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  • WBA Awards for Excellence contest opens for entries

    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…

  • 2025 WBA Hall of Fame Show available now

    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…

  • YP of the Month is ‘unsung hero’ for station group
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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…

  • Guard presents WBA with commemorative coin

    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…

  • Nominations open for WBA Hall of Fame, Local Broadcast Legends

    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…

  • Weekly Radio Addresses discuss gas-powered machinery, environmental concerns

    Weekly Radio Addresses discuss gas-powered machinery, environmental concerns

    This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol are about a bill to prohibit local bans on gas-powered vehicles and equipment and how the state budget addresses environmental concerns. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they…

  • Kasper to lead QueenB stations in Platteville
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    Kasper to lead QueenB stations in Platteville

    Jen Kasper has been named market manager for QueenB Radio in Platteville. Kasper has been with the company more than 16 years, serving as a top performing account executive and most recently as the director of sales. Kasper replaces Herb…

  • SBE promotes Steve Brown to industry Fellow
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    SBE promotes Steve Brown to industry Fellow

    The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has elevated Woodward Radio Group Chief Engineer, Steve Brown, to the rank of Fellow. The Fellow honor is the highest membership level in the SBE. Members must have made significant contributions to the broadcast…

  • WBA Hall of Famer Bob Smith retires

    WBA Hall of Famer Bob Smith retires

    WBA Hall of Famer and Gray Television executive Bob Smith has retired. Smith was executive VP and COO of Gray Television since 2013. He resigned Thursday, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He had corporate responsibilities…

  • McPherson named evening anchor for WMTV-TV

    McPherson named evening anchor for WMTV-TV

    Mark McPherson is set to return to Wisconsin as NBC15’s (WMTV-TV’s) next evening anchor/reporter. McPherson will succeed evening anchor John Stofflet, who announced last summer that he will retire from his current role and sign-off for the final time at…

  • Weekly Radio Addresses focused on Wisconsin workforce

    Weekly Radio Addresses focused on Wisconsin workforce

    This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol talk about the Wisconsin workforce. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — In this week’s Democratic radio address, Gov….

  • Radio auction raises money for Reedsburg community
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    Radio auction raises money for Reedsburg community

    A radio station in Reedsburg raised more than $61,000 for community organizations through a radio auction. WRDB held its 70th annual Reedsburg Area United Fund Radio Auction Jan. 23-27. The station donated 40 hours of airtime. Proceeds totaling $61,500 were raised…

  • WBA Gala award presenters announced

    WBA Gala award presenters announced

    The radio and television personalities who will present the awards at the WBA Gala on May 6 have been announced. The award presenters represent the stations that won Station of the Year awards last year. Stations representing radio will present…

  • Radio, TV stations band together to replace buses destroyed by fire
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    Radio, TV stations band together to replace buses destroyed by fire

    Radio and TV stations in the Green Bay area worked together to help a local charity replace buses lost in a fire. Aspiro is committed to helping people with disabilities and lost its fleet of buses in February. In response,…

  • Weekly Radio Addresses discuss referendum results, affordable housing

    Weekly Radio Addresses discuss referendum results, affordable housing

    This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol comment on results from this week’s statewide referendums and affordable housing. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — In…