Nexstar Wins 17 Texas Broadcast News Awards
The Texas Association of Broadcasters announced the winners of their 2025 Texas Broadcast News Awards and Nexstar’s stations were big winners. Six stations earned 17 awards, with KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls winning six awards including the award for Continuing Coverage for Mystery Woman Comforts Child.
The awards recognize outstanding broadcast journalism produced by member Radio and TV stations serving local communities throughout the state.
WINNERS TV – LARGE MARKET
- KXAN-TV in Austin
- Documentary / TV Special: State of Texas: Preventing Disaster
- Original Digital Content: Austin Stitched Together
- Specialty / Beat Reporting: Public Safety Reporting
- Station Photojournalism: Photojournalism 2024
WINNERS TV – MEDIUM MARKET
- KVEO-TV in Rio Grande Valley
- Sports Special: Beyond the Sidelines
- KAMR-TV in Amarillo
- Sportscast: Local 4 News Sports at 10 PM
- Weather Anchor: John Harris
WINNERS TV – SMALL MARKET
- KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls
- Continuing Coverage: Mystery Woman Comforts Child
- News Anchor / Anchor Team: Jalen Wells & Emily Faith
- Specialty / Beat Reporting: Josh Hoggard: Crime and Courts Beat Reporting
- Sports Reporter: M.J. Baird
- Sports Anchor / Anchor Team: Tobin McDuff
- Sportscast: Tobin McDuff
- KTAB-TV Abilene
- Documentary / TV Special: Confronting the Fentanyl Crisis
- General Assignment: Embracing Tradition: The West Texas Catrina
- Feature Editing / General News: It Gave Me Chills
- KLST/KSAN-TV San Angelo
- Multimedia Journalist: Senora Scott