Albuquerque Radio Station Recognized AS 2008 NAB Marconi Award Finalist

WASHINGTON, DC – NAB announced today the finalists for the NAB Marconi Radio Awards honoring radio stations and on-air personalities for excellence in broadcasting. The winners will be announced on September 18 at the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show held during The NAB Radio Show at the Austin Convention Center. The finalists are:

Medium Market Personality of the Year

Corey & Jay, KDJE-FM Little Rock, AR
Tony Gates, WLAV-FM Grand Rapids, MI
Dave Kane, WCMF-FM Rochester, NY
Jim Villanucci, KKOB-AM Albuquerque, NM
Don Weeks, WGY-AM Albany, NY

News/Talk Station of the Year

KFI-AM Los Angeles, CA
KKOB-AM Albuquerque, NM
WBEN-AM Buffalo, NY
WJBC-AM Bloomington, IL
WTMJ-AM Milwaukee, WI

The NAB Marconi Radio Awards were established in 1989 and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi.

MDA Re-Elects NM Broadcaster to National Leadership Role
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Tucson, AZ, Jul 16, 2008

TUCSON, Ariz., July 16, 2008 — William S. Anderson from Albuquerque has been re-elected to a national leadership position with the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Anderson was elected to a new one-year term as an MDA national vice president during the Association’s July 11 meeting in Los Angeles. MDA national vice presidents provide volunteer counsel in their areas of expertise to support the Association’s lifesaving research and services programs. READ MORE