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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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Madison TV GM to oversee Illinois stations
A change in management structure for Gray Television means new duties for the GM of WMTV-TV in Madison. Don Vesely will now also oversee Gray’s television stations in Peoria and Rockford, Illinois. The move is one of several within Gray….
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WBA Foundation announces broadcast teams for general election debates
The WBA Foundation Board is proud to announce the names of the journalists from across the state who will continue its 32-year tradition of conducting debates in the Wisconsin Governor and the U.S. Senate races for Wisconsin voters. Both debates…
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2 photographers awarded Jowett Fellowship
A television photographer working in Milwaukee and another working in La Crosse are the 2022 recipients of the Rick Jowett Fellowship. Andrew Huggins works at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. He was awarded $1,000 to attend a NPPA workshop in Nashville and…
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2022 WBA Awards program released
The 2022 WBA Awards for Excellence booklet is out and it includes some changes. Copies are in the mail, but you can also download it here. Here’s an update from Your WBA Awards Committee Co-Chairs: On behalf of your WBA Awards…
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Perez promoted at Radio Milwaukee
Kenny Perez has been named as Assistant Program Director and Afternoon Drive Host on Radio Milwaukee (WYMS). His resume includes five years as Audio Production Manager at the station and six years on the air at the UW-Madison’s WSUW-FM. “Throughout…
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Beaver Dam stations announce format changes
Two radio stations in Beaver Dam are changing formats on Aug. 15. Your Hometown Station 1430 WBEV will move to an FM signal as 95.3 WBEV, powered by Daily Dodge. The existing 1430 WBEV-AM signal will transition to 1430 ESPN,…
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Broadcasters Clinic named ‘Best Educational Event’ by SBE
The SBE Wisconsin chapters and the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association have won an award from the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) for the Best Educational Event for the Wisconsin Broadcasters Clinic held in October 2021. The SBE said of the event,…
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Weekly Radio Addresses discuss retailers, infrastructure
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol are focused on independent retailers and infrastructure spending. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics: — In this week’s Republican…
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Wexler finalist for Marconi Award
Good Karma Brands Milwaukee Vice President and Market Manager Steve Wexler is a finalist for a 2022 Marconi Radio Award from the NAB. He’s one of five finalists for the title of Legendary Radio Manager of the Year. The finalists…
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Gylock to lead Nexstar stations in La Crosse
Cory Gylock has been named Vice President and General Manager of WLAX-TV and WEUX-TV, wiproud.com, and their related digital and social media channels. Gylock assumes the position from Judson Beck, who was named Vice President and General Manager of Nexstar’s…
