Meet Your ’23 Crystal Radio Award Finalists
• The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced the finalists for the 36th annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards, which have been presented annually since 1987 to recognize radio stations for their year-round commitment to community service. NAB will also present Bonneville International’s KTAR-FM/Phoenix with the esteemed Crystal Heritage Award, which recognizes radio stations that have won a total of five Crystal Radio Awards for exceptional year-round community service efforts. Only 10 other stations have received this honor.
Here are the finalists for the 2023 Crystal Radio Awards: KBCO/Denver; KBHP/Bemidji, MN;KBXX/Houston; KCYY/San Antonio; KDWB/Minneapolis; KFI-AM/Los Angeles; KIKV/Alexandria, MN; KIRO-FM/Seattle-Tacoma, WA; KJEB/Seattle-Tacoma; KKHJ-FM/Pago Pago, American Samoa; KKOB-AM/Albuquerque, NM; KMVP/Phoenix; KNDE/Bryan-College Station, TX; KOSI/Denver; KPNW/Seattle;KPRR/El Paso, TX; KRLA-AM/Los Angeles; KRMG-FM/Tulsa, OK; KSHE/St. Louis; KSLX/Phoenix; KSNE/Las Vegas; KSTP-FM/Minneapolis; KUPD/Phoenix; KXLG-FM/Watertown, SD.
WALR-FM Atlanta; WBZZ/Pittsburgh; WCCO-AM/Minneapolis; WDSN-FM/DuBois, PA; WEEI-FM/Boston;WFLC/Miami; WHHH/Indianapolis; WHIO-AM/Dayton, OH; WHO-AM/Des Moines, IA; WJBR/Wilmington, DE; WJJY-FM/Brainerd, MN; WKJS/Richmond, VA; WKRQ/Cincinnati; WLIT/Chicago;WMMR/Philadelphia; WNRP-AM/Pensacola, FL; WREW/Cincinnati; WSB-AM/Atlanta; WTAM-AM/Cleveland; WTAW-AM Bryan-College Station, TX; WTMJ-AM/Milwaukee; WTOP-FM/Washington, DC; WUSL/Philadelphia; WYCT-FM/Pensacola, FL; WYHT-FM/Mansfield, OH; WZTU-FM/Miami-Ft. Lauderdale.
Ten Crystal Radio Award winners will be chosen from the above finalists by a panel of judges representing the broadcast industry, community service organizations and public relations firms. These finalists will be celebrated, the ten winners announced and KTAR honored during the We Are Broadcasters Awards ceremony held at 10am on Tuesday, April 18 on the Main Stage at NAB Show in Las Vegas.
