CBS and NBC are among big winners of the Radio-Television News Directors Association’s Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in news broadcasting. The Eye network takes home eight awards, including three for its radio news division; the Peacock wins six.
ABC Radio won four, including overall excellence in radio.
Regional Radio Timisoara in Romania won the first Murrow for a former Eastern Bloc country, for feature reporting.
Overall excellence awards for stations included WTMJ(AM) in Milwaukee for large-market radio and KFDI(FM)/KFTI(AM) in Wichita, Kan., for small-market radio.
An awards dinner will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York on October 13.
Mays, Schumer Among Notables at N.Y. Broadcast Gathering
Mays, Schumer Among Notables at N.Y. Broadcast Gathering