Meet Your 2018 Marconi Winners!
• Winners of the 2018 National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) Marconi Radio Awards were announced Thursday night at the 29th annual NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show, sponsored by Xperi and held at the Radio Show in Orlando. Established in 1989 and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, the NAB Marconi Radio Awards are given to radio stations and outstanding on-air personalities to recognize excellence in radio. Now, here are this year’s NAB Marconi Radio Award recipients:
Legendary Station of the Year: KKBQ/Houston; Major Market Station of the Year: WSB-AM/Atlanta; Large Market Station of the Year: WDBO-FM/Orlando, FL; Medium Market Station of the Year: KSRO-AM/Santa Rosa, CA; Small Market Station of the Year: WWUS-FM/Sugarloaf Key, FL.
Major Market Personality of the Year:Angie Martinez/WWPR-FM/New York; Large Market Personality of the Year: Joe Kelley, WDBO-FM/Orlando, FL; Medium Market Personality of the Year: Pat Kerrigan, KSRO-AM/Santa Rosa, CA; Small Market Personality of the Year: Brian Byers,WSOY-AM/Decatur, IL.
AC Station of the Year: KSTP-FM/St. Paul, MN; CHR Station of the Year: KNDE-FM/College Station, TX; Classic Hits Station of the Year: KRTH-FM/Los Angeles; Country Station of the Year: KCLR-FM/Columbia, MO; News/Talk Station of the Year: WTOP-FM/Washington, D.C.; Non-Commercial Station of the Year: WPSC-FM/Wayne, NJ; Religious Station of the Year: KLTY-FM/Dallas; Rock Station of the Year: WMMR-FM/Philadelphia; Spanish Station of the Year: WKAQ-AM/San Juan, Puerto Rico; Sports Station of the Year: WEEI-FM/Boston; Urban Station of the Year: WWPR-FM/New York.
Total registered attendance for the 2018 Radio Showin Orlando reached 2,130 — an eight percent increase over the 2017 Radio Show in Austin where registered attendance totaled 1,974. The 2019 Radio Show will be held September 24-27 in Dallas.
