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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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Heather L. Reese named Interim Director of Wisconsin Public Media
Heather L. Reese has been named interim director of Wisconsin Public Media (WPM), the division at the University of Wisconsin — Madison that oversees Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) and PBS Wisconsin. The announcement follows the recent death of Director Gene…
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Madison’s Lou Ann Schermerhorn dies
A Madison woman who started her career in broadcasting and became part of a broadcasting family has died. Lou Ann Schermerhorn died Sunday, July 25, 2021. She was 93 years old. She was first employed at WKOW Radio (now WTSO)…
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Weekly Radio Addresses discuss election reform
This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol discuss the topic of election reform. 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,…
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Public broadcaster was also teacher, consultant, mentor
A Madison man known for his work in broadcasting, teaching, nonprofit development, and consulting has died. Boris Frank died on Aug. 6. He was 89. According to his obituary, Frank graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in…
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Allen retires from 40-year broadcasting career
Television executive Tom Allen has retired from the broadcast industry after four decades working in and managing local television stations. Allen retired in early August as a Regional Vice President with Quincy Media, where he oversaw the operation of Quincy…
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Portage man remembered for long career in radio
A Portage man with a long career in broadcasting has died. Robert “Bob” William O’Halloran died July 28. He was 69. O’Halloran started his broadcasting career at 16 at WPDR and went on to UW-Stevens Point, where he earned his…
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Spieker named regional engineer for NRG Media
NRG Media’s Wisconsin stations have named Brian Spieker as its new regional engineer. “Brian comes to us from the Fargo, North Dakota area where he worked for several large broadcasting companies,“ NRG Director of Engineering George Nicholas said. “He also…
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Wisconsin Public Media remembers Director Gene Purcell
Wisconsin Public Media (WPM) is saddened by the death of Gene Purcell, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison division that provides statewide access to public media through Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) and PBS Wisconsin since 2018. Purcell passed away Saturday…
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Weekly Radio Addresses highlight differing approaches to addressing workforce issues
In this week’s Democratic radio address, Gov. Tony Evers highlighted a $130 million investment in workforce initiatives aimed at boosting the state’s economic recovery. Meanwhile, In this week’s GOP radio address, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, discussed Republican lawmakers’ recent…
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89Q establishes mentoring studio
A Wausau radio station is setting up a new studio aimed to mentoring high school students as future broadcasters. “Our goal is to help them understand radio from a non-commercial, CCM perspective,” wrote 89Q (WCLQ) General Manager Coy Sawyer. The…
