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Public Radio 90's Broadcast Excellence Award-winning entries

Public Radio 90's Nicole Walton and Kurt Hauswirth won awards in this year's Broadcast Excellence Awards
Michigan Association of Broadcasters
Public Radio 90's Nicole Walton and Kurt Hauswirth won awards in this year's Broadcast Excellence Awards

Listen to this year's winners from WNMU-FM

Public Radio 90's Nicole Walton and Kurt Hauswirth were honored in this year's Broadcast Excellence Awards.

News Director and Morning Edition host Nicole Walton won best Hard News & Current Events Story for her coverage and feature regarding the online sextortion case that ended in the suicide of Jordan DeMay.

Listen to Nicole's entry here:

From tragedy to legacy: Jordan DeMay's story
Nicole Walton's award-winning story

Original story link:
https://www.wnmufm.org/special-features/2023-09-03/from-tragedy-to-legacy-jordan-demays-story

Music host Kurt Hauswirth received two merit awards: one for Music Feature or Special (Beethoven and Banjos), and one for Musical Programming (The Local Shuffle 3).

Check out Kurt's entries here:

Crossing genres and traditions with the 2023 Beethoven and Banjos Music Festival
One of Kurt's merit award-winning stories

Original story link:
https://www.wnmufm.org/northern-arts-culture/2023-08-18/crossing-genres-and-traditions-with-the-2023-beethoven-and-banjos-music-festival

Promo for The Local Shuffle 3

Original story link:
https://www.wnmufm.org/programs/2023-05-04/the-local-shuffle-3-saturday-may-13-2023
Due to rights restrictions, we cannot post the audio of The Local Shuffle 3.

For more information about the Broadcast Excellence Awards, visit the Michigan Association of Broadcasters website.

Kurt lives in Marquette with his family and can’t imagine living anywhere else. He loves music, games, running, being near water, and a fine cold brew coffee.
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