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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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Fee decision shows power of association membership
Many of you are already familiar with the many benefits of WBA membership you no doubt gather from reading this newsletter regularly, but you might not always know everything that’s happening behind the scenes on behalf of broadcasters across Wisconsin….
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Wisconsin Broadcaster available now
The November/December issue of the Wisconsin Broadcaster is now available. You can download it here [PDF]. Highlights from his issue: WBA Chair Don Vesely writes about supporting future broadcasters Sen. Baldwin supports two important bills Membership renewals in the…
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WBA Student Seminar to team up with job fair
The WBA Student Seminar is returning as an in-person event in March and making a big change aimed at connecting more students and aspiring broadcasters. The WBA Job Fair, typically held in January, is moving to be a part of…
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Moll to lead Detroit Lions broadcast operations
Carl Moll has accepted an offer to become Director of Broadcasting for the Detroit Lions. This is a homecoming for Moll after many years in broadcasting in Wisconsin. The Michigan native worked at Journal Broadcast Group in Milwaukee in both…
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Schuh remembered for long, respected career in broadcasting
WBA Hall of Famer and lifelong broadcaster, Jim Schuh, has died. Schuh, 83, died Wednesday at Marshfield Medical Center in Weston, according to his obituary. Schuh was a Milwaukee native and graduate of Marquette University. His career began in 1957…
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Weekly Radio Addresses focused on mental health, substance abuse, election investigation
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol talk about mental health and substance abuse treatment and investigations into the 2020 election. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from…
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Packers moving to iHeartMedia in Milwaukee
The Green Bay Packers and iHeartMedia Milwaukee announced Wednesday 97.3 The Game WRNW will become the Milwaukee broadcast home for the Packers Radio Network beginning in the 2022 season. Packers games and related programming in Milwaukee will transition to The…
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Olson named GKB manager in Madison, Williams going to Chicago
Tom Olson will be the new market manager for ESPN Madison effective Nov. 1, according to Good Karma Brands (GKB). Olson steps into this role as Keith Williams, vice president and current ESPN Madison market manager, moves to ESPN 1000…
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Moody to program new urban alternative channel in Milwaukee
Public radio innovator and “Rhythm Lab Radio” creator and host Tarik Moody will lead 88Nine Radio Milwaukee’s new Urban Alternative channel as its program director, the station announced Monday. In early 2022, the station will hire additional Urban Alternative staff…
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La Crosse area engineer retiring after 33 years
An assistant chief engineer who’s been working at a La Crosse TV station for 33 years and serving on the Broadcasters Clinic Committee for 24 years is retiring. Mark Burg joined WLAX-TV in 1988, working to build what would become…
