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The NAB Crystal Radio Awards are presented annually by the National Association of Broadcasters

National Association of Broadcasters

The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association, workers union, and lobby group representing the interests of for-profit, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States...

to American radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

s. The award was established in 1987 to recognize radio stations for year-round commitment to community service

Community service

Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....

.

Finalists for the Crystal Radio Award are selected by a panel of judges representing broadcasting, community service organizations, and public relations firms. Selected from a pool of 50 finalists, 10 stations are selected for the award honoring their efforts to improve the quality of life in their respective communities. The NAB Crystal Radio Award winners are announced during the Radio Luncheon held at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada; adjacent to, but outside the city limits of Las Vegas proper. The Strip lies within the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester...

. Each year's radio inductee into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame is also honored at this luncheon.

The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association that promotes the interests of American radio and television stations plus a number of associate and international broadcaster members. Founded in 1922, the NAB represents more than 8,300 terrestrial radio and television stations as well as several major broadcast networks.

Past winners

2008: KCVM-FM, (Cedar Falls, IA) KFOR-AM, (Lincoln, NE) KSTZ-FM, (Des Moines, IA) KUZZ-FM, (Bakersfield, CA) WAWZ-FM, (Zarephath, NJ) WDRV-FM, (Chicago, IL) WIZM-AM, (La Crosse, WI) WJBC-AM, (Bloomington, IL) WUBE-FM

WUBE-FM

WUBE-FM is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, the station serves the Cincinnati area. The station is currently owned by Bonneville Holding Company. The station is also broadcast on HD radio....

, (Cincinnati, OH) WUGO-FM, (Grayson, KY)

2007: KBHP-FM

KBHP-FM

KBHP is an FM radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to serve the community of Bemidji, Minnesota, which is located in northern Minnesota. KBHP plays country music and is owned and operated by Paul Bunyan Broadcasting. It has its own local news department, and gets...

, (Bemidji, MN) KHHT-FM, (Los Angeles, CA) KLGR-AM, (Redwood Falls, MN) KOA-AM, (Denver, CO) KSTP-FM

KSTP-FM

KSTP-FM is a radio station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area. It is one of the flagship stations of Hubbard Broadcasting, which also owns several other TV and radio stations across the United States, along with other properties...

, (St. Paul, MN) KTAR-AM, (Phoenix, AZ) WFYR-FM, (Peoria, IL) WJJY-FM

WJJY-FM

WJJY-FM is a radio station that is located in Baxter, Minnesota with an adult contemporary format.WJJY is a sister station to KVBR 1340 , KLIZ 1380 , KBLB 93.3 , KUAL 103.5 , and KLIZ-FM 107.5...

, (Brainerd, MN) WTAM-AM, (Cleveland, OH) WUSL-FM, (Philadelphia, PA)

2006: KLVI-AM, (Beaumont, TX) KOZT-FM, (Fort Bragg, CA) KSL, (Salt Lake City, UT), KUDL-FM, (Kansas City, MO) KUZZ-FM, (Bakersfield, CA) KZBR-FM, (San Francisco, CA) WHAI-FM, (Greenfield, MA) WHUR-FM

WHUR-FM

WHUR-FM is an Urban Adult Contemporary radio station that serves the Washington D.C. area. WHUR is licensed to Washington, D.C. and is owned by Howard University. Also, the staff of the station mentors the students of the university's school of communications. WHUR is also the home of the...

, (Washington, DC) WILV-FM, (Chicago, IL) WJON-AM, (St. Cloud, MN)

2005: KBBX-FM

KBBX-FM

KBBX-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Nebraska City, Nebraska, USA, the station serves the Omaha and Lincoln metropolitan areas. The station is currently owned by Connoisseur Media of Omaha, LLC....

, (Omaha, NE) KLOS-FM, (Los Angeles, CA) KNOM, (Nome, AK) KOIT-FM

KOIT-FM

KOIT-FM is an Lite Rock-formatted radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. Its slogan is "Lite Rock, Less Talk". The station's programming was also simulcast for many years on 1260 AM...

