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KABC-AM wins five Golden Mike Awards

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That is interesting though because we have went after KABC-AM before because of how mismanaged it is and how low rated the station is for Los Angeles.

Cumulus Media's Los Angeles News/Talk radio outlet 790 KABC swept the 68th Annual RTNA Golden Mike Awards on Saturday, January 27, capturing top honors in all five categories in which the station was nominated. The station has won nine Golden Mike Awards in the past two years alone, and sportscaster Randy Wang brought home his second consecutive win this year. 790 KABC received the five Golden Mike Awards in the following categories:
Best Newscast Under 15 Minutes: Leeann Tweeden-Anchor, Sharon Reardon-Editor
Best Sports Segment: Randy Wang
Best Government and Political Reporting: James Rojas
Best Traffic Reporter: Bill Thomas
Best News Reporting by Radio Network or Content Syndicator: Jim Roope
Cumulus Media/Los Angeles VP/Market Manager Dawn Girocco said, "We thank and congratulate 790 KABC's Drew Hayes, Nathan Baker, Doug Mcintyre, Leeann Tweeden, Randy Wang, Les Seigel, Tim Winebrenner, Bill Thomas, Sandy Wells, Sharon Reardon, James Rojas, and Jim Roope for their professionalism, dedication and hard work in delivering award-winning news reporting and coverage to our listeners and community. Five Golden Mikes made for an incredible evening for our team. It is an honor to work with these talented news professionals and we couldn't be prouder of this fantastic recognition of the outstanding work they do each and every day."
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RadioPatrol said:
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That is interesting though because we have went after KABC-AM before because of how mismanaged it is and how low rated the station is for Los Angeles.
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Is it mismanaged, or is it just that the signal problems and deterioration of AM listening is the problem? I haven't lived there in decades, so I'm not saying that's the case, I'm actually asking. Though I get that KFI continues to do well, probably by better programming decisions, though the 50K watt blast-furnace signal can't hurt either.

I recall that by the 1970s, KABC was dominant in the ratings, had killed off their closest talk-radio competitor (KLAC), and IIRC, was even beating the former ratings leader, KHJ. My mother was hooked on the station - I remember her listening to Pamela Mason (wife of actor James Mason), who had a morning show in the 60s, then, of course, Michael Jackson. I guess she liked British accents. There was some news-guy she loved too...I want to say George Arthur, but that may have been KNX - her other fave.
 
RadioPatrol said:
That is interesting though because we have went after KABC-AM before because of how mismanaged it is and how low rated the station is for Los Angeles.
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These awards are for news, sports, and traffic reporting, not ratings or how well it's managed. So maybe their reporters are better than KNX and KFI, or maybe these two stations didn't enter. Just because their news people win awards doesn't mean people will listen. I don't see any of their talk hosts on the list.
 
TheBigA said:
These awards are for news, sports, and traffic reporting, not ratings or how well it's managed. So maybe their reporters are better than KNX and KFI, or maybe these two stations didn't enter. Just because their news people win awards doesn't mean people will listen. I don't see any of their talk hosts on the list.
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Here are all of the radio winners of Golden Mikes:
Radio, Division A Six (6) or more full-time news staff members.

Radio, Division B Five (5) or fewer full-time news staff members.

BEST NEWS BROADCAST OVER 15 MINUTES DIV. A KNX-AM "KNX Afternoon News"

BEST NEWS BROADCAST UNDER 15 MINUTES DIV. A KFI-AM "5 PM News on KFI"
DIV. B KABC-AM "5:30 AM News on KABC"

BEST NEWSCAST WRITING DIV. A KFI-AM "6 PM News on KFI AM 640"

BEST SPORTS SEGMENT DIV. A KNX-AM "KNX NFL Insider"
DIV. B KABC-AM "KABC Sports with Randy Wang"

BEST TRAFFIC REPORT DIV. A KNX-AM "KNX Traffic on the 5s"
DIV. B KABC-AM "KABC 9:30am Traffic with Bill Thomas"

