Awards of Excellence
| Category | Title of Entry (click titles to listen) | Station / City |
|---|---|---|
| Best Community Service Campaign | Stand with the FMPD, Lindsey Bruntz × Stand with the FMPD, Lindsey Bruntz |
KSRX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Station Sponsored Community Event | Bobstock Music Festival, Media Logic Crew × Bobstock Music Festival, Media Logic Crew |
KSRX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Regularly Scheduled Newscast | PM: Fast-paced Stories with Local Voices, Phil Lindeman × PM: Fast-paced Stories with Local Voices, Phil Lindeman |
KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best News Feature, Report or Series | New program helps Aspen students with disabilities gain work experience, Eleanor Bennett × New program helps Aspen students with disabilities gain work experience, Eleanor Bennett |
KAJX-FM / Aspen |
| Best News Coverage of a Single Event | Protesters celebrate Uinta Basin Railway setback, prepare for continued fight on river float, Halle Zander × Protesters celebrate Uinta Basin Railway setback, prepare for continued fight on river float, Halle Zander |
KAJX-FM / Aspen |
| Best On-Air Contest for a Station | BOB FM Gives You The Bird, Lindsey Bruntz × BOB FM Gives You The Bird, Lindsey Bruntz |
KSRX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Station Imaging Campaign | Happy Halloween from Krystal 93 , Tom Fricke, Ross McIntyre × Happy Halloween from Krystal 93 , Tom Fricke, Ross McIntyre |
KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best Station Promotion/Marketing Campaign | Proof Positive: Krystal Media Radio Works!, Roger Ogden × Proof Positive: Krystal Media Radio Works!, Roger Ogden |
KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best Midday Show | The Midday Ride, Lindsey Bruntz × The Midday Ride, Lindsey Bruntz |
KSRX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Afternoon Show | High Country Afternoons with TJ, TJ Sanders × High Country Afternoons with TJ, TJ Sanders |
KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best Station Personality | High Country Afternoons with TJ, TJ Sanders × High Country Afternoons with TJ, TJ Sanders |
KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best News/Talk Show Host or Team | Chris Brom – KSIR Morning Show, Chris Bull Brom × Chris Brom – KSIR Morning Show, Chris Bull Brom |
KSIR-AM / Fort Morgan |
| Best Sports Coverage by an Individual or Team | Sterling Tiger Sports, Chris Bull Brom × Sterling Tiger Sports, Chris Bull Brom |
KPMX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Sports Feature | Athleticism on display in Carbondale, CO as sheepdogs compete in national final, Caroline Llanes × Athleticism on display in Carbondale, CO as sheepdogs compete in national final, Caroline Llanes |
KAJX-FM / Aspen |
| Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program | First Chair Friday, Phil Lindeman × First Chair Friday, Phil Lindeman |
KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best Radio Commercial for an Advertiser | Red Iron Salvage & Steel – ‘Hollistic Language’, Pete Wagner × Red Iron Salvage & Steel – ‘Hollistic Language’, Pete Wagner |
KSRX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Sales Campaign for an Advertiser | Better Electric – Dad Jokes, Chris Bull Brom, Jay Keil × Better Electric – Dad Jokes, Chris Bull Brom, Jay Keil |
KPMX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Sales Event or Live Remote Broadcast | A-Basin Opening Day, Tom Fricke × A-Basin Opening Day, Tom Fricke |
KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best Use of Digital/Social Media | Bobstock Promo Video, Lindsey Bruntz × Bobstock Promo Video, Lindsey Bruntz |
KSRX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Station Website | AspenPublicRadio.org | KAJX-FM / Aspen |
| Best Radio Podcast | Mental Health Monday, Ben Blecha × Mental Health Monday, Ben Blecha |
KPMX-FM / Sterling |
Certificates of Merit
| Category | Title of Entry | Station / City |
|---|---|---|
| Best Public Service Announcement | Don’t Foul The Plow, TJ Sanders | KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best Community Service Campaign | The Beer That Gives Back, TJ Sanders | KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best Station Sponsored Community Event | Tallgrass Night Show – Logan County Fair, 94.5 The Ranch Crew | KCGC-FM / Sterling |
| Best Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Northwest Colorado News, Shannon Lukens | KEZZ-FM / Phippsburg |
| Best News Feature, Report or Series | Bilingual public lands map designed to get Latino community onto the Roaring Fork Valley’s trails, Caroline Llanes | KAJX-FM / Aspen |
| Best News Coverage of a Single Event | Migrant Story Roundup, Eleanor Bennett, Halle Zander | KAJX-FM / Aspen |
| Best On-Air Contest for a Station | Josh Turner Ticket Giveaway, 94.5 The Ranch Crew | KCGC-FM / Sterling |
| Best Station Imaging Campaign | Radio Works, Lindsey Bruntz | KSRX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Station Promotion/Marketing Campaign | A Very Hairy Christmas, Lindsey Bruntz, Sean Nash | KSRX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Midday Show | KPMX Workday Escape with Bull Brom, Chris Bull Brom | KPMX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Afternoon Show | THE DRIVE, KELLY TURNER | KRTZ-FM / Cortez |
| Best Station Personality | The Midday Ride, Lindsey Bruntz | KSRX-FM / Sterling |
| Best News/Talk Show Host or Team | Morning Mayhem With Tom & Phil, Phil Lindeman, Tom Fricke | KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best Sports Coverage by an Individual or Team | Tigers & Cougars In A Marathon, Ben Blecha | KSIR-AM / Fort Morgan |
| Best Sports Feature | Determination drives participant to progress at National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, Kaya Williams | KAJX-FM / Aspen |
| Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program | Workday Escape – Dad Joke Friday, Chris Bull Brom | KPMX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Radio Commercial for an Advertiser | Brown’s Shoe Fit – Running Shoes, Chris Bull Brom | KCGC-FM / Sterling |
| Best Sales Campaign for an Advertiser | Bloch & Chapleau – Ski Injuries, Tom Fricke | KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best Sales Event or Live Remote Broadcast | Israel rally draws a crowd at Gondola Plaza, as well as several ceasefire protesters, Halle Zander, Caroline Llanes | KAJX-FM / Aspen |
| Best Use of Digital/Social Media | Digital & Social Synergy Equals Exponential Growth, Phil Lindeman, Tauna Lockhart | KYSL-FM / Frisco |
| Best Station Website | Media Logic Website | KSRX-FM / Sterling |
| Best Radio Podcast | N-Side Northeastern, Ben Blecha | KCGC-FM / Sterling |