Awards 2023 – Medium Market Radio

Additional Awards of Excellence plaques

Additional Awards of Excellence plaques may be ordered for $70 each (plus shipping).  Additional Certificates of Merit may be ordered for $5.00 each (plus shipping). Use the Duplicate Awards Online Order Form when submitting a request.

Awards of Excellence

Category Title of Entry (click titles to listen) Station / City
Best Community Service Campaign Stand with the FMPD, Lindsey Bruntz
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Stand with the FMPD, Lindsey Bruntz

KSRX-FM / Sterling
Best Station Sponsored Community Event Bobstock Music Festival, Media Logic Crew
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Bobstock Music Festival, Media Logic Crew

KSRX-FM / Sterling
Best Regularly Scheduled Newscast PM: Fast-paced Stories with Local Voices, Phil Lindeman
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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
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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
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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
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BOB FM Gives You The Bird, Lindsey Bruntz

KSRX-FM / Sterling
Best Station Imaging Campaign Happy Halloween from Krystal 93 , Tom Fricke, Ross McIntyre
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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
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Proof Positive: Krystal Media Radio Works!, Roger Ogden

KYSL-FM / Frisco
Best Midday Show The Midday Ride, Lindsey Bruntz
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The Midday Ride, Lindsey Bruntz

KSRX-FM / Sterling
Best Afternoon Show High Country Afternoons with TJ, TJ Sanders
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High Country Afternoons with TJ, TJ Sanders

KYSL-FM / Frisco
Best Station Personality High Country Afternoons with TJ, TJ Sanders
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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
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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
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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
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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
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First Chair Friday, Phil Lindeman

KYSL-FM / Frisco
Best Radio Commercial for an Advertiser Red Iron Salvage & Steel – ‘Hollistic Language’, Pete Wagner
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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
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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
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A-Basin Opening Day, Tom Fricke

KYSL-FM / Frisco
Best Use of Digital/Social Media Bobstock Promo Video, Lindsey Bruntz
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Bobstock Promo Video, Lindsey Bruntz

KSRX-FM / Sterling
Best Station Website AspenPublicRadio.org KAJX-FM / Aspen
Best Radio Podcast Mental Health Monday, Ben Blecha
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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