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2025 WBA Hall of Fame Show available now
A half-hour program highlighting four 2025 WBA Hall of Fame inductees is available to view online and available for stations to air. This show features Denise Callaway, Bill Hubbard, Mark Zoromski, and Paul Braun. The show is available to all…
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YP of the Month is ‘unsung hero’ for station group
An announcer and producer at Woodward Community Media in Appleton, Zach Zelinski, is the WBA Young Professional of the Month for the month of November. The WBA Young Professional of the Month is a nominee for the WBA Young Professional…
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Guard presents WBA with commemorative coin
WBA President & CEO Michelle Vetterkind on Oct. 24 visited with our longtime partners and friends at the Wisconsin National Guard, including Maj. Gen. Matt Strub and Brig. Gen. Brion Aderman. During the visit, Vetterkind was honored to receive a…
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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…
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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…
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WOZZ Wausau flips to Rock
Midwest Communications radio station WOZZ in Wausau is switching formats from Variety Hits to Rock. “The Beast” has taken over the airwaves at 94.7 and 102.9. The Beast is a mainstream Rock Station that plays the best Rock from artists…
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Melendez named “YP of the Month”
WISN-TV Sports Director Dario Melendez is the WBA Young Professional of the Month for the month of July. The WBA Young Professional of the Month is a nominee for the WBA Young Professional of the Year Award. The award seeks…
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Mid-West Farm Report adds reporter, intern
The Mid-West Farm Report has added Ben Jarboe from Paxton, Illinois to its team of reporters. Jarboe grew up on a corn and soybean operation. He attended Illinois College in Jacksonville, where he received a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness management….
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Weekly Radio Addresses discuss costal communities, RNC
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol discuss grants for coastal communities and the RNC in Milwaukee. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — In this…
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Combat Hunger raises more than 65,000 Meals for veterans in need
The radio stations of Woodward Community Media (WCM) and Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin recently joined forces to wage an all-out battle against veteran hunger at the 6th Annual “Combat Hunger 2024” event on June 27 in Appleton. From 6 a.m….
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Keeping pace with media industry trends: The role of social media assignments in college courses
As an educator in higher education in the ever-evolving field of media studies, I have the privilege of being entrusted with preparing our students for careers in a rapidly changing broadcast industry. With the advent of social media, the landscape…
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What we do matters and it’s fun!
Freshly home and back to work from an amazing WBA Summer Conference, I’ve had time to reflect on the many conversations that I was able to share with fellow broadcasters from around Wisconsin in just two short days. The resounding…
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WBA Awards provide ‘return on investment’
The excitement of the 2023 WBA Awards for Excellence banquet is still fresh, and it’s already time to be thinking about your station’s nominations for the 2024 awards. I joined the Awards Committee right before May’s big event, and in…
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Wisconsin Broadcaster available now
The July/August issue of Wisconsin Broadcaster is now available. Highlights from this issue:
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Wisconsin Army National Guard seeing results
Your Wisconsin Army National Guard team is so grateful for you! The way you have welcomed our team and prioritized our stories has blown us away. You are helping us “fight our strength war”, and we are excited to share…
