News Archive

  • Creative marketing manager awarded student debt relief grant
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    Creative marketing manager awarded student debt relief grant

    The creative marketing manager for Radio Milwaukee (WYMS-FM) is the recipient of the 2023 Results Broadcasting Education Grant. Erin Bagatta has been with the station for more than four years where she started as a marketing coordinator. She was also…

  • Milwaukee radio programmer named Young Professional of the Year
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    Milwaukee radio programmer named Young Professional of the Year

    The content director for Milwaukee radio station 101.7 The Truth (WKGB-FM) is the WBA’s 2023 Young Professional of the Year. Kyle Wallace was the highest ranked of the five young broadcasting professionals recognized this year for making a significant impact…

  • Duke Wright estate endows MTI, which will now bear his name
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    Duke Wright estate endows MTI, which will now bear his name

    An endowment from the estate of WBA Hall of Fame broadcaster and WBA Foundation Legacy Club member Duke Wright will secure the long-term future for the WBA Media Technology Institute, which will now bear the name the “WBA Duke Wright…

  • Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2014

    Alert – July 2014 -Communications – Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims

  • WBA Joins In MMTC Designated Hitter Filing

    Your WBA and the other 49 State Broadcasters Associations joined together in filing comments with the FCC in connection with MMTC’s “designated hitter” proposal. Under that proposal, MMTC (Minority Media and Telecommunications Council) is asking the FCC, in essence, to require English language radio and television stations…

  • NOTICE OF NEW ELECTRONIC FILING PROCEDURES FOR TELEVISION CLOSED CAPTIONING EXEMPTION REQUESTS

    By this Notice, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB or Bureau), by delegated authority, announces new electronic filing procedures for petitions for exemption from the Commission’s closed captioning requirements for televised video programming.1 On February 24,…

  • Closed Captioning Quality Standards Go Into Effect April 30, 2014

    Closed Captioning Quality Standards Go Into Effect April 30, 2014 The FCC’s Recent Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Institutes a New Wave of Compliance Deadlines

  • FCC Public Notice and News Release

    Public Notice – FCC TAKES ACTION TO IMPROVE RETRANSMISSION CONSENT PROCESS FCC News Release FCC ADOPTS TV JSA ATTRIBUTION RULES, BEGINS 2014 MEDIA OWNERSHIP

  • Communications Advisories Posted

    2014 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations 2014 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

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    WBA Joins in EAS Joint Reply Comments

    Your WBA, along with 46 other State Broadcasters Associations, recently filed Joint Reply Comments in the FCC’s proceeding reviewing equipment and operational issues identified following the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System.

  • FCC

    Advisory – Dec 2013 – Communications – 2014 Broadcast Calendar DOJ Clears the Air on E-Cigarette Ads A New Term for Retrans FCC Enforcement Monitor WBA Joins In FCC’s Indecency Proceeding Joint Reply Comments FCC Adopts Proposed FY 2013 Regulatory…

  • President’s Column

    President’s Column

    I hope you all had a safe and joyous holiday season!  And….I’d like to extend very special thank you to those of you who made year-end donations to your WBA Foundation! ** As a follow up to the article on…