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Good Karma Brands to Purchase E.W. Scripps' WTMJ, WKTI Radio Stations in Milwaukee July 27, 2018 (Milwaukee, Wis.): Good Karma
Good Karma Brands to Purchase E.W. Scripps’ WTMJ, WKTI Radio Stations in Milwaukee July 27, 2018 (Milwaukee, Wis.): Good Karma Brands, LLC announced plans to purchase WTMJ (620 AM and 103.3 FM) and WKTI (94.5 FM) from The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP). Good Karma Brands, which is headquartered in Milwaukee, owns and operates six ESPN affiliated radio stations, including two in Wisconsin – 540 ESPN (WAUK-AM) in Milwaukee, and 100.5 ESPN (WTLX-FM) in Madison. Its Wisconsin radio assets also include a local news talk station (1430 WBEV-AM) and a country music station (95.3 WXRO-FM) in Beaver Dam. “We’re thrilled to welcome WTMJ and WKTI to the GKB family,” said Craig Karmazin, Good Karma Brands founder and chief executive officer. “The heritage, prestige, and team at the stations, in addition to their incredible sports partnerships, fit our commitment to provide best-in- class opportunities for our teammates, content for our fans, and solutions for our marketing partners.” Good Karma Brands is a sports media and entertainment company with expertise in local sports marketing activation. Its assets include a number of premium brands, including an events division that produces the Wisconsin Sports Awards, the Tundra Trio hospitality houses in Green Bay, and the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl, as well as ESPN media assets in Baltimore (Digital), Cleveland (Digital/Radio), Madison (Digital/Radio), Milwaukee (Digital/Radio), Washington D.C. (Digital) and West Palm Beach (Digital/Radio). The transaction will be filed with the FCC and upon approval, is expected to close in fourth quarter. -
Linda Baun's Dedication Will Leave
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2020 CHAIR’S COLUMN Prepare for election season Baun takes bow after 14 years at WBA We are now entering the election window. One very WBA Vice President Linda Baun will retire from the important heads up: You must upload everything organization in September after 14 years. to your Political File (orders, copy, audio or video) Baun joined the WBA in 2006 and led numerous WBA as soon as possible. As soon as possible is the catch events including the Broadcasters Clinic, the WBA phrase. Numerous broadcast companies, large and Awards for Excellence program and Awards Gala, the small, have signed off on Consent Decrees with the Student Seminar, the winter and summer confer- FCC for violating this phrase. What I have been told is, ences, and many other WBA events including count- get it in your Political File by the next day. less social events and broadcast training sessions. She Linda Baun Chris Bernier There are so many great examples of creative pro- coordinated the WBA’s EEO Assistance Action Plan, WBA Chair gramming and selling around the state. Many of you ran several committees, and handled administration are running the classic Packer games in place of the of the WBA office. normal preseason games. With high school football moved to the “Linda’s shoes will be impossible to fill,” said WBA President and CEO spring in Michigan our radio stations there will air archived games Michelle Vetterkind. “Linda earned a well-deserved reputation for from past successful seasons. This has been well received and we always going above and beyond what our members expected of her were able to hang on to billing for the fall. -
Fan Appreciation Week Giveaway OFFICIAL
Fan Appreciation Week Giveaway OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. 1. CONTEST OVERVIEW: ESPN Wisconsin will execute a contest to give away a variety of twenty-three (23) qualifying prizes and two (2) grand prize winners across all local shows as detailed in the contest rules below. Fans can enter to win via cue to call during all local shows. The contest runs from Monday, February 4, 2019 through Sunday, February 10, 2019. There will be four winners each weekday and one winner on Sunday during the dates of the contest. Grand prize winners will be selected at random on Monday, February 11, 2019. 2. HOW TO ENTER a. These rules govern the Fan Appreciation Week Giveaway Promotion (the “Promotion”) being conducted by 540 WAUK, 94.5 WKTI ESPN Milwaukee, 720 E. Capitol Dr., Milwaukee, WI 53212 and 100.5 WTLX ESPN Madison, 15 North Pinckney Madison, WI 53703, WI (“GKB”) beginning on Monday, February 4, 2019 at 9 AM CST and ending on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 12p CST. b. To participate in the Promotion, you may enter via the following method(s): • Cue to Call during on-air local programming. Promotion will be run during the following shows and stations between the dates of Monday, February 4, 2019 and Sunday, February 10, 2019: o Wilde & Tausch from 9a-11a CST on WKTI, WAUK and WTLX o Bryan Dee from 11a-12p CST on WKTI and WAUK o Scalzo & Brust from 11a-12p CST on WTLX o Homer & Gabe from 3p-6p CST on WKTI, WAUK and WTLX o The Football Show from 10a-12p CST on WKTI, WAUK, and WTLX i. -
