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  • WBA Young Professional of the Month/Year, an award that changed my life
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    WBA Young Professional of the Month/Year, an award that changed my life

    Hello to all of my fellow young professionals. I am Ryan Brahm, the News Director at WOMT Radio in Manitowoc, and the WBA’s 2024 Young Professional of the Year. I would like to take some time to tell you more…

  • Wisconsin Broadcaster available now

    Wisconsin Broadcaster available now

    The September/October issue of Wisconsin Broadcaster is now available. Highlights from this issue:

  • Engineers gather in Wisconsin for Midwest Regional Broadcasters Clinic

    Engineers gather in Wisconsin for Midwest Regional Broadcasters Clinic

    I’m pleased to report that the Midwest Regional Broadcasters Clinic—a collaborative effort between the engineering teams of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association and the Minnesota Broadcasters Association—was a success. Now in its 69th year, the Clinic was well attended, drawing participants…

  • 2025 WBA Awards for Excellence Rulebook available now

    2025 WBA Awards for Excellence Rulebook available now

    Hello Wisconsin Broadcasters, On behalf of your WBA Awards Committee, we hope you had a great summer and have been documenting and saving your potential entries for this year’s contest. You are a part of the largest state broadcaster awards…

  • Student scholarship competition underway
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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…

  • Sports Workshop returns to Lambeau Field

    Sports Workshop returns to Lambeau Field

    The WBA Doug Chickering – WIAA Sports Workshop was at Lambeau Field in Green Bay on Thursday, during Packer’s training camp. After an introduction from WBA President and CEO Michelle Vetterkind and Doug Chickering, attendees heard first from Doug Russell,…

  • Lessons about Facebook Live

    Lessons about Facebook Live

    Most newsrooms have at least experimented with Facebook Live, but the uses have varied. New platforms are always a good way to get newsrooms thinking creatively. NPR got into Facebook livestreams in a big way shortly after the feature was…

  • WBA Joins Coalition to Repeal Wisconsin’s Personal Property Tax

    The WBA has joined forces with a diverse group of 31 trade and business associations with the common goal of repealing Wisconsin’s personal property tax. The “Coalition to Repeal Wisconsin’s Personal Property Tax” consists of organizations representing more than 400,000…

  • Rethinking the news “product”

    I like to follow the words and writings of Jeff Jarvis, and not because I buy everything that he writes, but because I want to buy it. His main thesis is that news organizations (he spends a lot of time…

  • 2017 Local Sales Success Webinar

    ESA’s TOP 5 FOR 2017 Webinar Wednesday, July 6, 2016 10:00 – 10:45 am CDT ESA’s Top 5 for 2017 Webinar will outline a strategy of separation for you and your sales team. The focus will be on taking advantage…

  • Platform fatigue

    Are you getting platform fatigue? You’re already posting to Facebook and Twitter. You know you should be on Instagram, and what about Snapchat? Social livestreaming is out there too – how can you do that as well? And there are…

  • Instagram catches up

    One of the frustrations many stations likely have with Instagram is that it is still a platform built around individuals. Stations that have an account have  to have their business needs met by a personal platform. That’s finally changing. You…

  • Pillsbury Advisory: U.S. Department of Labor’s New Overtime Exemption Requirements
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    Pillsbury Advisory: U.S. Department of Labor’s New Overtime Exemption Requirements

    On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor published final regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) that more than double the minimum salary level necessary to be exempt from the Act’s overtime rules. While the changes affect…

  • The Future

    I have faith in the future of this business because I think we still haven’t tapped the full potential of electronic media. Communication technology has evolved faster than our ability to use it to its full potential. I’ve felt this…

  • Spending Time to Save Time

    The more you manage your life and work in a digital format, the more options you have for managing it. Too often, I see people not take the time or not know how to use these tools in a way that saves them…

  • FREE MEMBER WEBINAR

    Thursday, June 2 at 12pm Online Public Files- Radio, You’re up Next! Presented by David Oxenford, Wilkinson Barker Knauer -MORE-