Gary Douglas-Lundberg and Tom Pattison of WKCH Radio in Fort Atkinson, Wis., have been named recipients of the 2010 Tom Butler Award by the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).
Douglas-Lundberg has been involved in radio broadcasting for 37 years and currently serves as Operations Manager at WFAW-AM / KOOL 106.5 FM / LITE 107.3 WSJY, as well as the Morning Show host on AM 940 WFAW. He became the play-by-play announcer for UW-Whitewater football and baseball in 2003 and Warhawk basketball in 2004. His broadcasts for the Warhawks include national championships in football (2007 and 2009) and baseball (2005).
The Minneapolis, Minn., native called the University of Wisconsin women’s ice hockey national championship victory in 2006 and served as a reporter at WIBA-AM in Madison from 2000-01. He was the play-by-play voice of UW-Green Bay basketball from 1993-96 and a fill-in play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers during the 1995 season.
Douglas-Lundberg worked at WDUX AM/FM in Waupaca, Wis., from 1973-2000 where he eventually became Sports Director and Operations Manager. He began his career at KAGE AM/FM in Winona, Minn., in 1973, after graduating from Brown Institute in Minneapolis, Minn.
Pattison owns 34 years of experience in radio broadcasting and became the play-by-play voice of UW-Whitewater football in 1988 and basketball in 1989. He has broadcasted Warhawk national championship triumphs in basketball (1989), football (2007 and 2009) and women’ volleyball (2002 and 2005). The Durand, Wis., native is owner and operator of Warhawkfootball.com a website that focuses on the promotion of UW-Whitewater and WIAC football. He created and voiced the Titletown Report (a daily Green Bay Packer report) which ran on a statewide radio network.
Pattison also worked at radio stations in Montana and Virginia. He claimed an award from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association and Wisconsin Bar Association for his work covering the Diane Borchardt trial in 1994, and graduated from Brown Institute in Minneapolis, Minn.
The Tom Butler Award was established in 1998 and has been given annually to a representative of the print or electronic media for outstanding coverage of WIAC athletics. The league’s sports information directors select the winner. The award is dedicated to Tom Butler, who served the conference faithfully as its sports information director from 1967-96.