Amy Pflugshaupt from NBC 15 in Madison will serve as co-chair to the WBA Young Professionals Committee. Pflugshaupt has been involved in production of the YP’s Toolbox event at the WBA Summer Conference. Thank you for your service!
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Grassman named chair of Conference Committee
Don Grassman has been named chair of the WBA Conference Committee. He replaces Rick McCoy who retired from Mid-West Family Broadcasting earlier this year. Grassman is President and co-owner of Results Broadcasting and President and co-owner of Tower Road Media in Waupaca. The WBA Conference Committee is responsible for planning the WBA’s annual Summer Conference.
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Ownership changes prompt dial, format changes at 5 La Crosse stations
Five radio stations in the La Crosse area are undergoing dial position changes or format changes after La Crosse Media Group sold the stations to three new owners. Magnum Media closed last week on its acquisition of 106.3 WQCC-FM, 102.7 KQEG-FM, 1490-AM WLFN from La Crosse Media Group and FM translator 97.9 from The Salvation…
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Radio group promotes Black-owned businesses
A group of iHeartMedia’s radio stations in Milwaukee are launching an initiative to support Black-owned businesses, restaurants, and nonprofits. The Brilliantly Black initiative is being led by radio stations V100.7 (WKKV-FM), FM106.1 (WMIL-FM), 95.7 BIG FM (WRIT-FM), 97.3 The Game (WRNW-FM), and The BIG 920 (WOKY-AM). The initiative is modeled after a similar program at…
