WJR Picks Up Several 2025 Broadcast Excellence Awards

DETROIT, Jan. 16, 2025 ~ On Monday, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters announced the winners of its 2025 Broadcast Excellence Awards, with 760 WJR picking up several awards.

The Broadcast Excellence Awards Gala will take place Saturday, April 5. The awards won by WJR are listed below:

Continuing Coverage

• Merit: WJR-AM – New Beginning Michigan Central Train Station (WJR Staff)
• Best: WJR-AM – School Shooter’s Parents Face Justice (WJR Staff)

Feature Programming

• Merit: WJR-AM – Grief Monster: A Daughter’s Story (Kevin Dietz, Marie Osborne, Laura Hessen, Danielle Mason)

Feature Story

• Best: WJR-AM – Taps The Final Honor (Marie Osborne)

Investigative Story

• Best: WJR-AM – Dying to Give Birth (Marie Osborne)

Mini-Documentary or Series

• Merit: WJR-AM – Detroit’s 2024 NFL Draft (WJR Staff)
• Best: WJR-AM – Healthwatch with Dick Haefner (Dick Haefner)

Morning Show Broadcast Personality or Team

• Best: WJR-AM – ‘JR Morning with Guy, Lloyd, and Jamie (Guy Gordon, Lloyd Jackson, Jamie Edmonds, Nick Roddy)

OTT Content

• Best: WJR-AM – MSU Student Journalism Program (Curtis Paul, Dominic Carroll, Nicholas Lundberg)

Play-By-Play Sports

• Merit: WJR-AM – Drive to The Game: De La Salle vs Davison (Chris Renwick, Nick Roddy, Ray Templin, Dave Riger)

Podcast Series

• Merit: WJR-AM – ‘JR Morning 5 Things First Thing (Guy Gordon, Lloyd Jackson, Jamie Edmonds, Nick Roddy)
• Best: WJR-AM – Ken Brown and Mike O’Hara Podcast (Ken Brown, Nick Roddy, Mike O’Hara)

Special Show Broadcast Personality or Team

• Merit: WJR-AM – Michigan Voices with Marie Osborne (Marie Osborne)
• Best: WJR-AM – SportsWrap NFL Draft Special (Anthony Bellino, Lomas Brown, WJR Staff)

Sports Feature or Series

• Merit: WJR-AM – Tigers Magical Playoff Run (WJR Staff)
• Best: WJR-AM – SportsWrap Lions Coverage: Road to the One Seed (Anthony Bellino, Lomas Brown, WJR Staff)

Sportscast

• Merit: WJR-AM – Tigers Clinch Wildcard Spot (Dave Riger, Jim Harper, Kam Carmen)

Station Promos

• Best: WJR-AM – Election Night Series (Mark Blackwell, WJR Staff)

Commercial

• Finalist: WJR-AM – Missy and Mel’s (Mark Blackwell, Mike Wheeler, Blake Majchrzak, McCoy Kelly)
• Finalist: WJR-AM – Puppy Gram (Sefe Puente, Mark Blackwell)

Digital Excellence

• Finalist: WJR-AM – Detroit’s Top 5 Stories (Curtis Paul, Andrew Mullin, Nicholas Lundberg)

Regularly Scheduled Broadcast Personality or Team

• Finalist: WJR-AM – ‘JR Afternoon with Chris Renwick (Chris Renwick, Brian Morton, Danielle Mason, Rich Luzenski)

Newscast

• Finalist: WJR-AM – ‘JR Morning Five Things First Thing Day After Election (Guy Gordon, Lloyd Jackson, Jamie Edmonds, Nick Roddy)

Community Involvement

• Finalist: WJR-AM – WJR Community Involvement (Mark Blackwell, Ron Smerigan, WJR Staff)