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  • Wisconsin Broadcaster available now

    Wisconsin Broadcaster available now

    The January/February issue of Wisconsin Broadcaster is now available. Highlights from this issue:

  • Join young broadcasters for ‘Coffee, Critiques, and Community’

    Join young broadcasters for ‘Coffee, Critiques, and Community’

    Join your fellow young broadcasters (within the first years of working in the profession) for professional development through conversation, helpful critiques, and getting your questions answered at Lambeau Field on Saturday, Feb. 28. Schedule:9-9:30 a.m. Coffee and networking9:30 am. –…

  • Agenda announced for 2026 Student Forum at Lambeau Field
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    Agenda announced for 2026 Student Forum at Lambeau Field

    The agenda for the 2026 Student Forum at Lambeau Field on Feb. 28 is available now! The keynote address will be delivered by Bill Jartz, legendary WBAY-TV anchor and PS announcer for the Green Bay Packers. Watch for updates as…

  • WBA Awards for Excellence contest opens for entries

    WBA Awards for Excellence contest opens for entries

    You can start submitting your award-winning entries for the WBA Awards for Excellence RIGHT NOW! and if you’re looking to get starlight to submitting entries…here’s the The submission deadline is Jan. 9 at 4 p.m. CT. Your WBA Awards Committee…

  • Nominations open for WBA Hall of Fame, Local Broadcast Legends

    Nominations open for WBA Hall of Fame, Local Broadcast Legends

    Nominations are now open for the WBA Hall of Fame and the Local Broadcast Legends. The WBA Hall of Fame Committee made a number of changes to the process starting with the 2025 cycle: Nominations for both recognitions must be…

  • 2015 Awards for Excellence Winners

    Congratulations to All! 2015 Awards for Excellence Winners Watch and listen to the winning entries on the WBA’s Showcase site

  • Ramping up social at the #wbagala

    The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association awards gala has always been a social event. The #wbagala hashtag is a popular one on the first Saturday of May in Wisconsin. But this year, the WBA is taking it up a notch by bringing…

  • Moderating online comments

    Every newsroom has had the discussion about online comments and how to handle them. For every editor I’ve talked to, I’ve heard different takes on the matter. It seems like many websites have settled on using online comments in some…

  • So many job candidates…so little time!

    How do you know you are hiring the right person for the job? Omnia Target Reports will help narrow the field when you are filling sales, engineering, IT or administrative posts. Get a sneak peek of a candidate’s natural job behaviors…

  • Where’s the love for RSS?

    I often wonder why more people don’t use RSS feeds. I once read that about 2 percent of Internet users take advantage of the technology. For me, I can’t imagine life without it. I don’t like to miss anything. It’s one…

  • Divided FCC Okays Auction Procedures

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  • July Pillsbury Advisory – Client Alert

    Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2015 Department of Labor Says Most Workers Are Employees Under FLSA: Ultimate Test Is Economic Dependence

  • Animated GIFs

    Photos are powerful. In fact, I will soon make my case that photos can sometimes be more powerful than videos. Stay tuned for that. But then there are animated GIFs. Early in the life of the Internet they had a…

  • Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2014

    Alert – July 2014 -Communications – Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims

  • WBA Joins In MMTC Designated Hitter Filing

    Your WBA and the other 49 State Broadcasters Associations joined together in filing comments with the FCC in connection with MMTC’s “designated hitter” proposal. Under that proposal, MMTC (Minority Media and Telecommunications Council) is asking the FCC, in essence, to require English language radio and television stations…