2020 Milwaukee Business Journal Insert
COMMUNITY PARTNER RECOGNITION 2020 COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN Every year, thousands of organizations support United Way’s Publication Sponsor: Community Campaign through workplace campaigns, corporate gifts, sponsorships, and more. We thank everyone who helped create lasting change in our community. You are the example of what it means to Live United. THANK YOU 2020 COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN ALL-STARS TOTAL COMBINED GIVING $4.8 MILLION $3.6 MILLION $3.4 MILLION $3.2 MILLION $2.5 MILLION $2.3 MILLION $1.8 MILLION $1.7 MILLION $1.6 MILLION $1 MILLION $1 MILLION UnitedWayGMWC.org Thank you to all the organizations who ran a workplace campaign and/or supported 2020 TOTAL COMBINED GIVING United Way with a sponsorship, in-kind donation, corporate gift, foundation gift, or treasury gift. SUPER STARS Meijer GUARDIAN raSmith Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Regal Beloit Corporation - Grafton $500,000 - $999,999 Milwaukee County $10,000 - $24,999 Rite Hite Corporation Foundation Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Rogers Behavioral Health Foundation Children’s Wisconsin Advicent Pieper Electric, Inc./Ideal Mechanical RSM US LLP Foley & Lardner LLP AHEAD R&R Insurance Services, Inc. Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. GE Healthcare Alight Solutions State of Wisconsin S & C Electric Company Harley-Davidson Motor Company American Red Cross STRATTEC Security Corporation salesforce.com Johnson Financial Group in Southeastern Wisconsin Target Schlossmann’s Automotive Group ManpowerGroup Anderson Packaging, LLC University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee School District of Waukesha MGIC Investment Corporation Avaya, Inc. UW Credit Union Sentry Equipment Corp. Quarles & Brady LLP Briohn Building Corporation von Briesen & Roper, s.c. ServiceNow, Inc. U.S. Bank Carroll University Wells Fargo Shorewest Realtors Check Point Sikich LLP CIBC Cleary Gull SoftwareONE, Inc. -
March/April 2021
MARCH/APRIL 2021 WBA Awards Gala Update on Page 3! Sen. Smith to visit Summer Conference CHAIR’S COLUMN The President and CEO of the National Association Positivity important as end to pandemic nears of Broadcasters is coming to the WBA Summer Con- ference in August. Is it spring? As I write this, we are experiencing mild weather and many parts of Wisconsin have hit 50 Senator Gordon Smith will be the keynote speaker degrees. After the bitter cold temperatures we had in on Aug. 26, the second day of the conference at the February how can a person not think of spring. Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan. Sue Keenom, Senior Vice President, State, Interna- We are steadily showing signs of ending the COVID Smith tional, and Board Relations for NAB, will be joining pandemic. There was a recent article from Dr. Marty him. Makary of John Hopkins University that read the U.S. could reach herd immunity early in the second “We’re thrilled to have Sen. Smith join us as we celebrate the 70th Chris Bernier quarter this year and may already be reaching it. He year of the WBA,” said WBA President and CEO Michelle Vetterkind. WBA Chair states that COVID cases have dropped 77 percent in “This will be our first opportunity to gather since the pandemic and the Untied States in the last six weeks. We try to provide positive facts a perfect occasion to celebrate.” like this to our staff, particularly our salespeople. When making sales Smith joined the National Association of Broadcasters as president calls, I want our people to be positive. -
Federal Communications Commission DA 06-1758 Before the Federal
