NAB Crystal Radio Awards Finalists Announced
• The National Association of Broadcasters announced the 50 finalists for the 32nd annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards. Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards have recognized radio stations for their outstanding year-round commitment to community service. Now, let’s meet this year’s finalists:
KBFB-FM/Dallas; KBHP-FM/Bemidji, MN; KCLY-FM/Clay Center, KS; KCVM-FM/Cedar Falls, IA; KEEY-FM/Minneapolis; KHKS-FM/Dallas; KMVP-FM/Phoenix; KNDE-FM/College Station, TX; KNIX-FM/Phoenix; KRMG-FM/Tulsa, OK; KRWM-FM/Seattle; KSL-AM/Salt Lake City; KSNE-FM/Las Vegas; KSTP-FM/St. Paul, MN; KTCZ-FM/Minneapolis, MN; KTMY-FM/St. Paul, MN; KUPL-FM/Portland, OR; KWBG-AM/Boone, IA; WBLS-FM/New York; WCCO-AM/Minneapolis, MN; WCFB-FM/Orlando; WDNS-FM/Bowling Green, KY; WDSY-FM/Pittsburgh; WDVE-FM/Pittsburgh; WGTS-FM/Washington, DC; WHO-AM Des Moines, IA; WHUB-AM/Cookeville, TN; WHUR-FM/Washington, DC; WHYI-FM/Miami; WIL-FM/St. Louis; WJJY-FM/Baxter, MN; WKRQ-FM/Cincinnati; WKST-FM/Pittsburgh; WKXD-FM/Cookeville, TN; WMBX-FM/West Palm Beach, FL; WMGK-FM/Philadelphia; WOWI-FM/Norfolk, VA; WPHT-AM/Philadelphia; WQHT-FM/New York; WRAL-FM/Raleigh, NC; WRLT-FM/Nashville;WTAM-AM/Cleveland; WTKX-FM/Mobile, AL; WTMJ-AM/Milwaukee; WVLI-FM/Bourbonnais, IL; WWOZ-FM/New Orleans; WWPR-FM/New York; WXXL-FM/Orlando; WYCT-FM/Pensacola, FL and WZTU-FM/Miami.
Crystal Radio Award recipients are chosen by a panel of judges representing the broadcast industry, community service organizations and public relations firms. Ten winners will be announced and the finalists honored at the We Are Broadcasters Celebration on Tuesday, April 9 during the 2019 NAB Show in Las Vegas. At the same event, five-time NAB Crystal Radio Award winning station KFOR-AM/Lincoln, NE will receive the coveted Crystal Heritage Award.
