Oregon's KXL Wins 7 OAB's Including Station of the Year

RADIO ONLINE | Monday, October 7, 2013 | 12:38pm CT

Alpha Broadcasting's KXL-FM (FM News 101)/Portland has won seven 2013 OAB (Oregon Association of Broadcasters) Awards including Station of the Year for the third consecutive year. KXL also took home the following:

• Best On Air Personality for Clyde Lewis, host of "Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis"
• Best Station Promo produced Bryan Griggs
• Best Newscast from Dan Mitchinson and Lacey Evans covering the Clackamas Town Center Shooting
• Best Investigative Reporting from Rosemary Reynolds
• Best Coverage of Breaking News from the entire KXL Team covering the Boston Bombing
• Best Single News Story from Dan Mitchinson

Director of Programming Scott Mahalick said, "These awards honor the talent of a truly live and local team that is passionate about what they do. I'm proud to be working with world class broadcasters."

"I am so thrilled to see FM News 101 KXL receive this award again. We have such a hard working team both out in the field and inside the station. They're real pros. I feel lucky to be working with them," commented FM NEWS 101 KXL News Director Rebecca Marshall.

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