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WKYU-FM Wins National Award For Best Newscast
Bowling Green, Ky. - WKYU-FM, the Public Radio Service of Western Kentucky University, has earned a major journalism award from the Public Radio News Directors, Incorporated.
The station's newscast, "The Mid-Day Edition," has won first place in national competition for the best public radio newscast in the country. The award was announced at the annual PRNDI meeting in Chicago on July 16. WKYU-FM competes in Division B, which includes stations across the country that have three or four full-time news staff members. Officials with PRNDI say nearly 1,000 entries were received for this year's award categories. WKYU-FM News Director Dan Modlin said the award means a great deal to the station because "we put a tremendous amount of effort into that newscast. Our entire staff is dedicated to providing an informative, quality program on a daily basis. Obviously it's rewarding to earn this type of national recognition." The Mid-Day Edition is a 30-minute summary of national, international and regional news. The program includes daily interview segments on key issues. It is heard each weekday at 11:30 a.m. Central time, 12:30 p.m. Eastern time. News staff members include News Director Dan Modlin, Assistant News Director Kevin Willis, News Producer Joe Corcoran and Reporter Lisa Autry. Western's Public Radio is WKYU-FM (88.9) in Bowling Green/Glasgow, WDCL-FM (89.7) in Somerset, WKPB-FM (89.5) in Henderson/Owensboro and WKUE-FM (90.9) in Elizabethtown or online at http://www.wkyufm.org/ More WKU news is available at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via e-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.
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