Cumulus Albuquerque Sweeps NMBA Excellence Awards

RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, June 29, 2022

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Cumulus Media/Albuquerque swept the New Mexico Broadcasters Association (NMBA) Excellence in Broadcasting Awards Tuesday, bringing home 12 of the NMBA's 19 annual awards for broadcasters. Cumulus Albuquerque's 96.3 News Radio KKOB was honored with eight awards, including Station of the Year, Newscaster of the Year, Breaking News, Complete Newscast, Continuing Coverage, Feature News, Talk Show or Interview and Website.

Sports Radio 610 The Sports Animal/KNML-AM's "The Opening Drive" team took the NMBA Award for Sports Show or Interview, with 92.3 KRST Country on-air host Juan Velasco taking the gold for DJ Personality Air Check. KRST was also honored for Social Media Integration for KRST's Annual St. Jude Radiothon.

The seven-station Cumulus Albuquerque cluster was awarded the NMBA prize for PSA Campaign of the Year for its "Take A Ride On Us" campaign.

Cumulus Albuquerque Vice President/Market Manager Jeff Berry said, "We are tremendously proud or our ENTIRE Cumulus Albuquerque staff as we know it 'takes a village.' Each of the honored individuals brings a passion and commitment to excellence to our building each day and I am honored to work amongst them. With News Radio KKOB celebrating its 100th year of broadcasting, it's especially sweet the station was recognized in so many areas."

KKOB News Director John Summers added, "I'm so proud of the enormous effort from our entire news team. When you have such a multi-talented and goal-oriented pool of broadcast pros under one roof, you're bound to walk away with an armload of trophies."