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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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Marshfield area Hall of Fame broadcaster dies
A Marshfield area radio broadcaster and WBA Hall of Famer with a long record of community service has died. Jack Hackman was with Goetz Broadcasting for his career in broadcasting that lasted more than 40 years. He died Tuesday surrounded by his family. He was 85. Hackman started as a control room engineer and producer…
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Embracing change important to broadcasting’s future
Robert Kennedy said “20 percent of the people will be against anything.” Baseball great Casey Stengel once said “The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.” Casey and Kennedy were on to something! During times of continuous change, people quickly align themselves into one…
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La Crosse area photographer first to receive Jowett Fellowship
A television photographer working in the La Crosse area is the first to receive the Rick Jowett Fellowship. Travis Judell works at WXOW News 19 and was awarded $1,500 to extend his training with the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). Judell started his career in broadcasting at WKBT-TV in La Crosse while he was still…
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Promotion prompts changes to WKOW morning show
WKOW Wake Up Wisconsin Anchor Dani Maxwell has been promoted to Content Manager for the WKOW newsroom. In this senior newsroom management position she will guide overall direction and coverage decisions of the newsroom. “I have absolutely loved working on Wake Up Wisconsin the past six plus years and am… – MORE –
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Wisconsin Broadcaster available now
The July/August issue of the Wisconsin Broadcaster is now available. You can download it here. Highlights from his issue: WBA Chair Steve Wexler writes about embracing change WBA President and CEO Michelle Vetterkind presents highlights from Summer Conference Stations should have safety plans WBA, coalition pushing for repeal of personal property tax Preview of…
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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…
