News Archives
April 14, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INFORMATION: Michelle Vetterkind, CAE, WBA President – 800-236-1922
Five
Wisconsin broadcasters will be recognized for
their career contributions to excellence in radio and television with
induction into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame on Thursday, June
18, 2009.
The inductees are: Charlie & Mike Kearns, Paul Le Sage, R. Perry Kidder
and Tommy Lee Bychinski.
They will be presented with award plaques and inducted into the Hall of
Fame at the induction ceremony, which will be held at the Osthoff Resort
in Elkhart Lake
during the gala Hall of Fame evening banquet on the closing night of the
WBA=s
Annual Summer Conference,
June 18, 2009.
The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame was established in
1989 to honor broadcasters who have made contributions to broadcasting,
their communities and the state of Wisconsin
over at least a fifteen year career, at least ten of which were served
in Wisconsin.
The five 2009 inductees bring membership in the Hall of Fame to
103.
The permanent display of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of
Fame was dedicated in October, 1989 by then Federal Communications
Commission Chairman Alfred C. Sikes, and is housed at the State
Historical Society of Wisconsin, complementing the Society's extensive
mass communications collections and memorabilia.
Tommy Lee Bychinski
“Mr. Radio” in Reedsburg at WRDB/WNFM, Tommy Lee had a 44-year career in
radio built on a strong foundation of community service and involvement.
After attending Brown Institute, he began his career in 1964 at
WIGM radio in Medford and, after two years, began his
33-year run with Goetz Broadcasting.
For Goetz, he served in
Marshfield
at WDLB as a sports announcer and on-air personality from 1966-1972 at
which time he moved to their stations in Reedsburg, WRDB/WNFM as an
account executive. In 1979
he took over a Station Manager and in 1985 was named a vice president
for Sauk Broadcasting in Reedsburg and led the stations, even after
Goetz Broadcasting disbanded, until his retirement in 2008.
Throughout his career, he dedicated himself to community service
and industry service. He
served the Chamber of Commerce, local school district, the City Council,
the County Board, the volunteer Fire Department for 34 years serving as
Secretary/Treasurer, his church and the Knights of Columbus, all in the
Reedsburg area. He served 8
years on the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Board of Directors and
was Chairman of the WBA Board in 1999.
He was “Mr. Radio” in Reedsburg for over 35 years!
Tommy Lee Bychinski is a graduate of St Anne’s School and Wausau Newman
High School Class of 1963.
He is semi retired and works as the podcast director for Reedsburg
Utility Commission in Reedsburg Wisconsin his duties include a Local
News Podcast at ruclsnews.net
and
three local newscast daily on the Local Access Channel.
Tommy also is a member of the Sauk County Board of Supervisors
serves as chairmen of the County’s Finance Committee.
Please note that Tommy Bychinski started his radio career at WIGM IN
MEDFORD his wife Sharon Meyer is from Dorchester and her mother still
lives in Medford Harriet Meyer at 111 South Park Street.
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If you would like more information Tommy can be reached at 608-495-1820
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