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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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WUWM mourns passing of Bruce Winter
A man who spent 40 years connected to WUWM in Milwaukee has died. Bruce Winter was program director at WUWM. He started at the station in 1978 as operations manager. Over the years he hosted programs playing classical music, jazz, and adult alternative music. An article on the WUWM website says Winter’s voice will remain…
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WBA Foundation Chair: Foundation ‘well positioned’
I am pleased to have the honor of serving as Chair of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation (WBAF). Foundation President and CEO, Michelle Vetterkind, provides outstanding leadership for the WBAF. I am happy to report that your Foundation is well positioned to be a strong partner with the WBA during 2019. Communication with the WBA…
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Head of Morgan Murphy Media named ‘Giant’ in broadcasting
The president and CEO of Madison-based Morgan Murphy Media has been named a 2018 Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts honoree. Elizabeth Murphy Burns received the award Tuesday in New York from the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation. “I’m deeply honored and humbled,” Burns said during event. “I love our industry and I think it’s vital to…
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Committee finishes work on police body camera bill
A Legislative Study Committee has completed work on a bill that would regulate the use of police body cameras in Wisconsin. Legislation on body cameras passed in the Assembly but was not brought up for a vote in the Senate before the end of the last session. The study committee… – MORE –
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Educators say thank you for WBA Foundation grants
The WBA Foundation is getting thank yous for it recent awarding of Educational Support Grants. Two letters are below: +++ Hello Michelle, I hope all is well with you and the WBA! I would like to sincerely thank you and the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation for the Educational Support Grant grant of $2,500 for the purchase of…
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WBA member stations win 22 Chicago/Midwest Regional Emmy Awards
Seven different Wisconsin television stations won a total of 22 Emmy Awards during Saturday’s awards presentation by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The following Wisconsin stations won awards: WKOW (1) WGBA (1) WITI (11) WISN(3) WMTV (1) Milwaukee PBS (1) Wisconsin Public Television (4) The list of Wisconsin winners is below. The…
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Request-A-Thon triples money raised for the hungry
A radio and TV station’s effort to team up to raise money for people struggling with hunger across Southern Wisconsin tripled last year’s effort. The NBC15 (WMTV) Share Your Holidays campaign held a Request-A-Thon Thursday on 105.5 Triple M (WMMM-FM) and raised at least $12,500 for the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin. The amount…
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Nominations open for Hall of Fame Award
The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation Hall of Fame Committee is now requesting and accepting nominations for the Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame nomination process is open and will run through Feb. 15, 2019. Submissions should be made on the official nomination form (enclosed) and sent to the WBA Foundation office.…
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Langmyer forms company to invest in small markets
Longtime media executive Tom Langmyer is starting a company looking to aquire local radio stations and digital platforms in small markets. Langmyer annouced Thursday the formation of Great Lakes Media Corp., which looks to aquire properties in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. He is President and CEO of the company.…
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CBS 58 names new Director of Sales
Jenny Maroney has been named Director of Sales for Weigel Broadcasting’s stations in Milwaukee. Maroney came to Weigel from NCC Media in Chicago where she was in management for eight years. Maroney has extensive station sales and sales management experience working at WFLD-TV in Chicago, KMBC-TV in Kansas City, as well as a previous stint…
