NewsRadio 1620 Wins Edward R. Murrow Award

May 4, 2015

NewsRadio1620 has won a 2015 regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the national Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTNDA).

The station won in the Outstanding Continuing Coverage category for its reporting on the  extensive flood that occurred in April, 2014.  From the time that the rains began moving into the greater Pensacola area on April 29, the station provided continuous live coverage of local weather and flood conditions for the next two days, preempting all other regular programming.

NewsRadio1620 is now eligible for consideration for a national award in the same category. Edward R. Murrow Awards are considered to be among the most prestigious of the broadcast  journalism awards.  This year, RTNDA received more than 4,000 entries from radio and television stations across the United States. This is the 5th Edward R. Murrow Award that NewsRadio1620 has won for local news coverage.

NewsRadio1620 and sister station CatCountry 98.7 are locally owned and managed by Dave and Mary Hoxeng.

Comments

2 Responses to “NewsRadio 1620 Wins Edward R. Murrow Award”

  1. Gary on May 4th, 2015 5:05 pm

    Great award! So glad to see them continue to win these awards. The last of the locally owned radio stations that keep their money here. Local owners, employees and it all goes back into the market.

    Keep it up!

  2. wendell on May 4th, 2015 9:06 am

    Haven’t touched the FM band in years-they all play the same twenty songs over and over, with more ads than programming. AM radio is where it’s at.

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