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Longtime WBAY anchor Bill Jartz has announced that he will be leaving the desk on May 23rd. Don't worry, Packer fans - he *will* be remaining at the mic for Lambeau home games. https://www.wbay.com/2025/03/03/bill-jartz-announces-retirement-wbay-tv/

After 30 years at WBAY, reporter/anchor Jeff Alexander is retiring from the business. He will be returning to Washington state to take care of his mother. He had stepped down from his normal roles at the station earlier this summer, but continued to appear on the station's popular "Small Towns" series. Morning anchor Emerson Lehmann will take over "Small Towns". https://www.wbay.com/2024/12/17/small-towns-host-jeff-alexander-announces-full-retirement/

.......any intel on who would've handled WBAY's "2 Power" campaign? I'm suspecting it to be a Klein& job, but a little browsing back in this thread gave some mention of Peters working with them at one time. https://www.wbay.com/2022/03/17/wbay-69-journey-through-decades-green-bays-original-tv-station/ (most of the 1979 promos; I don't think I can embed them)

(post temporarily deleted; FB embed wasn't working, and I'll need to make sure the jingle in question hasn't been posted before.)

WBAY's morning/noon anchor, Kevin Rompa, is calling it a career after 32 years at the station. Next month will be his last newscast. https://www.wbay.com/2021/02/19/after-32-years-kevin-rompa-to-retire-from-wbay/

"Feud" is going to WGBA. Expanding the 4PM show isn't too surprising to me; WFRV's 4PM is also 1 hour. The 9A is interesting, though.....

WGBA's Stacy Engebretson is calling it a career after 20 years. https://www.nbc26.com/news/local-news/saying-goodbye-to-stacy-engebretson

Longtime WFRV meteorologist Dave Miller is retiring. https://www.wearegreenbay.com/local5live/local-5s-meteorologist-dave-miller-retiring/

One of northeast Wisconsin's longest-tenured anchors is retiring in November. Tom Milbourn will be stepping down from WLUK after 57 years in broadcasting--24 of them at the Fox affiliate. Those of a certain age may also remember seeing him at rival WFRV during the early 90s. https://fox11online.com/news/local/fox-11s-tom-milbourn-announces-retirement My prediction: 10P anchor Mike Murad takes over the 5P and 9P.

That arrangement has Kalehoff's name all over it (especially the brass). I'm not sure, but it *may* be in the Museum of Television Production Music vault. Kalehoff's work is quite well-represented in there in relation to most other composers! The membership would be well worth it (especially with all the other things in there).

"Par Excellence". An area furniture/appliance shop has used that cut in their commercials for as long as I can remember.

Gungor was one of the principals in the Narrator Tracks royalty-free library for a lot of years. He's no longer involved with it; local jazz saxophonist Tom Washatka now owns them. I primarily know this because they're based here in EAA-land.

We're seeing "The Now Wisconsin" here in the GB market.

I had my bets on Brad Spakowitz becoming chief meteorologist at WBAY following George Graphos' retirement.....but morning meteorologist Steve Beylon has gotten the big promotion. Interestingly, he'll remain on the morning show, with Spakowitz handling the evening shows.

Longtime WBAY meteorologist George Graphos is retiring. Maybe it's the conspiracy theorist part of me, but I've had the feeling for a few years that this would happen sooner than later. Kind of predicting that Brad Spakowitz (who's been at WBAY for almost as long) will be promoted to chief....