, (San Francisco, CA) WCMT, (Martin, TN) WJBC-AM, (Bloomington, IL) WLEN-FM, (Adrian, MI) WTMX-FM, (Chicago, IL) WTOP, (Washington, DC) WUGO-FM, (Grayson, KY)

2004: KDFC-FM, (San Francisco, CA) KFOG-FM, (San Francisco, CA) KFOR-AM, (Lincoln, NE) KSTP-FM

KSTP-FM

, (Minneapolis, MN) KSTZ-FM, (Des Moines, IA) KTCZ-FM, (Minneapolis, MN) WDEL-AM ], (Wilmington, DE) WDRV-FM, (Chicago, IL) WLUP-FM, (Chicago, IL) WSYR-AM, (Syracuse, NY)

2003: KFME-FM (now KCJK

KCJK

KCJK is a variety hits station that serves the Kansas City metropolitan area. Broadcasting at a frequency of 105.1 MHz, KCJK adopted its Jack FM format in October 2004, after flipping from their predecessor: the retro hits station E-105...

), (Kansas City, MO) KNOM-AM, (Nome, AK) KOIT-FM

KOIT-FM

, (San Francisco, CA) KOZT-FM, (Fort Bragg, CA) KPRS-FM, (Kansas City, MO) KVAK-AMKVAK, (Valdez, AK) WGMS, (Washington, DC) WIBC, (Indianapolis, IN) WJJY-FM

WJJY-FM

WJJY-FM is a radio station that is located in Baxter, Minnesota with an adult contemporary format.WJJY is a sister station to KVBR 1340 , KLIZ 1380 , KBLB 93.3 , KUAL 103.5 , and KLIZ-FM 107.5...

, (Brainerd, MN) WUGO-FM, (Grayson, KY)

2002: KABC-AM, (Los Angeles, CA) KIRO-AM, (Seattle, WA) KNCO, (Grass Valley, CA) KPAM-AM, (Portland, OR) KUDL-FM, (Kansas City, MO) KWJJ-FM, (Portland, OR) WJON-AM, (St. Cloud, MN) WLQT-FM, (Dayton, OH) WTCB-FM, (Columbia, SC) WTMX-FM, (Chicago, IL)

2001: KELO-FM

KELO-FM

KELO-FM is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, airing an adult contemporary music format. KELO-FM was one of the first FM radio stations in South Dakota. It broadcasts from KELO-TV's 2000 foot tower. The station is owned by Backyard Broadcasting, and it airs Delilah's syndicated show in...

, (Sioux Falls, SD) KNX

KNX (AM)

KNX is an all-news radio station in Los Angeles, California, USA. The station operates on a clear channel and is owned by CBS Radio. KNX broadcasts from facilities shared with sister stations KFWB, KCBS-FM, KTWV, and KAMP on Los Angeles' Miracle Mile...

, (Los Angeles, CA) KUZZ-AM/FM

KUZZ

KUZZ and KUZZ-FM are American radio stations licensed to serve Bakersfield, California, USA. The stations are owned by Buck Owens Production Company and the licenses are held by Owens One Company Inc.They broadcast a simulcast country music format to the inland central California region...

, (Bakersfield, CA) KZQZ-FM (now KGMZ

KGMZ

KKOL-FM is an oldies music formatted radio station serving Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The Salem Communications outlet broadcasts at 107.9 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW and is licensed to Aiea, Hawaii.-History:...

), (San Francisco, CA) WENS

WENS

WENS is a radio station broadcasting a Christian talk radio format. Licensed to Wadesville, Indiana, USA, the station is currently owned by the Indiana Community Radio Corporation.-Trivia:...

, (Indianapolis, IN) WJJY-FM

WJJY-FM

WJJY-FM is a radio station that is located in Baxter, Minnesota with an adult contemporary format.WJJY is a sister station to KVBR 1340 , KLIZ 1380 , KBLB 93.3 , KUAL 103.5 , and KLIZ-FM 107.5...

, (Brainerd, MN) WLEN

WLEN

WLEN is a radio station in Adrian, Michigan, broadcasting a full-service adult contemporary format with a heavy emphasis on local news, weather and sports....

, (Adrian, MI) WPEG

WPEG

WPEG is a Mainstream Urban-formatted radio station in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. It broadcasts at 97.9 FM, and is owned by CBS Radio.-History:...

, (Charlotte, NC) WRAL, (Raleigh, NC) WUSL

WUSL

WUSL, known as "Power 99 FM", is a mainstream urban radio station, owned by Clear Channel Communications and licensed to Philadelphia...

