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WEKU Wins Four Regional 2026 Edward R Murrow Awards

WEKU has won four regional Edward R Murrow awards for journalism excellence.

The 2026 Murrow award winners were announced Thursday afternoon by the Radio Television Digital News Association.

WEKU was awarded Best Digital Story for a Northern Kentucky Secretive Data Center by Shepherd Snyder; Excellence in Writing for the Stable Recovery Program by Sam Dick; Best Podcast for a Drumming Program that Helps those with Parkinson's Disease by Cheri Lawson; and Best Sports Reporting for a story on Kentucky Square Dance Clubs by Cheri Lawson.

WEKU Director & General Manager Mike Savage says he is proud of the solid reporting being done at WEKU. "It's really an honor to work with such talented journalists. These awards are a well-deserved recognition for a hard-working team of journalists."

WEKU is in Region 8, which includes stations in Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

The full regional winner list can be viewed here

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Mike Savage joined WEKU in 2018 as Director & General Manager. He has worked in public radio for 30 years and has managed public radio stations in Georgia, Illinois and Indiana. In his current role as WEKU's Director & General Manager, Mike directs station operations, programming, news and fundraising.
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