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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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Good Karma Brands launches Tundra Trio Radio Network
Good Karma Brands and ESPN Wisconsin are launching the Tundra Trio Radio Network, which will air Green Bay Packers content across 94.5 ESPN (WKTI-FM) and Newsradio 620 WTMJ in Milwaukee and 100.5 ESPN (WTLX-FM) in Madison. The newest Good Karma…
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Sports Broadcast Symposium coming to Beloit
Visit Beloit is proud to announce that the second annual Sports Broadcast Symposium and Dream Job Competition is set to take place Jan. 6-8. The three-day event is slated to feature an educational symposium, a competition to become a full-time…
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Weekly Radio Addresses discuss education spending, libraries
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol discuss education spending and libraries. 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, Sen….
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Radio Milwaukee names new executive director
Maxie C. Jackson III has been named executive director of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee (WYMS-88.9FM). Jackson most recently served as the Chief Content Officer for New England Public Media (NEPM). He has more than 30 years of management, content, and audience…
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Cominos launches show on WHBY in Appleton
WHBY and Woodward Radio Group are announcing the addition of Ben Cominos to the WHBY on air team. Cominos launched a new talk show, “Outside the Box with Ben Cominos” weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. beginning on Tuesday. WHBY’s new…
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93.1 JAMZ debuts ‘The Breakfast Club’
Mid-West Family Madison’s 93.1 JAMZ (WJQM) is adding “The Breakfast Club,” the most-listened-to Hip-Hop and R&B morning show in America, to its weekday morning lineup. Starting Sept. 14, the top-rated program featuring Radio Hall of Famers Charlamagne Tha God, Angela…
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WSAW-TV names digital sales manager
WSAW NewsChannel 7 has named Gunnar Tessmer as Digital Sales Manager. “I am thrilled to step into the Digital Sales Manager role for WSAW,” Tessmer said. “I look forward to working with our team to provide strategic, sensible and valuable…
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Majority of House now cosponsoring Local Radio Freedom Act
A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives are now cosponsoring the Local Radio Freedom Act, a resolution opposing “any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge” on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA), which…
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Station’s school supply drive raises more than $51,000
The “Class Act School Supply Drive,” hosted by WISN 12 in partnership with the Salvation Army, delivers school supplies to those who need them the most. The campaign this year raised $51,015 with donations placed online, through text messaging, and…
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Radio host walks to stop violence
A Milwaukee radio host walked from Milwaukee to Chicago to raise awareness to stop violence. 101.7 The Truth On-Air Host and Community Activist, Tory Lowe, walked the 80 miles as part of the 7th Annual Stop the Violence Peace Walk….
