Monday, June 11, 2007

KY3, KZRG among big winners at MBA awards

KZRG, 1310 News Radio's efforts to provide local news programming for the Joplin area were recognized Saturday night at the annual Missouri Broadcasters Association Awards Banquet.

KZRG received second place awards for Complete Newscast and for the spot news coverage of the Memorial Middle School shooting.

The only other Joplin-area radio station to be recognized was KXDG, which received a first place corporate award for community service for "Extreme Home Makeover: Russell Hay Afterglow," and second place in Commercial for "Crabby's C Food."

KYTV had the most awards of any Springfield/Joplin area television station, while KOLR,KOZK, KSNF, and KOAM also received awards.

Joplin and Springfield stations receiving awards were:

News Series
- Class 2 Television: 1. KYTV "Doctor's Deadly Dose" 2. KOLR "Mexican Meth"

Children's Programming- 1. KOZK "Healthstyles: Testing Child Resistant Caps" 2. KYTV "Poison Playground"

Promotion- Class II Television- 2. KOZK "Ellen Rohr's Is There a Business in You?"

Promotion- Class III Television- 2. KOAM "Wired for Weather"

Spot News, Medium Radio- 1. KTTS "Branson Plane Crash" 2. KZRG "School Shooting"

Spot News, Class II Television- 1. KYTV "Child Thrown from Bridge;" 2. KYTV "2006 Tornadoes Outbreak"

Documentary, Class II Television- 1. KYTV "Fire Response Times" 2. KOZK "Route 66: Missouri's Mother Road"

Feature Reporting, Medium Market Radio- 2. KSMU "More Treasures from Riverbluff Cave"

Feature Reporting, Class III Television- 2. KOAM "Invading MySpace"

Feature Reporting, Class II Television- 1. KYTV "Marching Man"

Best Weathercast, Class II Television- 1. KYTV "Dec 1, 2006, Weathercast" 2. KYTV "Tornado"

Public Service Announcement or Campaign, Class II Television- 1. KYTV "KY3 Cares Campaign" 2. KYTV "Leadership Springfield"

Sports, Class III Television- 1. KSNF "Slam Dunk"

Investigative Reporting, Class II Television- 2. KYTV "Nursing Home Investigation"

Commercial, Medium Market Radio- 2. KXDG "Crabby's C Food"

Commercial, Class II Television- 1. KYTV "Mijuris Dreams" 2. KYTV "Aunt Martha's Full Sky TV"

Corporate Award for Community Service, Medium Market Radio- 1. KXDG "Extreme Home Makeover: Russell Hay Afterglow"

Complete Newscast, Medium Market Radio- 2. KZRG, Feb. 15, 2007

Complete Newscast, Class II Television- 1. KYTV Feb. 23, 2007

Special Programs, Class II Television- 1. KOZK "Sense of Community: The Gilliozo Return to Greatness" 2. KOZK "Sense of Community: Return to Riverbluff Cave"

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