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WWJ Newsradio 950 Takes Home Top Honors At Michigan Broadcast Excellence Awards

LANSING (WWJ) - The results are in and WWJ Newsradio 950 was honored to be among the award-winners during the Michigan Broadcast Excellence Awards Wednesday night in Lansing.

WWJ presented with more than a dozen awards including Station of the Year in Large Market and eight top honor "Best" in category and eight "Merit" awards by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.

Among the awards: Top honors "Best" for Breaking News Coverage (Congressman Shot),
WWJ Commerical Radio, WWJ Feature (Made in Michigan/Sandra McNeill), Feature Story (Habitat Home/Jon Hewett), the WWJ AM Drive/Morning Show Broadcast Personality or Team, WWJ PM Drive (Greg Bowman), Special Show (WWJ Special on the death of Mike Ilitch), Sports (Ryan Wooley).

Among the awards: Honors "Merit" (WWJ Special Series - 1967 Riots Anniversary), WWJ Feature Story (Christmas Kids), WWJ Marketing and Promos, New Media (Facebook Live/Twitter) Newscast - WWJ Election Evening Newscast, Special Show - WWJ Special - Farewell to the Joe, and Sports (Tony Ortiz).

WWJ Awards (RDavidek)
L-R) WWJ's Sandra McNeill, Tom Jordan, Brian Larsen, and Greg Bowman - all part of the award-winning team. (WWJ/Rob Davidek)

You can hear more anytime of the day 24/7 -- just tune into WWJ Newsradio for traffic and weather on the 8s, ask Alexa for WWJ's latest updates, and click on the weather page for the latest radar and video.

 

 

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