Green Bay, Wisc. — WGBA-TV NBC 26 has won three regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA).
The station was awarded the Murrows for Investigative Reporting (“Oneida”), Sports Reporting (“Packers Tickets”) and Videography (“Get Out Alive”). It tied with WISC-TV in Madison for the most awards in the Television–Small Market category for the region.
National judging will be held in Washington, D.C., in June.
WGBA is part of Region 4, which consists of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
The RTNDA has honored outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Recipients must demonstrate the journalistic excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the electronic news profession. Judging is done by the RTNDA Board of Directors.
For a complete list of award winners, visit the Radio-Television News Directors Association web site at www.rtnda.org.
Journal Broadcast Group owns and operates 35 radio stations and 11 television stations in 12 states and operates an additional television station under a local marketing agreement. The broadcast business of Journal Communications Inc., Journal Broadcast Group is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Journal Communications is a diversified media company with operations in publishing, radio and television broadcasting, interactive media and printing services.
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