MILWAUKEE – Lisa Byington, TV play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Bucks, will be the featured guest at a Newsmaker Luncheon set for noon on Thursday, May 5, hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com.
Byington, the first woman hired to do full-time TV play-by-play for a major men’s pro sports team, will take questions from a panel of journalists and from the audience at the luncheon, to be moderated by Milwaukee Press Club President Corrinne Hess, reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The event is set for 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Newsroom Pub, 137 E. Wells St.
In 2021, Byington also was the first female play-by-play voice to cover the NCAA men’s basketball tournament for CBS and Turner Sports. In 2017, she was the first female play-by-play voice for a college football game on the Big Ten Network and 2018 she was the first woman to call a Major League Soccer match.
The Milwaukee Press Club’s Newsmaker Lunch Hour series is underwritten by presenting sponsor Spectrum News 1 and supporting sponsor We Energies.
WisPolitics.com partners with the press club as part of its ongoing event series in Milwaukee, sponsored by UW-Milwaukee, Wisconsin Academy of Global Education and Training, ELEVEN25 at Pabst, Milwaukee Police Association, The Firm Consulting, Medical College of Wisconsin and Spectrum.
The press club’s Newsmaker Luncheons are held to inform the public about the people and issues that affect individuals and communities in Milwaukee and Wisconsin. The cost to attend is $20 for MPC members, $25 for non-members and $15 for students. Lunch is included. Seating is limited. Advanced registration and payment are required and may be done online at http://www.milwaukeepressclub.
Please contact Joette Richards at the Milwaukee Press Club at joette@milwaukeepressclub.
Special thanks to the Safe House/Newsroom Pub, home of the Milwaukee Press Club, for hosting the Newsmaker Luncheon Series. Think of the Newsroom Pub for your next private party! MPC members can book a room at no charge. The Newsroom Pub has FREE wireless internet service compliments of the Safe House.
