U of M student radio station, Radio K (KUOM), wins national award for Web site

College Broadcasters, Inc. names www.radiok.org “Best Student Media Web site”

Contacts: Ellie Bjorklund, Radio K Marketing Director, (612) 625-8322, marketing@radiok.org
Ryan Maus, University News Service, (612) 624-1690, maus@umn.edu

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/05/2009) — College Broadcasters, Inc., a national organization representing student-run media ventures, named the University of Minnesota's student radio station, “Radio K,” as the “Best Student Media Web site” for 2009. The station’s Web site iswww.radiok.org

The award, which was announced in Austin, Tex. on Oct. 30, is part of the 2009 National Student Production Awards. Other winners included television and radio productions from Harvard University, Purdue University, the University of North Carolina and Columbia College. St. Cloud State’s UTVS-Channel 21 won in the “Best Live Sports Production” for “Husky Productions.”

Broadcasting at 104.5 FM in Minneapolis, 100.7 FM in St. Paul, 770 AM, and online atradiok.org, