Sound Partners Round Two Collaborations Receive Awards
Over the past few months, a number of Sound Partners projects have been recognized for their achievements in a variety of broadcast and community award competitions. These awards are testimony to the creativity and hard work that stations and their partners put forth in carrying out their projects. Congratulations to all the award-winners listed below.
KDNA-FM, Granger, WA
Access to Healthcare in the Yakima Valley
Providence Community Health Award — Providence Health System
Washington State Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Award — State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services
2001 Community Impact Award — National Federation of Community Broadcasters
Oregon Public Broadcasting (KOPB-FM), Portland, OR
Coming to Terms with Dying
National Headliner Award for Public Service in Radio Journalism — The Press Club of Atlantic City
KXJZ-FM, Sacramento, CA
Healing Health Care: Inside the Real E.R.
Best Investigative Reporting — Northern California Radio & Television News Directors Association
Best Special News Program — Northern California Radio & Television News Directors Association
KZUM-FM, Lincoln, NE
Maintaining the Health Care Safety Net (programming in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese)
Special Recognition Award — The Nebraska Mexican American Commission
KZYX-FM, Philo, CA
Youth Speaks Out
Special Merit, Live Local Public Affairs Programming — National Federation of Community Broadcasters
WKMS-FM, Murray, KY
Promises to Keep
Semi-finalist — Batten Awards for Excellence in Civic Journalism
WMPG-FM, Portland, ME
Crossing Borders
First Place, Public Service Announcement — Maine Association of Broadcasters
WNED-AM, Buffalo, NY
One Day at a Time: Living With Dying
Best News Series — Associated Press of New York
The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care, partnering with WNED, Buffalo, NY
On Our Own Terms: Sound Choices for End-of-Life Care
Bronze Certificate of Merit, Excalibur Award — Buffalo/Niagara Chapter of The Public Relations Society of America
Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR-FM)
Day In, Day Out
Gracie Allen Award — American Women in Radio and Television
First Place, In-Depth Coverage Award — Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists
Media Award for Excellence — The Connecticut Association of Not-for-Profit Providers for the Aging
Michigan Radio (WUOM-FM), Ann Arbor, MI
Providing Preventative Care to Children in Hard-to-Reach Populations
Community Involvement Award — Michigan Association of Broadcasters
Public Radio Station of the Year — Michigan Association of Broadcasters
Best Continuing Coverage — Public Radio News Directors, Inc., Association
WUWM-FM, Milwaukee, WI
Living with Dying
Excellence in Broadcasting Merit Award, Community Affairs Activity — Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
Honorable Mention, Report or Series Contributing to the Community's Welfare category — The Milwaukee Press Club
Additional Funding and Special Recognition:
KCAW-FM, Sitka, AK
Teach Your Children Well received $60,000 from the Reuben E. Crossett Endowed Alaskan Fund, $12,000 from Islands Counseling and the Center for Community, and $26,000 from Alaska Children's Fund, for a total package of $98,000 for project expansion.
KZUM-FM, Lincoln, NE
Maintaining the Health Care Safety Net received $26,400 in additional funding from the Nebraska Excellence in Health Care grant for program continuation.
KVMR-FM, Nevada City, CA
Who Cares? received special recognition from the Nevada County Board of Supervisors for their role in helping to secure an additional $400,000 from the California state budget for county mental health services.
WKMS-FM, Murray, KY
Promises to Keep received a $10,000 grant from the Kentucky Arts Council and a $10,000 match from Murray State University for program continuation.