Federal Communications Commission DA 06-1758 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Amendment of Section 73.202(b), ) Table of Allotments, ) MB Docket No. 05-122 FM Broadcast Stations. ) RM-11198 (Columbus and Monona, Wisconsin) ) ) ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (Proceeding Terminated) Adopted: August 31, 2006 Released: September 5, 2006 By the Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: 1. The Audio Division has before it: (1) a Petition for Reconsideration of a Report and Order1 in this proceeding filed by Good Karma Broadcasting, LLC, licensee of Station WTLX(FM), Columbus, Wisconsin (“Petitioner”) ; and (2) a Motion to Supplement Petition for Reconsideration filed by the Petitioner.2 For the reasons discussed below, we will grant reconsideration. BACKGROUND 2. At the request of the Petitioner, the Notice of Proposed Rule Making3 in this proceeding proposed the reallotment and change of community of license for Station WTLX(FM) from Channel 263A at Columbus, Wisconsin, to Channel 263A at Monona, Wisconsin, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.420(i) of the Commission’s rules.4 The NPRM stated that the reallotment would provide a first local aural service at Monona (pop. 8,018) without depriving Columbus (pop. 4,479) of its sole local service. In order to prevent the removal of the sole local transmission service in Columbus, the Petitioner relied upon a simultaneously filed “back-fill” application to change the community of license of its Station WTTN(AM), 1580 kHz, from Watertown, Wisconsin, to Columbus, which was filed in connection with AM Auction No. 84 and was not mutually exclusive with any other applications submitted in the filing window.5 1 Columbus and Monona, WI, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 16253 (MB 2005) (“R&O”). -
Eeo Public File Report
EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT This Report covers full-time vacancy recruitment data for the period July 23, 2019 to July 22, 2020. 1) Employment Unit: Good Karma Broadcasting, LLC Good Karma Brands Milwaukee, LLC 2) Unit Members (Stations and Communities of License): WTLX(FM) FCC Facility ID No. 4477 Monona, WI WTTN(AM) FCC Facility ID No. 71092 Columbus, WI WBEV(AM) FCC Facility ID No. 4475 Beaver Dam, WI WXRO(FM) FCC Facility ID No. 4474 Beaver Dam, WI WAUK(AM) FCC Facility ID No. 10824 Jackson, WI WTMJ (AM) FCC Facility ID No. 74096 Milwaukee, WI WKTI (FM) FCC Facility ID No. 74095 Milwaukee, WI WMVP (AM) FCC Facility ID No. 73303 Chicago, IL . Operated by the employment unit pursuant to a Local Marketing Agreement with Sports Radio Chicago, LLC 3) EEO Contact Information for Employment Unit: Mailing Address: Telephone Number: (414) 209.3100 720 E. Capitol Drive Milwaukee, WI 53212 Contact Person/Title: Keith Williams/Vice President E-mail Address: [email protected] 4) List all Full-Time Job Vacancies Filled by Each Station in the Employment Unit: Job Title Recruitment Source Referring Hiree 1. Marketing Consultant Teammate referral 2. Accounting Specialist Job Search Website (Indeed) 3. Collections Specialist Job Search Website (Indeed) 4. Partnership Development Specialist (same pool of candidates as position 5) Teammate referral 5. Partnership Development Specialist (same pool of candidates as position 4) Teammate referral 6. Program Director Company Website 7. Partnership Coordinator LinkedIn 8. Partnership Coordinator Company Website 9. Partnership Development Specialist Job Search Website (Indeed) 10. Digital Reporting Analyst Job Search Website (Indeed) 11. -
Wisconsin Broadcaster Sep
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 CHAIR’S COLUMN Be ‘on guard’ against threats to media freedoms A few years ago, and ironically just days Today, there is no ambiguity in the rhetoric from some corners of the before Independence Day, some members political landscape. Regardless of your political leanings, the idea that the press is “the enemy of the people” or that “truth isn’t truth” should of our state legislature tried to quietly create a sense of urgency and heighten vigilance in all of us. dismantle Wisconsin’s open records laws, Beyond our role as journalists and advocates of the First Amendment, I hoping to restrict the public’s access to hope we all remain vigilant during these turbulent political times. Whether you are at the assignment desk in a TV newsroom in Steve Wexler the inner workings of our elected Rhinelander, an account executive in Wausau, a disc jockey in Shawano, WBA Chair officials—our government. or a news anchor in Madison, the not-so-subtle efforts to limit the Fortunately, broadcasters and other news media made enough noise on constitutionally guaranteed people’s right to know should concern us. the air, online, and in print over the 4th of July holiday to create public As I’ve had the opportunity to lobby on our state association’s behalf pressure to turn back this effort. One state legislator to whom I spoke over the years at the local, state, and national level, I’ve come to realize with at that time told me he “didn’t fully realize what this was,” and that that many of our elected officials truly do understand and respect the he would reverse course now that he understood the importance of the important role we play in a free, American society. -
Success Highlights Importance of Member Involvement
