The Texas Broadcast News Awards acknowledge excellent native broadcast journalism produced by member Radio and TV stations serving native communities all through the state and take the place of the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Awards which have been discontinued.
88.9 KETR is proud to have been acknowledged with dozens of awards over many many years from the TAPB Awards, most of that are on full show for guests who marvel into the station’s studio advanced in Binnion Hall on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus.
The Blacklands Café is promoted as “a coffee shop of the airwaves,” a each day dose of trivia and odd vacation recognition coupled with a brief however informative go to with one in all, as Dempsey calls them, “some of the most interesting people in Northeast Texas.” Beyond the feature, heard weekday mornings, this system can be a podcast, boasts an internet presence with images, hyperlinks, and references to dialogue subjects, and exists as a Facebook Group the place members discover problems with the day, massive and small.
“This award, and the many like it over these many years, continue to underscore what we know: that the work we’re creating at 88.9 KETR is on par with the best in the state,” says station General Manager Jerrod Knight. “Very glad to see The Blacklands Café deservedly recognized this way.”
Knight joined broadcasters from across the state as they got here collectively in-person to rejoice the winners on Saturday, April 9 on the Westin Austin on the Domain.