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state at no cost. The resources have been aligned with academic standards, have covered all curricular areas, and have been made available online at WIMediaLab.org. An advisory committee of subject matter experts and
Wisconsin educators has guided each production, and the products have undergone extensive evaluation and testing in schools.
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necessary maintenance and repairs to the broadcast equipment of the various ECB-governed stations. The state legislature's Joint
Finance Committee allowed some of the cuts, however it limited them to half the Governor's two-year $ 5-million total cuts request, cutting $ 2.3 million from the state subsidy.
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clarity, for listeners equipped with HD Radio receivers. However, it required higher broadcast energy, resulting in higher utility bills for the stations. The HD equipment had higher acquisition, operating, maintenance and replacement costs. It also interfered, to some extent, with the strength and
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to hire transitioning U.S. military service members and veterans, Executive
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