UNK students Austin Jacobsen, left, and Evan Jones are finalists in the best football play-by-play and best sports pregame/postgame show categories of the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System College Media Awards. Jacobsen and Jones broadcast Loper football games for KLPR 91.1 FM and host the “UNK Gameday” pregame show. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications) By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Clichés are common in the sports world. Defense wins … [Read more...] about UNK student sportscasters Jacobsen, Jones earn national recognition for work on KLPR
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UNK students named finalists for broadcasting College Media Awards
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney will be well-represented at this year’s Intercollegiate Broadcasting System College Media Awards in New York City. UNK students are finalists in four categories in the annual competition, which includes campus radio stations from across the country. “The fact that we have finalists in so many categories speaks to how talented the students in this program are,” said Ford Clark, a senior … [Read more...] about UNK students named finalists for broadcasting College Media Awards
KRVN new Loper Athletics radio broadcast partner
KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney's Athletic Department announced today a partnership with the Nebraska Rural Radio Association to broadcast Loper games for the next five years. Through stations 93.1 FM (The River) and 880 AM (KRVN), UNK Athletics will have a live footprint throughout the state. Loper events have been broadcast by NRG Media on stations 1340 AM (KGFW) and 102.3 FM (KRNY). “We are now excited to begin a new chapter of broadcasting UNK Athletics … [Read more...] about KRVN new Loper Athletics radio broadcast partner
Broadcast students Hanson, Stevenson win national award for KLPR sports talk show
KEARNEY – Two University of Nebraska at Kearney broadcasting students won a prestigious national award for their sports talk show. Andrew Hanson and Nick Stevenson won first place in the 2016 Intercollegiate Broadcasting Systems competition in the Best Sports Talk Program category. They were recognized for their show “A Work In Progress,” which airs Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. on campus radio station KLPR 91.1 FM. Hanson is a junior sports management major from … [Read more...] about Broadcast students Hanson, Stevenson win national award for KLPR sports talk show
