WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Wins Twelve Awards for News Excellence

BOSTON (CBS) - WBZ NewsRadio 1030 won twelve prestigious, regional awards for excellence in news coverage: eight Associated Press Awards including "Best Newscast" as well as four Edward R. Murrow Awards presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) including "Overall Excellence." The winners were announced this week by the Associated Press and RTDNA respectively, and the awards will be presented at a joint awards ceremony on Friday, May 18.

"There is a tremendous amount of effort that goes into this every year from our coverage of day-to-day news events to the special coverage for breaking news, news series, and other major events," said Peter Casey, WBZ NewsRadio's News and Programming Director when congratulating the staff. "This is a great display of accomplishment for the entire news and programming staff. Credit is due to everyone on the staff that works hard every day to produce this volume of award winning news coverage."

Here are WBZ NewsRadio's Associated Press Awards:

Best Newscast:

WBZ NewsRadio newscast May 2nd at 8:00AM

Rod Fritz, Deb Lawler, and Walt Perkins on Osama bin Laden death

Breaking News:

WBZ NewsRadio for Occupy Boston: Eviction from Dewey Square

Continuing Coverage:

WBZ NewsRadio for coverage of the June Tornadoes

Investigative Reporting:

WBZ NewsRadio for the Mary Blake week-long series: Working in the Commonwealth

Sports Program:

WBZ NewsRadio for Doug Cope's report: The Boston Marathon Begins

Sports Feature:

WBZ NewsRadio for Mary Blake's report: Celebrating with Stanley

Best Use of Sound:

WBZ NewsRadio for Michael Coleman's montage on May 2nd, 2011 featuring the September 11 attacks and the death of Osama bin Laden

Website:

WBZ NewsRadio On the Web at www.cbsboston.com

Here are WBZ NewsRadio's Edward R. Murrow Awards presented by the RTDNA:

Overall Excellence:

Awarded to WBZ NewsRadio for excellence in news gathering and reporting throughout 2011

Best Newscast:

WBZ NewsRadio newscast June 24 at 5:30M

Breaking News:

WBZ NewsRadio for coverage of the June Tornadoes

Writing:

Carl Stevens' "Doomsday Poem"

WBZ NewsRadio 1030 is owned by CBS RADIO, a division of CBS Corporation.