, (Philadelphia, PA)

2000: KDWB-FM, (Minneapolis, MN) KNOM-AM/FM

KNOM

KNOM is a non-commercial Catholic radio station in Nome, Alaska, broadcasting at 780 AM and 96.1 FM. The station owner and licensee is the Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska. The FM signal is 1000 watts and covers the city of Nome and immediately surrounding environs...

, (Nome, AK) KSDR-FM

KSDR-FM

KSDR-FM is a country music formatted radio station broadcasting to the Watertown, South Dakota area. The station is owned and operated by Three Eagles Communications. Announcers are John Wik and Randy Grimes.-External links:...

, (Watertown, SD) KVFD, (Fort Dodge, IA) WDSN

WDSN

WDSN is a commercial FM radio station, licensed to the community of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania. WDSN broadcasts at the assigned frequency of 106.5 MHz at an effective radiated power of 3,000 Watts...

, (DuBois, PA) WGMS-FM, (Washington, DC) WICO-FM, (Salisbury, MD) WJBC

WJBC (AM)

WJBC is an AM radio station based in the twin cities of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.In 2006, Janae Jontry, the station manager, said a focus on localism differentiated WJBC from most of the competition. Part of a five-station cluster owned by Regent Communications, WJBC was the only AM station of...

, (Bloomington, IL) WTMX

WTMX

WTMX is an adult top 40 radio station licensed to Skokie, IL in the Chicago market. It is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting.-History:...

, (Chicago, IL) WZZK-FM

WZZK-FM

WZZK-FM is a country music formatted radio station licensed to Birmingham that serves northern and central Alabama. As of January 3, 2007, WZZK-FM is the flagship station of the Rick and Bubba radio network. It was the first FM station in Birmingham to switch to country music, and throughout much...

, (Birmingham, AL)

1999: KBHP-FM

KBHP-FM

, (Bemidji, MN) KBHR

KBHR

KBHR is a commercial radio station located in Big Bear City, California, broadcasting on 93.3 FM. KBHR airs an adult album alternative music format branded as "K-Bear"....

, (Big Bear City, CA) KLOS-FM, (Los Angeles, CA) KSL, (Salt Lake City, UT) KUDL, (Westwood, KS) KUEL, (Fort Dodge, IA) KZLA-FM (now KMVN), (Los Angeles, CA) WGOH

WGOH

WGOH is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format on AM and Adult Contemporary on FM Licensed to Grayson, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Northeast Kentucky area. The station is currently owned by Carter County Broadcasting Co., Inc...

, (Grayson, KY) WHUR-FM

WHUR-FM

, (Washington, DC) WYTZ

WYTZ

WYTZ is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Bridgman, Michigan, it first began broadcasting under the WCSE call sign....

/WZTY (now WCSY-FM), (St. Joseph, MI)

1998: KDWB-FM, (Minneapolis, MN) KIRO

KIRO (AM)

KIRO is a radio station based in Seattle, Washington on the shores of Lake Union with 2 towers on Maury Island, broadcasting on 710 kHz in the AM radio spectrum...

, (Seattle, WA) KUZZ-AM/FM

KUZZ

, (Bakersfield, CA) KVFD, (Fort Dodge, IA) KWSN

KWSN

KWSN is a radio station carrying a sports format with Fox Sports Radio programming. The station serves the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area...

, (Sioux Falls, SD) WIBC, (Indianapolis, IN) WKVI-AM/FM

WKVI

WKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM, which operates as "KVI Kountry". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley area with news, music, and local high...

, (Knox, IN) WLEN

WLEN

WLEN is a radio station in Adrian, Michigan, broadcasting a full-service adult contemporary format with a heavy emphasis on local news, weather and sports....

, (Adrian, MI) WUSL

WUSL

WUSL, known as "Power 99 FM", is a mainstream urban radio station, owned by Clear Channel Communications and licensed to Philadelphia...

, (Philadelphia, PA) WUSY

WUSY

WUSY "U.S. 101" is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Tennessee, USA, and broadcasting to the Chattanooga, Tennessee area...

, (Chattanooga, TN)

1997: KBHP-FM

KBHP-FM

, (Bemidji, MN) KKBT-FM (now KSWD), (Los Angeles, CA) KMAS

KMAS (AM)

KMAS & KOOL 104.1 is a radio station broadcasting a "Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits" format, licensed to Shelton, Washington, USA. The station is owned by Olympic Broadcast & Media and features live and local programming...

