The 10 winners of the 33rd annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards have been announced, and the stations being honored include a heritage Urban AC in Washington, D.C., and a Cox Media Group Alternative FM in Tampa.
The 2020 NAB Crystal Radio Award recipients listed below were chosen from 50 finalists and were honored today during NAB Show Express, the all-virtual replacement for the 2020 NAB Show, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The award winners are:
ALPHA MEDIA
News/Talk WSGW-AM 790 & FM 100.5 in Saginaw, Mich.
COX MEDIA GROUP
News/Talk KRMG-FM in Tulsa
Alternative WSUN-FM (97X) in Tampa-St. Petersburg
CUMULUS MEDIA
Country KUBL-FM in Salt Lake City
DAILY NEWS BROADCASTING
Classic Rock WDNS-FM (D93) in Bowling Green, Ky.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
Urban AC WHUR-FM in Washington, D.C.
HUBBARD BROADCASTING
Hot AC WKRQ-FM (Q102) and Adult Contemporary WREW-FM (Mix 94.9) in Cincinnati
Adult Contemporary KRWM-FM “Warm 106.9” in Seattle
INLAND NORTHWEST BROADCASTING
Hot AC KVTY-FM (Y105) in Lewiston, Idaho
NAB Crystal Radio Award finalists were chosen by a panel of judges representing broadcasting, community service organizations and public relations firms.
As previously reported, five-time NAB Crystal Radio Award winning station KCVM-FM 93.5, a Class C3 facility in the Waterloo, Iowa, market, received the Crystal Heritage Award.