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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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George Stanley to lead Wisconsin Watch
From Wisconsin Watch: George Stanley, a nationally respected veteran news leader and longtime Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editor, has been named CEO of Wisconsin Watch, effective Oct. 16. “We are pleased that a journalist of George’s stature will lead Wisconsin Watch…
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Lifelong broadcaster remembered, best known for VO work
A lifelong Wisconsin broadcaster is being remembered, and is best known for some of his voice over work. Charles Albon “Chuck” Morkri, of Verona, died Sept. 16. According to his obituary, Morkri started his career in broadcasting at WRCO radio…
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Ridder returns to Milwaukee radio
Milwaukee personality Shaun “Ridder” Ridderbush is back on the radio. Ridder is on 92.1 VTY Country (WVTY) from 8 a.m. to noon and 92.5 Buzz Country (WMBZ) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Between VTY and Buzz we cover a…
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Dwyer joins elections advisory committee
WXOW-TV News Director and WBA Board member Sean Dwyer is representing broadcasters on the Wisconsin Elections Commission Advisory Committee Concerning Election Observers. The panel will help the Wisconsin Election Commission rework its rules for poll watchers ahead of the 2024…
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Weekly Radio Addresses discuss child care, education reform
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol talk about child care and education reform. 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…
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Fulton to join WKOW-TV morning show
Meteorologist Dana Fulton is joining WKOW-TV’s 27 News Wake Up Wisconsin weekday mornings from 4:30-7a.m. Fulton served four years as a meteorologist at WISC-TV in Madison. Prior to moving to Wisconsin, Fulton was chief meteorologist at WACH in Columbia, South…
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Embracing equity and creativity in grading
This fall I will be teaching a course called On-Air Performance. Sadly, only a few of my students are looking at getting into broadcasting. Most take the class as a GenEd to satisfy their speech class retirement. The course is…
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WBA program helps stations plan for crisis
Radio and TV stations throughout the state can take an easy step toward being prepared for an emergency by getting Broadcaster Emergency Personnel ID cards for engineering staff members. Many stations already participate in the Broadcaster Emergency Personnel ID program,…
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WBA staff celebrates anniversaries
Three WBA team members recently marked service anniversaries. Michelle Vetterkind, President and CEO28 years on Aug. 28 Liz Boyd, NCSA/PEP Coordinator18 years on July 19 Kyle Geissler, Vice President6 years on Sept. 5 Congratulations and thank you for your service…
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Employees buy Black River Falls radio stations
A family-owned pair of radio stations in Black River Falls is being sold to some employees. WWIS Radio was owned by the Bob Smith family for more than 55 years. Bob’s son, Dan, who took ownership in 2019, is selling…
