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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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School supply drive raises more than $53,000
The tenth annual ‘Class Act School Supply Drive,’ hosted by WISN 12 and The Salvation Army raised $53,236 this year. The long-standing campaign puts essential classroom supplies into the hands of children in need across Milwaukee and Waukesha counties. Viewers…
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Kerhin marks 25 years with WLUK-TV
WLUK-TV content manager Brian Kerhin is marking a milestone with the company. As of Aug. 26, Kerhin has been with the company for 25 years.
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WPR journalist honored for audio documentary
In 1947, fourteen years before the famous Freedom Rides of the early 1960s, a small group of courageous civil rights activists boarded buses and trains to fight segregation laws in the South. Their little-known story was captured by Wisconsin Public…
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Bob Barry Unearthed Interviews Podcast marks 200 episodes
The Bob Barry Unearthed Interviews Podcast is celebrating its 200th episode Wednesday with a special episode featuring clips from his show that aired in 1972. The first 199 podcast episodes feature recordings from . Barry was a legendary rock-n-roll disc jockey with…
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Kasper named first MIW, WBA mentee
The WBA and “MIW Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Wisconsin” program announces Jen Kasper from QueenB Radio as their inaugural mentee. Kasper is an accomplished professional with 29 years of experience in the broadcast industry. She began her career at…
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2023 WBA Awards rulebook available now
The 2023 WBA Awards for Excellence booklet is out and it includes some changes. Copies are in the mail, but you can also… Here’s an update from Your WBA Awards Committee Co-Chairs: On behalf of your WBA Awards Committee, we hope…
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Gazette journalist joins Big Radio
Janesville Gazette journalist Neil Johnson is joining Big Radio covering southern Wisconsin news. Johnson brings with him 14 years of experience at the Gazette covering communities in and around the Janesville area. “In a local news environment, the independent aspect…
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Teuber remembered for lifetime influence on radio
Tom Teuber, known for his lifelong love for and influence on radio, particularly in Wisconsin, died on Thursday in Fitchburg. He was 76. According to his obituary, Teuber developed an interest in radio while spending his youth in Milwaukee. He…
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Retired UW-Whitewater media professor dies
A retired professor of mass communications and founder of the student cable TV channel on campus, has died. Peter Conover died July 16 in Tucson, Arizona from complications of Parkinson’s. Conover earned many awards for Outstanding Faculty Service and for…
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Weekly Radio Addresses discuss clean water, shared revenue
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol are about clean water and shared revenue. 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…