, (Shelton, WA) KMBZ, (Kansas City, KS) KWOA

KWOA (AM)

KWOA "News Radio AM 730" is a radio station located in Worthington, Minnesota, USA, which broadcasts a news/talk format.KWOA has had several formats over the years. It was an MOR formatted station after television signals reached its coverage area. During most of the 1970's it had a country format...

, (Worthington, MN) WJLS-FM

WJLS-FM

WJLS-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia, serving Southeastern West Virginia and Southwestern Virginia. WJLS-FM is owned and operated by First Media Radio, LLC. It is the second FM radio station to go on the air in West Virginia, and the oldest...

, (Beckley, WV) WKLX, (Rochester, NY) WLTE

WLTE

WLTE is a radio station in Minneapolis-St. Paul that carries a "Lite rock" adult contemporary format and has done so for more than two decades. WLTE is owned by CBS Corporation, which also owns WCCO radio today...

, (Minneapolis, MN) WMMX

WMMX

WMMX is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Dayton, Ohio, USA, it serves the Dayton area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications as Citicasters Licenses, L.P.-History:...

, (Dayton, OH) WSM

WSM (AM)

WSM is the callsign of a 50,000 watt AM radio station located in Nashville, Tennessee. Operating at 650 kHz, its clear channel signal can reach much of North America and various countries, especially late at night...

, (Nashville, TN)

1996: KCUE

KCUE

KCUE is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Red Wing, Minnesota, USA. The station is currently owned by Sorenson Broadcasting Corpn. and features programing from Citadel Broadcasting....

, (Red Wing, MN) KIRO

KIRO (AM)

KIRO is a radio station based in Seattle, Washington on the shores of Lake Union with 2 towers on Maury Island, broadcasting on 710 kHz in the AM radio spectrum...

, (Seattle, WA) KOEL

KOEL (AM)

KOEL is US a radio station serving Waterloo, Cedar Falls and surrounding cities with a news/talk format. The station broadcasts on AM frequency 950 kHz and is under the ownership of Cumulus Media...

, (Oelwein, IA) KSDR-FM

KSDR-FM

, (Watertown, SD) WBEE-FM

WBEE-FM

WBEE-FM is a country music formatted radio station in the Rochester, New York, radio market. It is owned by Entercom Communications, who acquired the station from Sinclair Broadcasting in 1999...

, (Rochester, NY) WOKO

WOKO

WOKO is an American radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Burlington, Vermont, USA, the station serves the Burlington-Plattsburgh area...

, (South Burlington, VT) WQCB

WQCB

WQCB is an American FM licensed to Brewer, Maine and serving eastern Maine..The disc jockeys along with local CBS affiliate WABI-TV regularly participate in the Eastern Maine Pine Tree Camp Ride in, a 20 mile snowmobile ride to benefit the Pine Tree Society, which helps people in Maine with...

, (Brewer, ME) WRAL-FM

WRAL-FM

WRAL is an Adult Contemporary music formatted radio station based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its studios are located on Highwoods Boulevard in Raleigh, along with WCMC-FM, a sports talk station that signed on in October 2005...

, (Raleigh, NC) WSYR

WSYR (AM)

WSYR is a 5,000 watt radio station licensed to Syracuse, New York. Owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications, it broadcasts a talk radio format under the moniker "Newsradio 106.9 WSYR." It was previously billed as "Newsradio 570 WSYR" until it became a simulcast with WPHR-FM in January...

, (Syracuse, NY) WUSL

WUSL

WUSL, known as "Power 99 FM", is a mainstream urban radio station, owned by Clear Channel Communications and licensed to Philadelphia...

, (Philadelphia, PA)

1995: KBIG-FM

KBIG-FM

KBIG-FM is an FM radio station in Los Angeles, California, owned by Clear Channel. The station plays a Hot Adult Contemporary format heavy on music from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.-Early years:...

, (Los Angeles, CA) KFGO

KFGO

KFGO is a radio station broadcasting a news and talk radio format serving the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Radio Fargo-Moorhead, Inc. All the offices and studios are located at 1020 S. 25th Street in Fargo...

