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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 submitted through an online form. Those forms are available here: Nominations are due on Jan.…
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WBA celebrates 75 years throughout 2026
Your WBA marked 75 years of serving radio and TV broadcasters from across Wisconsin during the entire year of 2026. Check out these video highlights. Special thank you to Robert Jarzen for capturing this momentous year! :60 version:
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Jeff Levering to keynote WBA Student Forum at Lambeau Field
Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcaster Jeff Levering will present the keynote address at the WBA Student Forum at Lambeau Field on Feb. 27. Levering has been a play-by-play broadcaster for FOX Sports and the Big Ten Network since 2014, calling a variety of football and men’s basketball games. He joined the Brewers organization in 2015 and…
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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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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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NOTICE OF NEW ELECTRONIC FILING PROCEDURES FOR TELEVISION CLOSED CAPTIONING EXEMPTION REQUESTS
By this Notice, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB or Bureau), by delegated authority, announces new electronic filing procedures for petitions for exemption from the Commission’s closed captioning requirements for televised video programming.1 On February 24, 2014, the Commission released the Closed Captioning Quality Report and Order requiring that all individual closed…
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Closed Captioning Quality Standards Go Into Effect April 30, 2014
Closed Captioning Quality Standards Go Into Effect April 30, 2014 The FCC’s Recent Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Institutes a New Wave of Compliance Deadlines
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FCC Public Notice and News Release
Public Notice – FCC TAKES ACTION TO IMPROVE RETRANSMISSION CONSENT PROCESS FCC News Release FCC ADOPTS TV JSA ATTRIBUTION RULES, BEGINS 2014 MEDIA OWNERSHIP
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Communications Advisories Posted
2014 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations 2014 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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WBA Joins in EAS Joint Reply Comments
Your WBA, along with 46 other State Broadcasters Associations, recently filed Joint Reply Comments in the FCC’s proceeding reviewing equipment and operational issues identified following the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System.
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FCC
Advisory – Dec 2013 – Communications – 2014 Broadcast Calendar DOJ Clears the Air on E-Cigarette Ads A New Term for Retrans FCC Enforcement Monitor WBA Joins In FCC’s Indecency Proceeding Joint Reply Comments FCC Adopts Proposed FY 2013 Regulatory Fees FCC Grants More Time for 2013 Commercial Station Ownership Reports FCC Enforcement Monitor Biennial…
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President’s Column
I hope you all had a safe and joyous holiday season! And….I’d like to extend very special thank you to those of you who made year-end donations to your WBA Foundation! ** As a follow up to the article on the front page – we’re so excited about the new WBA Hall of Fame promotional…
