NAB CRYSTAL RADIO AWARD PRESENTED TO WJBC-AM LAS
VEGAS -- WJBC-AM Bloomington, IL today was awarded the National Association
of Broadcasters Crystal Radio Award. Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio
Awards have recognized radio stations for their outstanding year-round
commitment to community service. Ten
winners were chosen from among 50
finalists. Recipients were recognized at today's NAB WJBC-AM
provided this description of its accomplishments in 2007: "For
83 years, WJBC-AM has been the talk of the town, serving as McLean County's
voice for local news, sports, talk and weather. In 2007, WJBC continued
its commitment to be the voice of the community, providing over 10,000
minutes of airtime to community service projects and raising $5.9 million
for charities. WJBC was instrumental in organizing a community-wide welcome
home celebration for a local military unit returning from deployment in
Iraq, helped the local Relay for Life to become the first in the state
to ever raise more than $500,000 and delivered Christmas gifts to over
6,400 needy men, women and children. WJBC is the voice of local radio,
airing 15 hours of local programming and 48 local newscasts each weekday,
and originating more than 200 local sporting events in 2007. WJBC is the
voice of innovation, developing a secondary internet stream to cover more
sporting events, and creating an interactive Web site providing local
news, weather, podcasts and a free service for listeners to sign up to
receive instant weather alerts on their cell phones. The people of WJBC
are the voice of our community, with staff donating 1,200 hours in 2007
to service projects." For
more information on WJBC's accomplishments, contact Red Pitcher at The NAB
Radio Luncheon, sponsored by ASCAP, featured a keynote address by Robert
Pittman, MTV co-founder and former Co-COO of AOL Time Warner. During
the luncheon, Larry
Lujack, legendary Chicago radio personality, was inducted into the
NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame and
WUSL-FM
Philadelphia was given the NAB Crystal Heritage
Award for long-term commitment to community service. About
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