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 Community Radio for Northern Colorado FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert Leja Greeley Colorado, July 6, 2010: KUNC, Community Radio for Northern
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert Leja KUNC Reporter Wins Public Radio News Directors' AwardGreeley Colorado, June 28, 2010. The Public Radio News Directors Incorporated has recognized KUNC's Kirk Siegler with a first place award.
KUNC Reporter Wins National Edward R. Murrow Award
Greeley Colorado,
June 16, 2010. The Radio and Television News Directors Association has
recognized KUNC's Grace Hood with a
national Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in broadcast journalism. Hood won in the Feature Reporting category for a report profiling the efforts of two Boulder couples to have a baby. The story gained automatic entry into the national competition after winning a regional Murrow award in April. It's the first national Edward R. Murrow award for the KUNC newsroom after receiving seven regional honors in the last four years. The RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the broadcast news profession. KUNC serves
listeners along the Front Range at 91.5 FM, 102.7 in Boulder, and 91.7 in
Golden and the west metro area, along with a network of stations and
translators around the state including
Breckenridge, Buena Vista, Grand County, Haxtun/Holyoke, Julesburg/Ovid,
Leadville, Morgan County, North Park, Salida, Steamboat Springs Sterling,
Vail/Minturn & Eagle Valley, Wray, and Yuma. www.kunc.org 822 Seventh St, Suite 530, Greeley, CO 80631 970.378.2579 (p) 970.378.2580 (f)
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
Robert Leja
News Staffers Brian Larson, Deanna Garcia, Kirk Siegler, Grace Hood and Erin O'Toole received a first place award for Best Morning Newscast and a second place award for Best Newscast. Grace Hood swept the Investigative Reporting category with first and second place awards and was given top honors in the Best Use of Sound and Feature categories. Kirk Siegler received a first place award in the General Reporting category. Entries were judged by Connecticut AP members. KUNC received awards in the Large/Medium Market category. The KUNC For more information, contact Robert Leja at
KUNC serves listeners along the Front Range at 91.5
FM, 102.7 in Boulder, and 91.7 in Golden and the west metro area, along with a
network of stations and translators around the state including Breckenridge, Buena Vista, Grand County,
Haxtun/Holyoke, Julesburg/Ovid, Leadville, Morgan County, North Park, Salida,
Steamboat Springs Sterling, Vail/Minturn & Eagle Valley, Wray, and Yuma.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert Leja April 7, 2010 Phone: 970.350.0822
KUNC Reporter Wins Two Edward R. Murrow Awards
Hood won in the Feature Reporting category for her report profiling
the efforts of two The RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in
journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow Award recipients
demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for
the broadcast Regional winners automatically become eligible for the
national awards competition, which will be judged in early June. More information
on the RTNDA award winners is available at: http://www.rtdna.org/pages/media_items/2010-regional-edward-r.-murrow-award-winners1934.php#region3 The KUNC
For more information, contact
KUNC serves listeners along the Front Range at 91.5 FM, 102.7 in Boulder, and 91.7 in Golden and the west metro area, along with a network of stations and translators around the state including Breckenridge, Buena Vista, Grand County, Haxtun/Holyoke, Julesburg/Ovid, Leadville, Morgan County, North Park, Salida, Steamboat Springs Sterling, Vail/Minturn & Eagle Valley, Wray, and Yuma.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert Leja March 13, 2010 Phone: 970.350.0822
As a group, the news staff,
Reporter Grace Hood also received a first place award in the
Best Single Event News Category for her coverage of a controversial anti
methamphetamine ad campaign in northern
The Colorado Broadcasters Association received 495 radio entries for the 2009 contest. Entries were judged by the Wisconsin Association of Broadcasters.
The Colorado Broadcasters Association Award of Excellence is designed to honor individual and station excellence within the Colorado Broadcast industry.
For more
information, contact
KUNC broadcasts at 91.5 FM with a mix of National Public
Radio news and Diverse Music. KUNC serves
listeners along the Front Range, as well as
 Community Radio for Northern Colorado FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert Leja December 8, 2009 Phone: (970) 350-0822 KUNC Awards $30,000 In Airtime To 12 Non-Profit Agencies Greeley Colorado, December 17, 2009: KUNC, Community Radio for Northern Colorado, has selected 12 non-profit agencies to receive 1-month underwriting contracts with the station during 2010. One agency will be featured each month, and will receive $2,500 in donated on-air announcements to use as they choose. Agencies were selected from more than 50 nominations submitted by KUNC listeners. Nominations were reviewed by the KUNC Community Advisory Board, who selected the 12 agencies. “KUNC relies on community support, and we are committed to giving back to the community” said General Manager Neil Best said “We're a community radio station, and part of our mission is to strengthen community. We thought that, by donating underwriting time that would’ve otherwise gone unused, we could help these organizations strengthen their communities.” Organizations receiving the awards are: Project Self Sufficiency, Loveland; Fort Collins Homelessness Prevention Initiative; Highland Early Childhood Education Center, Ault; Eldergarden, Greeley; Crossroads Safehouse, Fort Collins; Neighbor 2 Neighbor, Fort Collins; Longmont Humane Society; Foundation on Aging, Fort Collins; Boys & Girls Club of Larimer County; Northern Colorado AIDS Project; Veterans Green Jobs, Denver; and Eldora Special Recreation Program, Boulder. KUNC serves listeners along the Front Range, as well as Boulder, Breckenridge, Buena Vista, Dillon, Estes Park, Golden and west Denver, Grand County, Holyoke, Julesburg, Leadville, Morgan County, Steamboat Springs, Sterling, Vail/Eagle, Walden, Wray and Yuma. -End- Turn Up Your World www.kunc.org 822 Seventh St, Suite 530, Greeley, CO 80631 970.378.2579 (p) 970.378.2580 (f) KUNC Purchases Eagle County Station Your FM Source For NPR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert Leja June 17, 2009 Phone: 970.350.0822 KUNC Improves Signal Coverage in Golden area Greeley Colorado, June 17, 2009: National Public Radio fans in the Golden, Arvada, Wheat Ridge and Lakewood area now have another option, as KUNC-FM, Community Radio for Northern Colorado, can be heard at 91.7 FM, thanks to a new translator that signed on yesterday afternoon. The new translator will return a clear KUNC broadcast signal to an area that was adversely affected when the station’s main transmitter moved to a new location in July, 2007. According to General Manager Neil Best, the new translator is another step in fulfilling the mission of Community Radio for Northern Colorado. “Ever since we moved our transmitter to increase our overall service area, we’ve been looking for an opportunity to restore a clear signal to those listeners who were no longer able to receive the station clearly,” Best said. “We’re excited that we’ve finally been able to accomplish that.” The Golden translator adds to KUNC’s network of stations and translators that serve communities both in the metro area and rural areas of the state. KUNC can now be heard in Denver and along the Front Range at its primary frequency 91.5 FM, with additional service in Boulder, Buena Vista, Estes Park, Grand County, Holyoke, Julesburg, Leadville, Morgan County, Salida, Steamboat Springs, Sterling, Summit County. Vail/Eagle, Wray and Yuma. KUNC is a community radio station, and was the first Colorado public radio station to join National Public Radio, and was the first to offer national programs such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Car Talk and A Prairie Home Companion, to the state. In addition, KUNC offers award-winning regional news coverage and Diverse Music each weekday, blending classical, jazz, acoustic, singer-songwriter and world music. -End- Turn Up Your World www.kunc.org 822 Seventh St, Suite 530, Greeley, CO 80631 970.378.2579 (p) 970.378.2580 (f) |
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