WMUK took home five Michigan Association of Broadcasters' Broadcast Excellence Awards for public radio stations. The station also received three merit awards.
Here are our winning entries for Best In Category:
Best Hard News Story - "In Kalamazoo, Many Rentals, Few Inspectors" by Sehvilla Mann.
Best Public Affairs Program - "WestSouthwest: Black Infant Mortality/Iraq Oil Report" by Earlene McMichael and Gordon Evans
Best News Series - El Sol Elementary, Biliteracy series by Sehvilla Mann
Best Music Programming - Jazz Currents: Drummer Carl Allen pt.1 by Keith Hall and Martin Klemm
Best Promo - Let's Hear It Promo: Jeremy Siskind by Cara Lieurance
Here are our entries that received Merit awards for their category:
Kalamazoo's Police "Trust Gap" series by Chris Killian
"Beads Show Child Cancer Patients' Journey" by Rebecca Thiele
"WestSouthwest: Women at the Beginning of the Computer Age" by Gordon Evans