Awards & Accomplishments

 

Since the company’s founding in 1996, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. has established a company-wide commitment to delivering exceptional locally-produced programming and service to the communities in which it operates. Nexstar’s award-winning journalism brings to light authentically local stories with a focus on issues and abuses in the local community. Our job is to be accurate and thorough to permit our viewers to be informed on issues of importance.

In 2024, our local journalism was recognized with more than 600 awards. Below are just a few accolades our journalists have recently received.

Edward R. Murrow Awards

In May 2024, Nexstar Media Inc. announced that 25 of its television stations had earned a total of 35 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association.

KGET-TV in Bakersfield, CA, and WSYR-TV in Syracuse, NY, were honored for “Overall Excellence.” In addition, KARK-TV  and KLRT-TV in Little Rock/Pine Bluff, AR , jointly received two regional Murrow awards in the “Breaking News Coverage,” and “Newscast” categories. KLRT-TV is owned by Mission Broadcasting, Inc., for whom Nexstar produces the news. KARK-TV is owned by Nexstar.

Click here for a full list of Nexstar’s 2024 Regional Murrow Award winners.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Awards

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational, and technical achievements within the television industry.

In 2024, Nexstar stations earned 101 Emmy awards.

Associated Press Media Editor Awards

The AP honored ten Nexstar-owned and partner TV stations with 53 broadcast journalism awards, including 13 for WLNS-TV in Lansing, MI, 10 for WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and 8 for WKBN-TV in Youngstown, OH.

National Recognition for NewsNation

NewsNation has been recognized by the following watchdog groups for unbiased content:

    • Ad Fontes Media rated NewsNation TV as “Most Reliable for News” with its political bias rated as “Middle or Balance” (12/2023)
    • AllSides rated NewsNation’s on-line property as “Center” for media bias (12/2023)
    • NewsGuard gave NewsNation a “Trust Score” of 100, the highest rating of any cable news network (12/2023)

2025 WVU Medicine Children's Community Service Award

At the 21st Annual WVU Medicine Children’s Gala in Morgantown, WV, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. was honored with the Community Service Award for its continued news coverage of the hospital and participation in fundraising events.

Since 2019, Nexstar stations across West Virginia have covered the WVU Medicine Children’s Mediathon, a 24-hour fundraiser, to share the hospital’s mission of providing the greatest range of pediatric specialty and high-risk maternal care in West Virginia and the surrounding region. Together, WBOY-TV, WOWK-TV, WTRF-TV, WVNS-TV, and WDVM-TV have helped raise more than $6 million for the hospital’s greatest needs.

The Nexstar Charitable Foundation has also donated $50,000 in grants to the hospital since 2022.

WBOY’s GM Jim Dodrill and WOWK’s GM Sean Banks were there on behalf of Nexstar’s WV stations and accepted the award.

L to R: Chief Administrative officer for WVU Medicine Children’s Amy Bush, Sean Banks, Jim Dodrill, and actor Taye Diggs who hosted the event.

Recent Awards & Accomplishments

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