KLIN Dominates Competition
NRG Media’s KLIN, in Lincoln, received FOUR first place awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association in the annual Eric Severaid competition. KLIN won first place in the following categories: Newscast – Second year in a row Sportscast/Program – Friday Morning Tailgate: “Storytime with Stai” (third year in-a-row) Hard Feature – “Focal Point – Prison…… Continue Reading
Helping the Community – Lincoln
NRG – Lincoln, Broadcast House is helping struggling local businesses with their Help LNK program. Complimentary listings for ANY local business are available so Lincoln residents can support local businesses still open and serving the community during these difficult times. In some cases, the businesses are still open , but they are operating under different…… Continue Reading
Helping the Community – Omaha
In Nebraska, there’s always a reason to wear red. Husker sports dominates in Nebraska and the stands at Memorial Stadium are known for the Sea of Red during every home game. During these difficult times, there aren’t any sporting events but wearing red is taking on a new meaning – supporting health care workers and…… Continue Reading
Mike Waters to Host Mornings on 105.7 KOKZ
Mike Waters has joined the Cedar Rapids/Waterloo market to host mornings on 105.7 KOKZ. Mike begins broadcasting live Monday, April 6, 2020 at 5:30am. “We are thrilled to have Mike join NRG Media as the voice for 105.7 KOKZ for the morning drive. He brings over 30 years experience in the radio industry across a…… Continue Reading
Central Nebraska St. Jude Radiothon Blueprint for Others
NRG Media is pleased to announce with all of the COVID-19 disruptions and restrictions in place, our Central Nebraska team at Y102 with the support of our four other stations were still able to raise $122,436 for the kids at St. Jude. AMAZING effort considering our current circumstances! The amount raised in 2020 puts us…… Continue Reading
Helping the Community – Sam Ramirez
Sam Ramirez is celebrating 20 years at the same radio station this year – he’s the program director and morning host at River Country 101.7 in Dixon, Illinois. In addition to everything he’s doing to support the community right now through his work at the Dixon radio stations, he’s also helping his wife Carie as…… Continue Reading
Radio Life in Difficult Times
With everything going on right now, radio is pretty busy doing what it does best – serving local communities and advertisers. Whenever there is a crisis, radio steps up. Radio can do that because of the passion and dedication to their local community shared by everyone working in radio. That passion and dedication is a…… Continue Reading
Wausau/Stevens Point Doing Big Things for the Community
Wausau/Stevens Point has been doing big things for the community!! Big Red and Anthony Bastien from Y106.5 attended the 10th Annual Sportsman’s Banquet in Wisconsin Rapids benefiting the South Wood County Youth Hockey Association. Big Red emceed the evening where over $13,000 was raised. The Market teamed up Houck Transit Advertising to develop massive 12-foot…… Continue Reading
Red 94.5 Program Director, Tiago Rey featured by Nebraska Impact
Nebraska Impact’s mission is to connect Nebraskans with one another; they recently featured our own, Tiago Rey, Red 94.5 Program Director in Lincoln. “Santiago Pardo Rey spent his childhood on the plains of Colombia. He moved to Grand Island as a teenager, unable to speak a word of English. 10 years later, he is the…… Continue Reading
NRG Media Supports Special Olympics
NRG Media is a supporter of Special Olympics in a number of our markets. Recently, our markets in Lincoln, Nebraska and Wausau/Stevens Point, Wisconsin came out to show support of the athletes. First up – B107.3 helped host Special Olympics Nebraska Annual Polar Plunge. It was a beautiful, sunny day at Holmes Lake with a…… Continue Reading