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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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WISN viewers donate more than $131K during food drive
The 11th annual WISN 12 “Food For Families Drive,” in partnership with Hunger Task Force, generated $131,258 in donations. For more than a decade, the campaign has been providing healthy holiday meals for hungry families throughout southeastern Wisconsin. “Year after…
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Sandy Maxx co-anchor of Wisconsin’s Afternoon News on Newsradio 620 WTMJ
Milwaukee broadcast veteran, Sandy Maxx will co-anchor Wisconsin’s Afternoon News on Newsradio 620 WTMJ. Maxx will join on-air host John Mercure, Sports Director Greg Matzek, and Traffic Reporter Debbie Lazaga weekday afternoons from 3 to 6 p.m. beginning Monday, Dec….
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Montoto to take leave, Wade named WBA Chair
WBA Board Chair Lupita Montoto, La Movida Radio, Madison, is taking a leave from her position as WBA Chair, putting Vice-Chair Jan Wade in the Chair role for the coming year. “I’m going through a medical situation with a family…
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WBA Awards competition opens, deadline Jan. 11
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 Here are updates to your WBA Awards program Social and Digital Media The…
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Weekly Radio Addresses promote shopping local, funding for local governments
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol promote the importance of shopping local for the holidays and discuss importance of shared revenue for local governments. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here…
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Heller sells stations to Civic Media
Long time station owner, Mark Heller has sold WGBW-AM and it’s FM translator along with WLAK-AM and it’s FM translator to Civic Media. Heller who celebrated 50 years in broadcasting earlier this year, has owned WGBW for 40 years. Civic…
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QueenB Radio names PD, group operations manager
Radio veteran Dave Murphy has been named Dubuque Super Hits 106.1 (KIYX) Program Director and QueenB Radio Wisconsin Group Operations Manager. “Dave brings 35-years of major market radio experience to our QueenB Radio stations,” said Vice President Market Manager Herb…
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Weekly Radio Addresses discuss abortion, helping formerly incarcerated
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol are about abortion and helping the formerly incarcerated. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — In this week’s Democratic…
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Reilly joins Wausau radio group
Veteran programmer, Jon Reilly is joining Duke Wright’s Midwest Communications Wausau cluster as Operations Manager. The position was formerly held by Rusty James, who was elevated to Wausau Market Manager several months ago. Reilly most recently spent more than ten…
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WBA Hall of Fame engineer, Jim Wulliman, dies
A pioneering broadcast engineer who served a long career in Milwaukee has died. WBA Hall of Famer Jim Wulliman died Nov. 8. He was 98. Wulliman served as Director of Engineering for the Journal Broadcast Group, including WTMJ-AM, WKTI-FM, and…