BEST INDIVIDUAL WRITING DIV. A KFI-AM "He WAS Driving a DeLorean"
DIV. B KCLU-AM/FM "It's Food Gone Wild! Deep Fried Fun with Food at the Ventura County Fair"

BEST SPORTS REPORTING DIV. A KPCC-FM "Ultra-mom Martine Sesma Attempts to Run a Grueling 100-mile Race"
DIV. B KLAA-AM "Trent Rush Sports Page

BEST "SPOT" NEWS REPORTING DIV. A KFI-AM "Trump Protests"
DIV. B NO AWARD

BEST "LIVE" COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY DIV. A KFI-AM "Inauguration 2017"
DIV. B NO AWARD

BEST DOCUMENTARY ONE DIVISION KPCC-FM "Broke: A special Report"

BEST NEWS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM DIV. A KNX-AM "KNX In-depth"
DIV. B KLAA-AM "Rebuilding the Anaheim White House"

BEST NEWS REPORTING DIV. A NO AWARD
DIV. B KVPR-FM "Under Review: What's at Stake in the Giant Sequoia National Monument?"

BEST NEWS REPORTING BY A RADIO NETWORK OR CONTENT SYNDICATOR ONE DIVISION WWO Net "Social Media Attack"

BEST HARD NEWS SERIES REPORTING ONE DIVISION KVPR-FM "Contaminated: Dirty Water In California's San Joaquin Valley"

BEST FEATURE NEWS SERIES REPORTING ONE DIVISION KFI-AM "Propositioned"

BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING DIV. A KPCC-FM "Behested Payments"
DIV. B KVPR-FM "Fresno County Sends Back Millions in Unspent Funds Intended for Child Care"

BEST SERIOUS FEATURE REPORTING - One Minute or Longer ONE DIVISION KOGO-AM "Rachel's Challenge to San Diego"

BEST SERIOUS FEATURE REPORTING - Shorter than One Minute ONE DIVISION KCLU-AM/FM "Human Trafficking Exhibit"

BEST LIGHT FEATURE REPORTING - One Minute or Longer ONE DIVISION KCLU-AM/FM "Ant Dog"

BEST LIGHT FEATURE REPORTING - Shorter than One Minute ONE DIVISION KFI-AM "Immigration Protests"

BEST NEWS SPECIAL DIV. A KPCC-FM "AirTalk's Live Coverage of the Great North American Solar Eclipse"
DIV. B NO AWARD

BEST ENTERTAINMENT REPORTING DIV. A KPCC-FM "The legacy of 'The Joy Luck Club'"
DIV. B NO AWARD

BEST BUSINESS AND CONSUMER REPORTING DIV. A KPCC-FM "Why California Gun Sales Are Shattering Records"
DIV. B KVPR-FM "Ulta Beauty Warehouse Could Be a Sign of the Valley Becoming the West Coast's Distribution 'Hub'"

BEST GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL REPORTING DIV. A KFI-AM "Propositioned"
DIV. B KABC-AM "Road Diet Controversy Feature - James Rojas"

BEST MEDICAL AND SCIENCE REPORTING DIV. A KFI-AM "Cassini Ends"
DIV. B KCLU-AM/FM "Rare Mammoth Skull"

BEST USE OF SOUND DIV. A KFI-AM "La Tuna Fire"
DIV. B KCLU-AM/FM "Music Helps Dementia Patients"

BEST INTERNET NEWS REPORTING DIV. A KFI-AM "Propositioned Episode 13: Props 62 & 66"
DIV. B NO AWARD
 
Frequency1 said:
Here are all of the radio winners of Golden Mikes:

Radio, Division A Six (6) or more full-time news staff members.

Radio, Division B Five (5) or fewer full-time news staff members.
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Interesting....context is always a good thing. Thanks! So KABC is in Division B
 
RadioPatrol said:
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That is interesting though because we have went after KABC-AM before because of how mismanaged it is and how low rated the station is for Los Angeles.
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great job guys!
 
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