PIERRE, (KCCR) — Riverfront Broadcasting News has been awarded a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of the U-S-S Pierre’s Commissioning in Panama City, Florida last November….
Edward R. Murrow awards are presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association or R-T-D-N-A, a national journalism advocacy group based in Washington, D. C. South Dakota sits in Region Four. Regional winners will go on to national consideration among the other 12 regions across the country. The entry is the same entry that won a first place Eric Sevareid award for News Series from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association in April. Murrows are not easy to win. K-C-C-R’s entry will compete against entries from cities like Jackson, Mississippi; Roanoke, Virginia; Monterey, California; Fort Collins, Colorado and Columbia, Missouri.
Here is the award winning entry: https://soundcloud.com/user-787788456/2025-awards-uss-pierre
Region 1: Bethel, Alaska, population 6,335
Region 2: Monterey, California, population 30,200
Region 3: Greeley-Ft. Collins, Colorado, population (combined 288,291)
Region 4: Pierre, South Dakota, population 13,600
Region 5: Columbia, Missouri, population 133,000
Region 6: Marfa, Texas, population 2,500
Region 7: Normal, Illinois, population 53,275
Region 8: New Bern, North Carolina, population 37,200
Region 9: Jackson, Mississippi, population 135,600
Region 10: Colchester, Vermont, population 18,137
Region 11: Canton, New York, population 11,638
Region 12: Roanoke, Virginia, population 99,100
Region 13: No entry, no winner
Region 14: No entry, no winner
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