, (Fargo, ND) KGO

KGO (AM)

KGO is a news/talk-format radio station radio with offices and studios in San Francisco, California. Unlike most other American news/talk stations, KGO originates nearly all of its own programming locally. Since 1978, KGO radio has received Arbitron's number-one ranking in the Bay Area...

, (San Francisco, CA) KKCS-FM (now KXWA

KXWA

KXWA is a radio station licensed to Centennial, Colorado, USA. The station serves the Denver metropolitan area and is currently owned by Way-FM Media Group.-History:...

), (Colorado Springs, CO) KPRS

KPRS

KPRS is an Urban contemporary radio station that broadcasts on the 103.3 MHz frequency licensed to Kansas City. The station's playlist consists of hip-hop, R&B, soul, jazz, and gospel music...

, (Kansas City, KS) KQRS (now KDIZ)/KQRS-FM, (Minneapolis, MN) KZZY

KZZY

KZZY is an American commercial radio station licensed to serve Devils Lake, North Dakota. The station is owned by Double Z Broadcasting, Inc., and operated along with its three sister stations under the collective name Lake Region Radio Works...

, (Devils Lake, ND) WEAS-FM, (Savannah, GA) WPSK-FM

WPSK-FM

WPSK-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Pulaski, Virginia, serving the New River Valley. WPSK-FM is owned and operated by Cumulus Media.-External links:*...

, (Pulaski, VA) WVPO

WVPO

WVPO is a radio station simulcasting a Talk/Personality format originating from WPLY. Licensed to Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, the station serves the Stroudsburg area. The station is currently owned by Nassau Broadcasting Ii, LLC and features programing from CNN Radio, Premiere Radio Networks...

, (Stroudsburg, PA)

1994: KBHP-FM

KBHP-FM

, (Bemidji, MN) KLBJ, (Austin, TX) KPSN-FM (now KMXP

KMXP

KMXP is a commercial hot adult contemporary music radio station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting on 96.9 FM.On-air deejays include: Mathew Blades, AJ Frey, Ron Geronimo, Bryan Allen, Amy Kelly, Stephani Young, and Phil Steiner.-KMXP HD2:...

), (Phoenix, AZ) KSJN-FM, (St. Paul, MN) WWTC-AM, (Minneapolis, MN) KCBS

KCBS (AM)

KCBS is an all-news radio station in San Francisco, California, that is a key West Coast flagship radio station of the CBS Radio Network and Westwood One. Its transmitter is located in Novato, California. KCBS currently has studios on Battery Street, where it shares the location with co-owned KPIX...

, (San Francisco, CA) KOJM

KOJM

KOJM is a radio station licensed to serve Havre, Montana. The station is owned by New Media Broadcasters, Inc. It airs a Classic Hits music format.The station was assigned the KOJM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission....

, (Havre, MT) KRMG, (Tulsa, OK) WCCO, (Minneapolis, MN) WXYV-FM (now WQSR

WQSR

WQSR is a radio station broadcasting on 102.7 FM. The station is licensed to Baltimore and serves that market. Its transmitter is located in Pikesville, next to the Pikesville Reservoir. It is under ownership of Clear Channel Communications. The station offers an adult rock hits format known as...

), (Baltimore, MD)

1993: KASE-FM

KASE-FM

KASE-FM is an Austin, Texas radio station operating a Country format. It is licensed to Austin, Texas with an ERP of 100,000 Watts at 100.7 MHz from a transmitter site near West Lake Hills, TX, and is owned by Clear Channel Radio....

, (Austin, TX) KNNN, (Central Valley, CA) KQRS (now KDIZ)/KQRS-FM, (Minneapolis, MN) KRLD, (Dallas, TX) KZZY

KZZY

, (Devils Lake, ND) WGN

WGN (AM)

WGN is a radio station in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is the only radio station owned by the Tribune Company, which also owns the flagship television station WGN-TV, the Chicago Tribune newspaper and Chicago magazine locally. WGN's transmitter is located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois...

, (Chicago, IL) WLNG

WLNG

WLNG is a radio station in Sag Harbor, New York that has earned a reputation as a throwback to an earlier era with its frequent use of jingles, reverb, frequent remote broadcasts at store openings, carnivals and sundry events, and personality disc jockeys...

