The staff of KWAM was honored at the Tennessee Association of Broadcaster’s Excellence in Broadcasting Awards.
The news talk radio station was awarded first and second place in the Digital Media – Large Market Radio category.Tim Van Horn and Ben Deeter were honored with a second place finish in Best Talk Show – Large Market Radio.
Van Horn is host of “Wake Up Memphis With Tim Van Horn” and Deeter is the anchor of the “KWAM News With Ben Deeter.”
Pictured from left to right are General Manager Kevin Davis, political analyst Steve Gill, owner Todd Starnes, Managing Editor Caleb Parke, Chief Engineer Chuck Condron and CEO Dalton Glasscock.
The awards were held at the Country Music Hall of Fame in downtown Nashville. The Associated Press was responsible for judging the competition.
KWAM was competing against radio stations across the Volunteer state.
Dalton Glasscock, the chief executive officer of Starnes Media Group, saluted the staff’s accolades.
Starnes Media Group CEO Dalton Glasscock with TAB Executive Director, Chris Baker.
“We believe in being excellence driven,” Glasscock said. “That means our team goes the extra mile to deliver award-winning news, traffic, weather and talk programming. And we also take extra care to help our sponsors grow their businesses.
Todd Starnes, the owner of KWAM, said the statewide honors are evidence that locally-owned, locally-run radio stations can make a difference.
“When I bought KWAM, I promised the Memphis community that we were going to bring award-winning broadcasting back to the Mid-South,” Starnes said. “I’m incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication of our staff in Memphis.”
“And now The Mighty 990 can rightfully claim its place as the top radio station in the Mid-South,” Starnes said. “It felt pretty great to bring that hardware back to the 901.”