MARCH/APRIL 2020 CHAIR’S COLUMN Success highlights importance of member involvement The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association is regarded If you need background on important issues for one of these as one of the best state broadcasting association in meetings, don’t hesitate to contact the WBA office for support. Also, the country. This is according to Sen. Gordon Smith, when we have these local meetings, we should constantly remind the President and CEO of the National Association the elected officials of our value, how we are involved in virtually of Broadcasters. everything that happens in our communities, and the millions of During our recently completed legislative trip to dollars that Wisconsin Broadcasters help raise for their communities Washington DC, we also heard this from many every year. leaders of other state associations. The WBA is so We recently celebrated another legislative victory in the state Chris Bernier highly regarded because of the dedicated work by when Governor Evers signed into law the bill regarding the use of WBA Chair our President, Michelle Vetterkind, and the staff, but law enforcement body cameras. This was one of our talking points equally as important, is our membership! during State Legislative Day and in local meetings, plus the phone Our membership’s relationships with our elected officials are one of blitz that many of you participated in just before the vote. This is most significant things we can do as local broadcasters. Calling on another triumph in a long list of successes we have had thanks to them during State Legislative Day and in DC is very important. -
2013-2014 Wisconsin Blue Book: Chapter 8
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Are You Smarter Than Ben Brust?
Are You Smarter Than Ben Brust? OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Contest Description ESPN Wisconsin is executing a contest to giveaway two (2) individual golf passes at The Bridges to one (1) lucky fan on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. You must listen to Wilde and Tausch/Scalzo and Brust on 100.5 ESPN and 94.5 ESPN from 9a-12p. Upon hearing the cue to call for Are You Smarter Than Ben Brust, be the correct caller number, and beat Ben Brust in a game of trivia to win the round of golf. One winner will be announced. 1. HOW TO ENTER a. These rules govern the Are You Smarter Than Ben Brust promotion (the “Promotion”) being conducted by WTLX 100.5 ESPN 15 N Pinckney St. Suite 100, Madison, WI 53703 (“GKB”) beginning on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, and ending on Monday, June 23, 2020, at 12PM CST. b. To participate in the Promotion, you may enter via the following method(s): • Cue to Call during on-air local programming i. To participate in the Promotion, you must listen to Wilde and Tausch/Scalzo and Brust on WTLX 100.5 ESPN or WKTI 94.5 ESPN FM on June 23, 2020, between the hours of 9AM and 12PM in the Central Standard Time Zone during the Promotion dates for the announcement of the cue to call. Upon hearing the cue to call, be the designated number caller (as announced by the on-air personality prior to the cue to call) to get through to the GKB contest line at (844) 770-3776 for WTLX. -
Good Karma Brands' 101.7 the Truth Launching January 4, 2021
Good Karma Brands’ 101.7 The Truth Launching January 4th, 2021 The station announces a lineup diverse in life experiences and thought December 21, 2020 (Milwaukee, Wis.): Good Karma Brands is excited to announce 101.7 The Truth will launch at the beginning of the New Year, January 4th, 2021, with a group of talent filling the airwaves from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday. 101.7 The Truth is an audio platform that will embrace Milwaukee’s black community — a marketplace where authentic conversations will challenge and inspire; incorporating raw, honest perspectives true to what is really going on in our communities. Cherie Harris, 101.7 The Truth’s General Manager said: “The search for our on-air talent was not easy and every one of our hosts has a different perspective of Milwaukee. The city is home to many creative and talented voices who have a unique story to share.” The lineup on 101.7 The Truth, effective January 4: 7 – 10 a.m. Joe Brown and Melanie Ricks 10 – 1 p.m. Sherwin Hughes 1 – 4 p.m Tory Lowe 4 – 6 p.m. Dr. Ken Harris 6 – 7 a.m. Re-airing of shows from the day Kyle Wallace, Operations Manager of 101.7 The Truth said: “Our goal when recruiting was to find talent who were unapologetically and authentically Milwaukee, and we are confident we chose outstanding leaders who have already made an impact on the city through their service, advocacy, and fight for justice and equality.” Joe Brown, a native of Milwaukee, has a passion for the city and entertainment.