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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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Gilman Halsted, retired WPR reporter, named Distinguished Wisconsin Watchdog
Gilman Halsted, a retired Wisconsin Public Radio reporter who produced award-winning examinations of the state’s criminal justice system, has been named the 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Wisconsin Watchdog Award. Over the course of two decades, Halsted became a familiar voice to WPR listeners, working for six years in the Wausau bureau before moving to…
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Get to know WBA leadership: Steve Wexler
Steve Wexler began his broadcast career with Journal Broadcast Group in 1977 as an intern at WTMJ-AM while attending Shorewood High School. He hosted on-air programs on both WTMJ-AM and WKTI-FM in the late 70’s and early 80’s before leaving the company to become an on-air talent and program manager at Hearst Broadcasting’s WISN-AM in…
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Committee votes on changes to online court records
A committee convened by the director of state courts is reviewing issues regarding the state’s online court records system: Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, or WCCA, which most people refer to as CCAP. The committee is the third convened to ponder changes to the system, the other two being in 2000 and 2005. Those committees resulted…
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Eau Claire station uses live network musical to promote local arts
An Eau Claire television station used the NBC live production of the musical “Hairspray” to promote the local performing arts culture. WEAU aired a panel discussion titled “Theater in our Community” after the musical aired Dec. 7. The station invited performing arts volunteers to talk about the importance of a vibrant local arts scene and…
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112,000 lbs. of food collected by pair of TV stations
Two TV stations in Milwaukee worked with the Brewers Community Foundation and Hunger Task Force the day before Thanksgiving to collect more than 112,000 pounds of food from viewers. CBS 58 (WDJT) and Telemundo both did live news segments as well as live cut- ins throughout the day The “Thanksgiving Drive Thru Food Drive” was…
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Radio group raises more than $50K for numerous causes
Three radio stations in a Madison radio group raised more than $50,000 for community causes during events all in the same week. Mid-West Family Broadcasting station WJJO held a 28-hour radiothon in downtown Madison to help local veterans, raising more than $14,000. During the same week in December, La Movida (WLMV) raised more than $13,000…
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Manitowoc radio group uses social media to promote community pride
Seehafer Broadcasting recently launched a social media hashtag campaign to promote community awareness and community pride in Manitowoc. Seehafer stations is promoting the use of the #LoveManitowoc hashtag which is “intended to start a conversation amongst citizens of and visitors to our city in which each person can share the things that they love about…
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Janesville radio stations break holiday donations record
WCLO and WJVL radio helped generate a record number of donations during its annual “12 Hours of Bringing” event at Farm and Fleet of Janesville. The radio stations broadcast for 12 continuous hours on Dec. 9, asking the community for donations of toys, non-perishables, personal care items, and cash. Activities were set up at the…
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TV investigation prompts policy change at homeless shelter
An investigation by a La Crosse television station prompted a change in policy at a homeless shelter that’s getting more homeless people off the street. Video that WKBT captured in July inspired the Salvation Army to change its policy in regards to sheltering homeless people who might be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.…
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Drone journalism training offered at UW
The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is partnering with the Poynter Institute, Google News Lab, DJI Drones, the Drone Journalism Lab at the University of Nebraska, and National Press Photographers Association to host hands-on drone journalism training in Madison June 16-18. “At a time when drone use in reporting is expected…
