Here Are Radio’s 2021 Murrow Award Winners

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    The Radio Television Digital News Association today announced the national winners of the 2021 Edward R. Murrow Awards. Winners will be recognized at the Murrow Awards Gala on Oct. 27 in New York.

    Winners of Overall Excellence Awards for Radio include:
    -Small Market Radio: WBHM, Birmingham, AL
    -Large Market Radio: WLRN News, Coral Springs, FL
    -Radio Network: ABC News

    There were more than 5,200 entries this year. In May, RTDNA recognized more than 750 winners of the Regional Murrow Awards, which automatically advanced to the national competition.

    Here are the radio winners –

    Large Market
    Breaking News Coverage

    Protests against the death of George Floyd and police brutality
    KRLD-AM
    Dallas, TX

    Continuing Coverage
    The pandemic’s economic fallout in Oregon
    OPB
    Portland, OR

    Digital
    Texas Public Radio Digital Coverage
    Texas Public Radio
    San Antonio, TX

    Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    Shots in the Back: Exhuming the 1970 Augusta Riot
    Georgia Public Broadcasting and Jessye Norman School of the Arts
    Atlanta, GA

    Excellence in Innovation
    COVID Diaries
    WDET and Documenting Detroit
    Detroit, MI

    Excellence in Sound
    New Year’s Day Music That Hasn’t Been Heard in 500 Years
    KQED
    San Francisco, CA

    Excellence in Video
    Atomic Vet Goes Back To Jazz School
    CT Public
    Hartford, CT

    Excellence in Writing
    A Sarcastic Poker Player And Food Bank Volunteer: Family Remember A Kansas Citian Lost To COVID-19
    KCUR 89.3
    Kansas City, MO

    Feature Reporting
    The Godfather of Clubbing
    KUT
    Austin, TX

    Hard News
    Maryland Foster Children Stay in Hospitals Because They Have Nowhere Else To Go
    WYPR 88.1 FM
    Baltimore, MD

    Investigative Reporting
    Older and Overlooked
    KQED
    San Francisco, CA

    News Documentary
    What the President Knew
    WBUR/ON POINT
    Boston, MA

    News Series
    Dying on the Sheriff’s Watch
    WBUR
    Boston, MA

    Newscast
    Total Information AM 7 a.m., March 18, 2020
    KMOX-AM
    St. Louis, MO

    Podcast
    Motive Season 3
    WBEZ Chicago
    Chicago, IL

    Sports Reporting
    As Winter Sports Resume, Parents And Schools Face A Painful Choice
    WGBH Educational Foundation
    Boston, MA

    Small Market
    Continuing Coverage
    Four Major Wildfires Engulf California’s Central Coast
    90.3 KAZU
    Monterey Bay Area, CA

    Digital
    At The Finish Line
    WUFT News
    Gainesville, FL

    Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
    KUNR and Noticiero Móvil’s bilingual pandemic coverage
    KUNR Public Radio, Noticiero Móvil and This Is Reno
    Reno, NV

    Excellence in Innovation
    COVID Between the Coasts
    WNIN and the University of Evansville
    Evansville, IN

    Excellence in Sound
    High School Football Takes The Field; An Attempt At Normal During Pandemic
    NET
    Lincoln, NE

    Excellence in Video
    Despite Increasing Demand, Some W.Va. Apple Farmers Struggle
    West Virginia Public Broadcasting
    Charleston, WV

    Excellence in Writing
    ‘He Didn’t Deserve To Die’ State COVID Policy Remains As Disease Surges
    South Dakota Public Broadcasting
    Sioux Falls, SD

    Feature Reporting
    ‘Our Moms Have To Talk’: Pocket Dial Connects Grieving Moms
    Vermont Public Radio
    Colchester, VT

    Hard News
    Fentress Released
    Radio IQ/WVTF
    Roanoke, VA

    Investigative Reporting
    From Never Again To Again: Politics Trump Environmental Concerns About Mount Rushmore Fireworks
    South Dakota Public Broadcasting
    Sioux Falls, SD

    News Documentary
    Grandfamilies of the Opioid Crisis
    West Virginia Public Broadcasting
    Charleston, WV

    News Series
    Committed: How and Why Children Became The Fastest Growing Group Under Florida’s Baker Act
    WFSU Public Media, Health News Florida and USC-Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
    Tallahassee, FL

    Newscast
    Alaska News Nightly, Dec. 2, 2020
    Alaska Public Media
    Anchorage, AK

    Podcast
    Brave Little State
    Vermont Public Radio
    Colchester, VT

    Sports Reporting
    High School Football Takes The Field; An Attempt At Normal During Pandemic
    NET
    Lincoln, NE

    A full list of winners can be found Here.

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