U of M student radio station, Radio K (KUOM), wins national award for Web
site
COLLEGE BROADCASTERS, INC. NAMES WWW.RADIOK.ORG "BEST STUDENT
MEDIA WEB SITE"
Contacts: Ellie Bjorklund, Radio K Marketing Director, (612) 625-8322,
marketing@radiok.org
Ryan Maus, University News Service, (612) 624-1690, maus@umn.edu
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/05/2009) — College Broadcasters, Inc., a national
organization representing student-run media ventures, named the University of
Minnesota's student radio station, "Radio K," as the "Best Student Media Web site" for
2009. The station's Web site is www.radiok.org.
The award, which was announced in Austin, Tex. on Oct. 30, is part of the 2009
National Student Production Awards. Other winners included television and radio
productions from Harvard University, Purdue University, the University of North Carolina
and Columbia College. St. Cloud State's UTVS-Channel 21 won in the "Best Live Sports
Production" for "Husky Productions."
Broadcasting at 104.5 FM in Minneapolis, 100.7 FM in St. Paul, 770 AM, and online at
radiok.org, Radio K is the award-winning, student-run radio station of the U of M, playing
an eclectic variety of independent music both new and old. KUOM began broadcasting on
770 AM Jan. 13, 1922, likely making it Minnesota's oldest radio station.
More information about College Broadcasters, Inc., is available at www.askcbi.org.
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