WGN Radio Wins Three Honors at 2025 IBA Silver Domes

WGN-AM in Chicago

WGN-AM Chicago earned three top honors at the 2025 Illinois Broadcasters Association (IBA) Silver Dome Awards, including two distinctions for its newsroom. The annual ceremony, celebrating excellence in Illinois broadcasting, took place November 6 at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago.

Among the evening's highlights, longtime WGN sports anchor Dave Eanet received the 2025 Chicago/W. Russell Withers Jr. Broadcast Pioneer Award, recognizing his more than three decades of contributions to the station and Illinois broadcasting. Eanet is best known as the radio voice of Northwestern University football and men's basketball and frequently appears as a fill-in anchor on the WGN-TV sports desk. The award honors the late W. Russell Withers Jr., a founding member of the Illinois Broadcasters Foundation.

WGN Radio also collected three Silver Dome Awards:

Best Continuing Coverage - "Trial of Michael Madigan" (WGN Radio)
Best Feature - "Chicago Teachers Told to Pass Migrant Students" (Sylvia Snowden, Ryan Burrow)
Best Radio Personality - John Williams

Photos from the awards ceremony are available here.

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