Peformance Radio Wins 5 Eric Sevareid Awards

News Director Zach Nelson with 5 more Eric Sevareid awards

For the third time in three years Performance Radio News has been honored by the Northwest Broadcast News Association with the Eric Sevareid Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism. Performance Radio News took home five Sevareids from the N-B-N-A Banquet at the conclusion of the Midwest Journalism Conference in Bloomington Minnesota Saturday night. Performance Radio News has back to back Sevareid wins for our website, performance-radio dot com, an Award of Merit, and in the series category First Place for “The Fall of Doug Schmitt” the series of eight stories totalling 17 minutes chronicling the final months of former Huron Police Chief Doug Schmitt, following comments he made before the South Dakota Legislature last year….

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An  Award of Merit Sevareid was awarded for the use best use of Audio in a story about the demolition of Voorhees Hall to make way for Central Park….

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Performance Radio’s coverage of a gas leak last spring near Madison School netted a First Place Sevareid in the Spot News/Breaking News Category…

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A third Frist Place Sevareid was awarded in the Newscast category. The Northwest Broadcast News Association is based in Spearfish and Eric Sevareid Awards area competed for by small, medium and large market radio and television stations in both Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska.  Performance Radio News now has 15 Sevareid Awards.  Check out the winning stories below…

  • Award of Merit–Website www.performance-radio.com
  • Award of Merit–Audio for “Voorhees Hall Falls”  [audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/03/2011-awards-Vorhees-Hall-Falls-9-26-11.mp3|titles=2011 awards–Vorhees Hall Falls (9-26-11)]
  • First Place–Spot News for “Madison School Gas Leak”  [audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/03/2011-awards-Gas-Leak-Near-Madison-School-6-23-11.mp3|titles=2011 awards–Gas Leak Near Madison School (6-23-11)]
  • First Place–Series for “The Fall of Doug Schmitt”  [audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/03/2011-awards-The-Fall-of-Doug-Schmitt.mp3|titles=2011 awards–The Fall of Doug Schmitt]
  • Frist Place–Newscast for “KOKK 8 AM Local News”  [audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/03/2011-awards-KOKK-8-AM-News-Feb-8.mp3|titles=2011 awards–KOKK 8 AM News Feb 8]