, (Sag Harbor, NY) WTTR

WTTR

WTTR is a radio station broadcasting a full-service music and personality format. Licensed to Westminster, Maryland, USA, it serves the Baltimore area. The station is currently owned by Sajak Broadcasting Corporation . Mr. Sajak also owns WNAV AM , located in Annapolis, MD...

, (Westminster, MD) WUSL

WUSL

WUSL, known as "Power 99 FM", is a mainstream urban radio station, owned by Clear Channel Communications and licensed to Philadelphia...

, (Philadelphia, PA) WZWW

WZWW

WZWW is a music radio station licensed to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, serving the State College area. It currently airs a Hot Adult Contemporary format. It is the sister station to Q102 in Dubois, Pennsylvania.-History:...

, (State College, PA)

1992: KGO

KGO (AM)

, (San Francisco, CA) KIRO

KIRO (AM)

KIRO is a radio station based in Seattle, Washington on the shores of Lake Union with 2 towers on Maury Island, broadcasting on 710 kHz in the AM radio spectrum...

, (Seattle, WA) KMEL-FM, (San Francisco, CA) KPQX

KPQX

KPQX is a radio station licensed to serve Havre, Montana. The station is owned by New Media Broadcasters Inc. It airs a Country music format.The station was assigned the KPQX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission....

, (Havre, MT) KQEG

KQEG (FM)

KQEG is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to La Crescent, Minnesota, USA, the station serves the La Crosse area. The station is currently owned by Mississippi Valley Broadcasters, LLC. It features programing from ABC Radio .All the stations of the "La Crosse Radio Group"...

, (LaCrosse, WI) KTMT)/KTMT-FM

KTMT-FM

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, (Medford, OR) WFOB-AM, (Bowling Green, OH) WLVQ

WLVQ

WLVQ is an FM radio station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, broadcasting on 96.3 MHz. Its brand identifier is Ohio's Best Rock, QFM 96. WLVQ is currently owned by Wilks Broadcasting and plays classic rock...

, (Columbus, OH) WOKQ

WOKQ

-External links:*...

, (Dover, NH) WRGA

WRGA

Rome's NewsTalk WRGA is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Rome, Georgia, USA, the station serves the Rome GA area...

, (Rome, GA)

1991: KENI

KENI

KENI is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format. Licensed to Anchorage, Alaska, USA, the station serves the Southcentral Alaska area...

, (Anchorage, AK) KFOR

KFOR (AM)

KFOR is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, the station serves the Lincoln area...

, (Lincoln, NE) KIHX-FM (now KPPV

KPPV

KPPV is an American radio station licensed to serve Prescott Valley, Arizona, USA. The station is owned by Arizona's Hometown Radio Group and licensed to Prescott Valley Broadcasting Co. Inc...

), (Prescott Valley, AZ) KLOS

KLOS

KLOS is an FM rock music radio station based in Los Angeles, California, that debuted in 1969. The station is owned by Cumulus Media. It is home to the nationally broadcast Mark & Brian radio show, and Off The Record host Uncle Joe Benson.-History:...

, (Los Angeles, CA) KMIT, (Mitchell, SD) KOMC, (Branson, MO) KRGI

KRGI (AM)

KRGI is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Grand Island, Nebraska, USA, the station serves the Grand Island-Kearney area...

, (Grand Island, NE) KROE

KROE

KROE is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming, USA, the station is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc., and features programing from CBS Radio.-History:...

, (Sheridan, WY) WBZ

WBZ (AM)

WBZ is the call sign for an AM radio station in Boston, Massachusetts owned by CBS Radio, itself owned by the CBS Corporation. Originally based in and broadcast from Springfield, Massachusetts, WBZ was the first commercial radio station in the United States...

, (Boston, MA) WOJO

WOJO

WOJO "La Que Buena 105.1" is a radio station broadcasting a regional Mexican format. Licensed to Evanston, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Tichenor License Corporation. The station is also broadcast on HD radio...

, (Chicago, IL)

1990: KTTX

KTTX

KTTX is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Brenham, Texas, USA, the station serves the College Station area. The station is currently owned by Tom S. Whitehead, Inc..-Format:...

/KWHI, (Brenham, TX) WAKR

WAKR

WAKR — branded 1590 WAKR — is a commercial radio station in Akron, Ohio. It is owned by Rubber City Radio Group, Inc. which also owns Akron's WONE-FM and WQMX...

