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(April 2018) Four new members of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame will be inducted in ceremonies the evening of June 21 during the WBA Summer Conference at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center. One of those inductees will be long time broadcast engineer and SBE member, Gary Timm. ![]() Timm was an engineer at WTMJ-AM, WKTI-FM, and WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee starting in 1973 and spent much of his career working on EAS issues. Timm is the primary author of the Wisconsin State EAS plan, which was the first in the nation to be completed. From 2010 until his retirement in 2015, Timm was a senior consultant supporting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In retirement Timm continues to be involved in EAS issues and has assisted the National Weather Service, Wisconsin Emergency Management, Amber Alert, the FCC, and FEMA. He has authored numerous articles and handbook chapters and is recognized as an EAS expert. He has won acclaim for his ability to explain technical issues to a non-technical audience. |