WBAF to Sponsor Wisconsin Gubernatorial Debates

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The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation (WBAF) is sponsoring the state's gubernatorial debates Oct. 10 (La Cross/Eau Claire) and 17 (Milwaukee).

Both debates, each an hour, will be carried by TV and radio stations across the state.

Squaring off will be Governor Scott Walker and challenger Mary Burke.

Coordinating the La Crosse/Eau Claire debate will be Anne Paape, station manager and news director at WKBT-TV La Crosse. Coordinating the Milwaukee debate will be Bill Hurwitz, VP, Milwaukee Radio Alliance.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.