KMSU 89.7 FM Radio has been selected to receive the first College Radio Service to America Award from the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation.
The public radio station of Minnesota State University, Mankato will receive the award for its extensive local public-service activities, including "Human Race Radio" and other diversity efforts, Toys for Tots and its student Southern Minnesota News and high school news projects. KMSU is the first and only station in the nation selected for the College Radio Service to America Award.
"We are delighted to recognize KMSU for its exemplary work on behalf of your local community," said Michelle Duke, diversity services and development director for the Washington, D.C.-based foundation.
The award will be presented to KMSU Operations Director Karen Wright during the foundation's Service to America Summit Monday, June 12, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. In addition to the KMSU award, former President Bill Clinton will receive the foundation's Leadership Award at the ceremony.
KMSU annually provides more than 420 hours of free air time for organizations and causes - equivalent to nearly 18 24-hour days of local public service programming, valued at $21,000 annually. Last year the station interviewed 300 community and University guests.
The award is based on KMSU's extensive community service advocacy and programming. KMSU focuses on diversity issues with its acclaimed "Human Race Radio" series and other individual programs. In cooperation with the local Marine Corps Auxiliary it collects Toys for Tots, and it provides detailed local and campus news coverage through its extensive high school and college student news programs.
KMSU provides communications opportunities to numerous other Mankato organizations, including the Council for Local Organizations and Volunteer Efforts (CLOVE); the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Food Shelf and other area groups that collected money and goods for Katrina and Asian tsunami relief.
KMSU operates with two full-time staff members, 12 student workers and 35 volunteers. Jim Gullickson is the station's manager and program director, and Wright is the operations director.
The Service to America Awards recognize the efforts of local broadcasters who keep the public informed in times of need, partner with community groups to disseminate important messages, sponsor events and drives for charities and volunteer personal time to activities that enrich the lives of viewers and listeners.
The National Association of Broadcasters Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting education and training programs, strategies to increase diversity, First Amendment initiatives, community service, philanthropy and other timely broadcasting issues.
More information about the foundation is available at http://www.nabef.org/
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