NAB Crystal Award Finalists Announced
• The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced the finalists for the 2024 NAB Crystal Radio Awards, which have honored radio stations’ outstanding community service efforts since 1987:
KBHP-FM/Bemidji, MN; KCLR-FM/Columbia, MO; KFI-AM Los Angeles; KGLK-FM/Houston; KIRO-FM/Seattle; KKBQ-FM/Houston; KLTY-FM/Dallas-Fort Worth; KMVP-FM/Phoenix; KNDE-FM/Bryan-College Station, TX; KOIT-FM/San Francisco; KPNW-FM/Seattle; KQMV-FM/Seattle; KRAV-FM/Tulsa, OK; KRMG-FM/Tulsa, OK; KSL-FM/Salt Lake City; KTMY-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul; KWEN-FM/Tulsa, OK; KXKT-FM/Omaha; KYGO-FM/Denver; KYW-AM/Philadelphia; WBLM-FM/Portland, ME; WBZ-FM/Boston; WBZZ-FM/Pittsburgh; WCFB-FM/Orlando, FL; WDAS-FM/Philadelphia;
WDBR-FM/Springfield, IL; WDUV-FM/Tampa; WFLC-FM/Miami; WHJX-FM/Jacksonville, FL; WHKO-FM/Dayton, OH; WHPT-FM/Tampa; WJJY-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul; WKML-FM/Fayetteville, NC; WLBC-FM/Muncie, IN; WMAG-FM/Greensboro; WMBX-FM/West Palm Beach; WMMR-FM/Philadelphia; WMUN-AM/Muncie, IN; WNIC-FM/Detroit; WNRP-AM/Pensacola, FL; WOKV-FM/Jacksonville, FL; WSB-FM/Atlanta; WTAW-AM/Bryan-College Station, TX; WTIB-FM/Greenville, NC; WTMX-FM/Chicago; WTOP-FM/Washington, DC; WUBE-FM/Cincinnati; WWBX-FM/Boston; WYCT-FM/Pensacola, FL; and WYMG-FM/Springfield, IL.
The 10 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. The winners will be announced during the “We Are Broadcasters” ceremony April 16 at 9:30am PT at NAB Show Las Vegas.
NAB will also present Hubbard Broadcasting’s KSTP-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul 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 11 other stations have ever received this honor.