, (Akron, OH) WDLB

WDLB

WDLB is a radio station broadcasting a Full Service AC format. Licensed to Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area. The station is currently owned by Seehafer Broadcasting Corp and features programing from ABC Radio and Dial Global Radio.-External links:...

, (Marshfield, WI) WHBC/WHBC-FM

WHBC-FM

WHBC-FM is a commercial FM radio station in Canton, Ohio, USA, broadcasting at 94.1 MHz with a Hot AC format. The station was established in 1948 as the sister station to WHBC , and it has been commonly owned with the AM station ever since....

, (Canton, OH) WHIZ

WHIZ (AM)

WHIZ is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Zanesville, Ohio, USA. The station is currently owned by Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting System, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio , ESPN Radio and Westwood One.-History:...

/WHIZ-FM, (Zanesville, OH) WILM, (Wilmington, DE) WPXC

WPXC (FM)

WPXC is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA, the station serves the Cape Cod area. The station is currently owned by Nassau Broadcasting III, LLC.-External links:...

, (Hyannis, MA) WSJM

WSJM (AM)

WSJM is a radio station broadcasting a news-talk format. Licensed to St. Joseph, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1956....

, (St. Joseph, MI) WTSN-AM, (Dover, NH) WYAY/WYAI (now WALR-FM

WALR-FM

WALR-FM is an urban adult contemporary-formatted radio station owned by Cox Media Group. WALR-FM is licensed to Greenville and broadcasts on a class C0 100-kilowatt signal on the 104.1 megahertz frequency...

), (Atlanta, GA)

1989: KABC

KABC (AM)

KABC is a Los Angeles radio station, and a West Coast flagship station for the Cumulus Media company. A pioneer of the talk radio format, the station went "all-talk" in 1960 and was one of the first stations to do so...

, (Los Angeles, CA) KNCO/KNCO-FM

KNCO-FM

KNCO-FM is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary music format. Licensed to Grass Valley, California, USA, the station serves the Marysville/Yuba City and the Grass Valley/Nevada City area. The station is currently owned by Nevada County Broadcasters, Inc. and features programing from...

, (Grass Valley, CA) KSEN

KSEN

KSEN is a radio station licensed to serve Shelby, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, and licensed to Townsquare Media Shelby License, LLC. It airs an Oldies music format.The stations studios are at 830 Oilfield Avenue, Shelby...

, (Shelby, MT) WCTC

WCTC

WCTC is an American radio station broadcasting a syndicated and live talk radio format. Licensed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, the station serves the Middlesex area. The station is currently owned by Greater Media .The station broadcasts in C-QUAM AM stereo...

, (New Brunswick, NJ) WDBC

WDBC

WDBC is a radio station licensed to Escanaba, Michigan broadcasting a full-service format featuring news, talk and adult standards music....

, (Escanaba, MI) WGST, (Atlanta, GA) WJON

WJON

WJON is a radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota airing a News/Talk format. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. Its main competitors are Leighton Broadcasting's KNSI of St. Cloud and WCCO and KTLK-FM of Minneapolis....

, (St. Cloud, MN) WLBK, (DeKalb, IL) WSM

WSM (AM)

, (Nashville, TN) WTLC

WTLC (AM)

WTLC is an AM radio station owned by Radio One in Indianapolis, Indiana. The station operates on the AM radio frequency of 1310 kHz. The studios are located at the corner of Meridian and St. Joseph Streets...

, (Indianapolis, IN)

1988: KTNN

KTNN

KTNN is a Navajo language AM radio station broadcasting from Window Rock, Arizona, the seat of the government of the Navajo Nation. It broadcasts Navajo tribal music and audio from Navajo ceremonial dances and Native American music, as well as country music and bluegrass in English...

, (Window Rock, AZ) KVON

KVON

KVON is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Napa, California, USA, it serves the Santa Rosa area. The station is currently owned by Wine Country Broadcasting Company and features programing provided by ABC Radio and Westwood One....

, (Napa, CA) WAGE

WCRW

WCRW was a "shared time" AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois; sharing its frequency with two other stations, , each broadcasting a part of the day. Clinton White, a radio engineer, started the station in 1926; it initially operated on 720 KHZ from studios at Waveland and Pine Grove on Chicago's...

