WAMC Wins Two Regional Murrow Awards

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Arlo Guthrie and Alan Chartock

ALBANY, NY (04/09/2010)(readMedia)-- WAMC Northeast Public Radio recently won two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. The awards are in two categories: Audio News Documentary: A Conversation with Arlo Guthrie, hosted by Alan Chartock and produced by Ian Pickus, and Audio Newscast: Northeast Report: Obama's Inauguration, produced by the WAMC News Department.

"WAMC has a long history of awards. These two Murrow honors are particularly important to us. Not so much for the prestige, but more as a way to encourage our wonderful news division to reach for higher and higher achievement," Alan Chartock, President and CEO of WAMC Northeast Public Radio, said.

The regional award winners advance to the national competition, whose winners will be announced in June.

The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow's pursuit of excellence in journalism embodies the spirit of the awards that carry his name. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the electronic news profession.

WAMC Northeast Public Radio broadcasts 24 hours a day with information and cultural programming from stations reaching parts of seven Northeastern states. WAMC is an award-winning producer of regionally based programming. WAMC is a member station of National Public Radio and is affiliated with Public Radio International and American Public Media. http://www.wamc.org/

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