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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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Longtime Wisconsin radio and TV broadcaster dies
A broadcaster involved in radio and TV in the Milwaukee and Wausau areas for more than 50 years has died. Richard Mueller, known on the air as Skip Taylor, died May 18 at the age of 77. After enlisting and…
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Groat marks 30 years at WLUK-TV
Production and newscast director for WLUK-TV in Green Bay, Chris Groat, is marking 30 years at the station. Groat’s anniversary is May 26. Congratulations!
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Wisconsin stations win 27 regional Murrow Awards
Twelve WBA member radio and TV stations won 27 regional Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Award recipients demonstrate…
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WOLX personality Jim McGaw dies
WOLX personality Jim McGaw died Sunday. “Jim was the hardest working and thoughtful person in radio,” an article from the Madison radio station stated. “He was always willing to help and wanted to do whatever he could to make the place…
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Green Bay anchor awarded student debt relief grant
An anchor at Green Bay TV station WBAY-TV is the recipient of the 2024 Results Broadcasting Education Grant. Aisha Morales joined the station in 2016 as a weekend anchor/MMJ after graduating from the Walker Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona…
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Weekly Radio Addresses discuss politics, mental health
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol discuss state politics and mental health. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — In this week’s GOP , Senate…
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WRJN adds local voices, full service format
Civic Media’s WRJN radio (1400 AM, 99.9 FM, and 98.1 FM) is changing to full-service programming to better inform and entertain the Racine community. The station’s new lineup will feature Don Rosen in the morning, local, state, and agricultural news…
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Zoie Henry named weekday live desk anchor for WISN-TV
Zoie Henry is the new live desk anchor of ‘WISN 12 News This Morning’ which airs weekdays from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Henry steps into this role starting June 3 to deliver breaking news, live updates, and cover the…
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UW-RF embraces international collaboration in media production
While the old adage of “Teamwork makes the dream work” may seem cliché, the idea of collaboration has proven to be a successful model for many things including student projects and work. Last summer five University of Wisconsin-River Falls students…
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WTMJ expands ‘What’s On Tap,’ rounding out new programming lineup
620 WTMJ in Milwaukee announced that What’s On Tap hosted by Sandy Maxx will air from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. every weekday, Monday to Friday. What’s on Tap launched in November of 2023 with a focus on arts, culture,…
