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Podcast: The State of Spanish Radio: Its Future and Relevance
Monica Armenta (NM Broadcasters Assoc.) is joined by SDC Broadcasting’s Matt Martinez and Radio Ink and RBR+TVBR publisher Deborah Parenti to talk about Spanish-language radio; its growth, its challenges, and why it’s one of the most vibrant and resilient sectors of broadcasting.
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WBA joins DC fly-in to keep AM radio in every vehicle
Your WBA was in Washington D.C. this week, along with broadcasters representing 30 other states, to call on Congress to pass the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. The bills in both houses of Congress have overwhelming bipartisan support. The House bill has more than 300 cosponsors and the Senate bill has 60 cosponsors. Broadcasters…
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YP of the Month ‘excels in leadership’
A producer at WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, Melanie Walleser, is the WBA Young Professional of the Month for the month of July. The WBA Young Professional of the Month is a nominee for the WBA Young Professional of the Year Award. The award seeks to recognize young broadcasters who have made a significant impact on…
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Jowett Fellowship recipient wants radio to excel with video
A multimedia videographer at Woodward Community Media is the recipient of the Rick Jowett Fellowship. Logan O’Leary says while Woodward has a strong radio tradition, they’re forging a new path forward to also making it a reliable video production company. As the sole videographer for the company, he wants to grow the effort into a…
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WBA Foundation announces date for gubernatorial debate
The WBA Foundation Board will continue its 36-year tradition of holding statewide televised debates for Wisconsin’s voters by airing a general election debate in the 2026 Wisconsin gubernatorial race. Qualifying gubernatorial candidates will be invited to participate in a debate on Oct. 9 at 7 p.m., hosted by Milwaukee PBS. Radio and television stations from…
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WBA Hall of Fame takes center stage at Summer Conference
The WBA Summer Convention was an extra special one this year because it was hosted at the site of your WBA Hall of Fame at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center. This beautiful hotel is a wonderful home for our Hall of Fame and a great place to hold a WBA convention. While it was a…
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Registration open for Broadcasters Clinic
Registration is now open for the Broadcasters Clinic, which will be held Oct. 16-18 at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton. The agenda for the three day engineering conference is available here. There you will also find information about hotel reservations and the speakers who are scheduled to appear at the Clinic. Early bird pricing…
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Choi leaves WISN-TV
WISN-TV morning anchor Andy Choi is leaving television broadcasting. Choi is moving home to Schaumburg, Illinois to be closer to his family. He will be Public Relations Manager for Verizon in the Great Lakes Region. He said he’s leaving television with “a tremendous sense of humility, purpose, and gratitude.”
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Bob Barry shares stories of Milwaukee radio from 60s, 70s
WBA Hall of Famer Bob Barry has authored a book about his experiences being on the air in Milwaukee in the 1960s and 70s and rubbing elbows with icons of popular culture from the period. Barry had a 30-year career on Milwaukee’s radio dial at WOKY-AM, WEMP-AM, WISN-AM and WZTR-FM. During the mid-1960’s when the…
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Public broadcasting begins yearlong transition
Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television are beginning a yearlong transition from the University of Wisconsin Extension to the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The process started July 1 and is part of a restructuring of the University of Wisconsin-Extension and Colleges announced by UW System President Ray Cross last fall. The move is a…
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Appleton station marks 40 years by sharing recording
Appleton station WAPL is marking 40 years on the air this year and recently shared some history from the station’s founding. The station recently shared the audio from a found a record that contains a recording of the announcement of the purchase of the station. Congratulations to WAPL!
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Court responds to request for judges’ email addresses
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is denying a request for the court to release the direct email addresses of Wisconsin judges. The request was made by talk show host Mark Belling and was the subject of a column posted to WBA Newsroom on Monday. In a letter to Belling released… – MORE –
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Purcell named director of Wisconsin Public Media
Gene Purcell is being named the director of Wisconsin Public Media effective Aug. 1. Purcell replaces longtime director Malcolm Brett, who will retire at the end of July. He is currently the executive director of the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, the University’s partner in delivering WPR and WPT. Longtime WPR listeners might remember him as…
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Stations should have safety plans
Are we safe? It’s a basic question, but to answer it honestly it takes a deep dive into station and employee safety and a hard look at our procedures and facilities. In June, at the WBA Summer Convention, a panel of journalists and law enforcement personnel discussed employee safety from two vantage points: inside the station…
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Collaboration connects UW-RF media production students to German school
As the only instructor of video production on the campus of UW-River Falls, I have often found myself the recipient of unsolicited requests for campus and community video productions, project ideas for students, and related collaborative proposals which due to my nature as a “yes guy” I often entertained until my tenure committee recommended that…
