NAB Reveals 50 Crystal Radio Award Finalists
• The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) today announced the 50 finalists for the 2025 NAB Crystal Radio Awards, which have honored radio stations for their outstanding community service efforts since 1987. Ten Crystal Radio Award winners will be chosen from these finalists by a panel of judges representing the broadcast industry, community service organizations and public relations firms.
NAB will also present Hubbard Broadcasting’s WJJY-FM/Brainerd, MN 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.
Here are your 2025 Crystal Radio Awards finalists: KBFB-FM/Dallas-Ft. Worth • KBHP-FM/Bemidji, MN • KFRG-FM/Riverside, CA • KIKV-FM/Alexandria, MN • KIRO-AM & KIRO-FM/Seattle • KNBA-FM/Anchorage, AK • KOSI-FM/Denver • KRMG-FM/Tulsa, OK • KROX-AM/Crookston, MN • KRSP-FM/Salt Lake City • KSFI-FM/Salt Lake City • KSLX-FM/Phoenix • KTAR-FM/Phoenix • KTBG-FM/Kansas City • KTMY-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul • KUPD-FM/Phoenix • KXKT-FM/Omaha • KXLG-FM/Watertown, SD • KYGO-FM/Denver • KYSL-FM/Summit County, CO • WALK-FM/Long Island, NY • WAMO-AM/Pittsburgh • WBAL-AM/Baltimore • WBGG-FM/Miami-Ft. Lauderdale.
But Wait! There’s More! WCBS-FM/New York • WCCO-AM/Minneapolis-St. Paul • WCFB-FM/Orlando • WDSY-FM/Pittsburgh • WEEI-FM/Boston • WFLS-FM/Fredericksburg, VA • WFMS-FM/Indianapolis • WHIO-FM/Dayton, OH • WHKO-FM/Dayton, OH • WIP-FM/Philadelphia • WKIS-FM/Miami • WKJY-FM/Long Island, NY • WMIB-FM/Miami-Ft. Lauderdale • WMIT-FM/Asheville, NC • WMMX-FM/Dayton, OH• WOKV-FM/Jacksonville, FL • WTBV-FM/Tampa-St. Petersburg • WTOP-FM/Washington, DC • WUFT-FM/Gainesville, FL • WUSL-FM/Philadelphia • WWBX-FM/Boston • WWRM-FM/Tampa-St. Petersburg • WXFL-FM/Florence, AL • WYCT-FM/Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL • WZPL-FM/Indianapolis.
The awards will be presented during a special ceremony at the NAB State Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., on March 4.
