Nexstar Broadcasting Local News Operations and Journalistic Excellence Acknowledged with Nine Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
April 22 2014 - 12:04PM
Business Wire
Awards Highlight Nexstar’s Organization-Wide
Commitment to Exceptional Locally Produced Programming and
Community Service
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) announced
today the regional winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards and the
local news operations of Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq:NXST) are the proud recipients of nine awards including
Overall Excellence (Small Market), Best Breaking News Coverage
(Small Market), Investigative Reporting (Small Market), Sports
Reporting (2) (Small Market) and Broadcast Affiliate Website (Small
Market).
“These prestigious Edward R. Murrow Awards are a testament to
our commitment to addressing the information needs of local viewers
and we are extraordinarily proud and congratulate our reporters,
anchors, sportscasters, digital media specialists and other
personnel that are being honored,” said Perry Sook, President and
Chief Executive Officer.
The RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in
electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971
and the 2014 awards mark the second straight year Nexstar stations
have captured nine regional awards. In the 2014 competition,
Nexstar news operations in seven markets were distinguished with
the following honors:
Station
Market
Award
1 WSYR Syracuse NY
Broadcast Affiliate Website (Small Market) 2
WTAJ Altoona, PA Best Breaking News
Coverage (Small Market) 3 KGET
Bakersfield, CA Overall Excellence (Small Market)
4 KGET Bakersfield, CA
Continuing Coverage (Small Market) 5
KGET Bakersfield, CA News Series (Small
Market) 6 KOLR/KOZL Springfield,
MO Sports Reporting (Small Market) 7
WMBD Peoria, IL Breaking News
Coverage (Small Market) 8 WTWO
Terre Haute, IN Investigative Reporting (Small
Market) 9 WEHT Evansville, IN
Sports Reporting (Small Market)
“Nexstar consistently elevates the level of service provided to
local communities in the markets we serve with in-depth,
locally-originated news programming and online content with WSYR
Syracuse’s award for best broadcast affiliate website acknowledging
our industry leading digital content initiative,” said Jerry Walsh,
Director of Local Content Development – East Region at Nexstar
Broadcasting. “In acknowledgement of outstanding journalistic
contributions, and broadcasting excellence Nexstar and Mission
stations have garnered more than 339 awards over the past five
years including 161 state broadcast association awards, 64 local
and other broadcasting awards, 42 state Associated Press awards, 33
regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, 16 State Society of Professional
Journalists Awards and 15 Emmy Awards. We applaud our stations and
our passionate broadcasting teams who will continue to build on
their industry-wide leadership in delivering exceptional service in
our markets with local news, lifestyle, sports, weather and other
programming that is relevant and vital to local viewers.”
About Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
Nexstar Broadcasting Group is a leading diversified media
company that leverages localism to bring new services and value to
consumers and advertisers through its traditional media, digital
and mobile media platforms. Nexstar owns, operates, programs or
provides sales and other services to 74 television stations and 13
related digital multicast signals reaching 44 markets or
approximately 12.1% of all U.S. television households. Nexstar’s
portfolio includes affiliates of NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MyNetworkTV,
The CW, Telemundo, Bounce TV and independent stations. Nexstar’s 43
community portal websites offer additional hyper-local content and
verticals for consumers and advertisers, allowing audiences to
choose where, when and how they access content while creating new
revenue opportunities.
Pro-forma for the completion of all announced transactions
Nexstar will own, operate, program or provides sales and other
services to 108 television stations and related digital multicast
signals reaching 56 markets or approximately 16.0% of all U.S.
television households.
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Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.Jerry Walsh,
585-287-8084Director of Local Content Development – East
RegionorJCIRJoseph Jaffoni / Jennifer
Neuman212-835-8500nxst@jcir.com
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