KMUW, Wichita’s NPR station, has been named Large Market Radio Station of the Year by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. This is the 11th consecutive year that KMUW has received top honors.
Highlights include three categories in which KMUW swept all three places. All awards went to KMUW in the Spot News category. Rose Conlon received first place for her story on the police raid of the Marion County Record. Conlon also received second place for her look at a Wichita Mennonite protest over the war in Gaza. Rounding out the honors is Suzanne Perez with her coverage of the Wichita school board voting to close six schools.
Another category swept by KMUW was Editorial/Commentary. Tom Shine was awarded first place for his reflection on receiving a text from his daughter during a shelter-in-place scare. Fletcher Powell received second place for his movie review of “Poor Things.” And Perez was honored for her review of the novel, “Come and Get It.”
The final category swept by KMUW was for Public Service Announcement, with first place going to Kylie Cameron and Fletcher Powell for the Substance Use Resource Page, second place to Jessica Treadwell for the Documenters program and Perez for the Wichita ReadICT Challenge.
KMUW received several more first-place awards for features, including recognition for Suzanne Perez for her story on a Wichita teacher hurt while breaking up a fight, Celia Hack with her look at one woman who pulled her family out of homelessness, Carla Eckels for her story on the timelessness of Emmett Till’s story and finally Tom Shine for his feature: “Was Wichita State really the first college to throw a forward pass in football?”
The entire list of awards can be found at kmuw.org/awards.