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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…
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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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50-year Manitowoc radio veteran to retire
Fifty-year radio veteran Damon Ryan is retiring from Seehafer Broadcasting in Manitowoc on Nov. 7. Ryan began his radio career in 1973 at WGSY in Peru, Illinois, before landing at WNAM in Neenah, followed by WMKC in Oshkosh, and in…
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Weekly Radio Addresses tout Wisconsin manufacturing
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol are focused on manufacturing. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — In this week’s Dem radio address, Gov. Tony…
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Changes make way for future of WBA Hall of Fame
Changes to your WBA Hall of Fame at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center will make way for the future of the historic recognition of Wisconsin broadcasters. The elements of the Hall of Fame introducing visitors to the attraction, including the…
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Luczak to retire from WKLH in Milwaukee
WKLH-FM morning host Dave Luczak will retire from the Milwaukee station at the end of 2024. Luczak hosted mornings on the station since joining in 1984 what was then WMGF. He started his career in Dayton with jobs at WVUD…
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Valkoun to lead Milwaukee Radio Alliance
Colleen Valkoun has been named President and General Manager of Milwaukee Radio Alliance. Valkoun comes to the job with more than 25 years of experience in broadcast media. Her most recent position was as the Area President of iHeartMedia Milwaukee/Madison….
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Rep. Fitzgerald joins growing list of AM radio bill cosponsors
Wisconsin 5th Congressional District Representative Scott Fitzgerald is the latest member of the Wisconsin Congressional delegation to cosponsor the “AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act.” He joins other Wisconsin House members Rep. Mark Pocan, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, Rep. Glenn…
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Wagner to retire from 620 WTMJ
Jeff Wagner, host of the “Jeff Wagner Show” on Newsradio 620 WTMJ in Milwaukee will be retiring from the station after 25 years. His last show will air on Dec. 15. “No show runs forever, and it has been an…
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Group of TV stations add sports events to statewide network
A group of Wisconsin TV stations making up the WIAA Statewide TV Network is expanding high school sports coverage. In addition to the boys and girls basketball tournament and boys and girls hockey championships, the stations will now also produce…
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Brown inducted as SBE fellow
Woodward Radio Group Chief Engineer Steve Brown was recently inducted as a Fellow into the National Society of Broadcast Engineers. The recognition was held in September in Ohio. Brown has been with the same radio stations for 49 years. During…
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Industry leaders bring expertise to Broadcasters Clinic
I am pleased to report that the 67th WBA Broadcasters Clinic was a success. The event was very well attended with attendees from at least 23 states, as well as Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Quebec. We also had an international visitor…