, (Leesburg, VA) WBAL

WBAL (AM)

WBAL is a news-talk radio station located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. WBAL broadcasts on a clear channel frequency with 50 kilowatts of power. Owned by the Hearst Corporation, WBAL's tri-mast transmitters are located in Randallstown, Maryland...

, (Baltimore, MD) WBEL (now WTJK

WTJK

WTJK is an ESPN Radio branded Sports Talk radio station in South Beloit, Illinois with studios in Janesville. WTJK formerly used the call letters WBEL, and aired an Adult Standards format....

), (Beloit, WI) WKKR

WKKR

WKKR is a radio station licensed in Auburn, Alabama, USA. The station, established in 1968, is currently owned by Qantum Communications and the broadcast license is held by Qantum of Auburn License Company, LLC...

/WZMG (now WTLM

WTLM

WTLM is a radio station licensed in Opelika, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Qantum Communications and the license is held by Qantum of Auburn License Company, LLC.-Programming:...

), (Auburn, AL

Auburn, Alabama

Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2010 population of 53,380. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area...

) WMT

WMT (AM)

WMT is a news/talk radio station broadcasting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the United States. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. The station's signal reaches most of Iowa and portions of neighboring states during daylight hours. -History:...

, (Cedar Rapids, IA) WTMJ

WTMJ (AM)

WTMJ is a radio station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin broadcasting at 620 AM. It is a 50,000-watt station airing a format of news, talk and sports. WTMJ is owned by Journal Broadcast Group, which also owns the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and sister station WLWK-FM....

, (Milwaukee, WI) WTRE, (Greensburg, IN) WWVA

WWVA (AM)

WWVA is an AM radio station that broadcasts on a frequency of 1170 kHz with studios in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA, and towers formerly located in St. Clairsville, Ohio, before they were destroyed in an August 2010 storm...

, (Wheeling, WV)

1987: KNOM

KNOM

, (Nome, AK) KPAL (now KDXE

KDXE

KDXE is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, it serves the Little Rock area...

), (Little Rock, AR) WMAL, (Washington, DC) WQBA

WQBA

WQBA is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish talk format. Licensed to Miami, Florida, USA, the station is currently owned by Univision Communications. Previous call letters were WMIE, owned by Susquehanna Broadcasting-External links:*...

/WQBA-FM, (Miami, FL) WFMD

WFMD

WFMD is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Frederick, Maryland, serving Central Maryland. WFMD is owned and operated by Clear Channel.-History:...

, (Frederick, MD) KJMO

KJMO

KJMO is a radio station serving Central Missouri with an oldies music format. This station operates on FM frequency 97.5 MHz HD and is under ownership of Cumulus Broadcasting....

/KWOS

KWOS

KWOS is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format.Licensed to Jefferson City, Missouri, USA, the station serves the Columbia MO area. The station is currently owned by Zimmer Radio of Mid-Missouri, Inc and features programing from CBS Radio, Westwood One and ESPN Radio....

, (Jefferson City, MO) KMOX, (St. Louis, MO) KHAS

KHAS (AM)

KHAS is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Hastings, Nebraska, USA, the station serves the Grand Island-Kearney area. The station is currently owned by Platte River Radio, Inc. and features programing from CBS Radio....

, (Hastings, NE) KGFW

KGFW

KGFW is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Kearney, Nebraska, USA, the station serves the Grand Island-Kearney area. The station is currently owned by NRG Media and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One. It is the...

, (Kearney, NE) WVMT

WVMT

WVMT is an English-language American radio station located in Burlington, Vermont.Owned and operated by local businessman Paul S. Goldman, it broadcasts on 620 kHz with a power of 5,000 watts as a class B station, using a directional antenna with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional...

, (Colchester, VT)

NAB Crystal Heritage Award

The NAB Crystal Heritage Award is presented to a station that has won five Crystal Radio Awards, demonstrating a long-term commitment to community service. In 2007, WUSL

WUSL

WUSL, known as "Power 99 FM", is a mainstream urban radio station, owned by Clear Channel Communications and licensed to Philadelphia...

("Power 99FM", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

) was the first station in history to reach this milestone. WUSL was presented the Crystal Heritage Award at the 2008 Radio Luncheon in April 2008.

External links

NAB Crystal Radio Awards

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Past winners

NAB Crystal Heritage Award

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