WWO News, Entercom Wins National Headliner Awards

RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, April 8, 2020

National Headliner Awards

Cumulus Media's Westwood One News has won the National Headliner Award for "Breaking News or Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event" for coverage of the mass shootings which occurred over a single weekend in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH, last year. This is the second consecutive year that Westwood One News has captured first place. Last year's nod was for coverage of the horrific mass shootings in Parkland, FL.

This award recognizes the network's coverage and programming from the Westwood One News team, which featured correspondent Clayton Neville in El Paso and reporter Jerry Bodlander in Dayton.

The network also garnered second place in the "Documentary or Public Affairs" category for "1939 - America on the Eve of War" and earned third place in the "Best Newscast" category for America in the Morning.

Additionally, Entercom's All News KCBS (KCBS-AM and KFRC-FM)/San Francisoc was awarded first place in the "Radio Stations Newscast (all markets)" category for its morning news coverage of the Kincade Fire on October 24, 2019. The station's entry included regular updates from reporters from the scene of the fire, including reports on its destructive impacts on the area and its residents, as well as interviews with citizens and officials.

KCBS All News was also awarded third place in the award's "Radio Stations Breaking News or Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event" category for its "Days of Wind and Fire" coverage, and third place in the "Radio Stations News Series" category for its "Broken Systems" series.

The National Headliner Awards program was founded in 1934 by the Press Club of Atlantic City. Now in its 86th year, the program is one of the oldest and largest annual contests recognizing journalistic merit in the communications industry.

A full list of the National Headliner Award winners can be found here.