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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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Get the WBA member app for Summer Conference, Toolbox
The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association app is updated and ready to help visitors to the WBA Summer Conference and the Young Professionals Toolbox event next week at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center. The app is available in the Apple App Store and Google Play. It’s also available on iPad. Features added for the WBA Summer Conference…
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News director named to legislative committee on police body cameras
The news director at WISN-TV in Milwaukee has been named to sit on a Legislative Council Study Committee to study the use of police body cameras in Wisconsin. Ben Hart testified to an Assembly committee in January in opposition to a bill proposed in the last session of the legislature that would have established rules…
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Northwest Wisconsin TV anchor to host radio talk show
A reporter and anchor who worked for two television stations in northwest Wisconsin is joining a Green Bay radio station to host an afternoon talk show. Hayley Tenpas will host Focus Fox Valley on WHBY, which delivers local news and community minded conversation. She will cover family-oriented, community-driven topics and will put an emphasis on…
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Student-run station undergoes rebranding
A student-run radio station in Eau Claire is changing its name from Blugold Radio to Verge 99.9 FM. “We’re rebranding not to reflect changes in what we offer to our listening area, but rather to better match what listeners have grown to love about our contribution to the regional music scene,” said Scott Morfitt, station…
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WBA Foundation to focus on general election debates
After much deliberation and discussion, the WBA Foundation Board has decided to withdraw its offer to hold live broadcast primary debates for the Republican U.S. Senate primary and Democratic gubernatorial primary. The WBA Foundation will instead focus its efforts on continuing its more than 30 year tradition of holding general election debates. Details regarding the…
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Elliott returns to WMTV to co-host morning show
Tim Elliott is returning to NBC 15 (WMTV-TV) in Madison after three years at WISN-TV in Milwaukee. Elliott previously worked at NBC 15, leaving in 2013. He said most of his family and friends live in the Madison area and he couldn’t pass up an opportunity to return to his home market. Elliott is a…
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WBA Foundation sets candidate criteria for primary debates
The WBA Foundation has set criteria to determine which candidates will participate in live debates televised statewide in the Democratic primary in the race for the Governor of Wisconsin and the Republican primary in the race for a Wisconsin U.S. Senate seat. The Republican candidates for U.S. Senate will debate Saturday, July 21 at 7…
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Video: Digital Analytics for Broadcasters
The WBA and Jacobs Media are teaming up to bring members a video series aimed at helping stations build their digital strategies. The fourth video titled “Digital Analytics for Broadcasters” is available now in the WBA website’s Members Only section and in the videos section of the WBA app. The videos are produced by Jacobs…
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Spanish-language station adds weekday newscast
A Spanish-language TV station in Milwaukee is adding an 11 a.m. newscast to its weekday schedule. Telemundo Wisconsin (WYTU) will add the newscast starting June 4. It will be anchored by Jocelyne Pruna who previously co-anchored the station’s 10 p.m. newscast. She’s also an anchor/reporter for sister station CBS 58 (WDJT). “We are excited to…
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Chamraz to co-anchor newscasts on WTMJ-TV
Anchor and reporter Steve Chamraz will become the permanent co-anchor of “Live at 5:00” and “Live at 10:00” on WTMJ-TV after filling in as co-anchor since February 2018. Chamraz will join Carole Meekins at the news desk. He will also continue his investigative reporting and anchoring of “The Now,” which airs weeknights at 6:30 p.m.…
