By ERIKA SCHLUP
Sunflower Broadcasting, Wichita, KA
Every two minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States and every 13 minutes a woman dies from the disease. These are the kind of statistics the Susan G. Komen ‘Race for the Cure’ is trying to change.
KWCH-TV, in Wichita, KA, asked its viewers to help with this effort by joining them at the ‘Race for t…
Joe Miller, Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc. controller, has been recognized for all of his hard work. He was awarded the 2012 Sonny Slater award.
The Sonny Slater Award was established in 1992 to honor Sonny Slater and to recognize a Kansas broadcaster, who is not an owner or general manager, for service to his or her station and community.
Sonny Slater was farm director at KSAL Radio in…
By JENN BATES
KWCH-TV, Wichita, KA
It was a pretty random request at our last staff luncheon: I wanted all the water bottles I could find!
I recently started volunteering at the Caring Hands Humane Society in Newton. I met Will Tate of the Caring Hands staff one day on our morning show when I was in to shoot a Fantasy Football segment. He told me about their business and said they…
IU recognizes him as ‘Partner In Philanthropy’
Franklin D. Schurz Jr. was one of five people recently honored as a “Partner in Philanthropy” by Indiana University and the IU Foundation.
Schurz received the Cornerstone Award, which recognizes individuals whose partnership and volunteer involvement have been instrumental in the success of a single IU philanthropic initiative for a campus,…
By BRAD HILLWIG
KTUU-TV, Anchorage, AK
Each year the Alaska Broadcasting Association recognizes the best in Alaska television and radio at the Goldie Awards banquet in downtown Anchorage.
This year, KTUU Channel 2’s talented team was on full display, as the station took home awards in journalism, commercial production, promotion and service to the community.
Channel 2…
By BRAD HILLWIG
KTUU-TV, Anchorage, Alaska
Great visual storytelling is about technical skill, focus and artistry. Combine those attributes with hard work and the results take care of themselves.
For years, KTUU-TV has distinguished itself as a powerhouse station for visual storytellers. Numerous national accolades have set a standard that KTUU photographers carry with them on eac…
The Indiana Broadcasters Association 25th Annual Spectrum Awards were handed out November 10 in Indianapolis and WSBT Radio and WSBT-TV were both winners.
The Spectrum Awards recognize broadcast excellence for outstanding achievement in broadcasting by Indiana radio and television stations in the areas of reporting, community service and production creativity. Awards are made in severa…
You could lose local content in just three days.
Dish’s current agreement with Schurz television stations is set to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 21. If an agreement or extension is not reached by then, Dish customers in those cities could lose access to sports programming like college and NFL football and entertainment programming like NCIS, Chicago Fire and Modern…
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WDBJ News7 in Roanoke, VA received several honors, including one Superior Award, in the Virginia Associated Press contest.
The Superior Award was in the Continuing Coverage category and went to News7 for its coverage of the Brittany Smith abduction case, a story that took viewers from Fort Lewis to San Francisco to South Boston.
WDBJ7 also received numerous…
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KY3 and KSPR in Springfield, Mo. won 31 awards in Missouri broadcast competition in May and June, highlighted by KY3 being named a National Edward R. Murrow award winner for excellence in electronic journalism.
The National Murrow award was in Video News Series category for small market TV stations and went to Paula Morehouse and Taka Yokoyama for their stories…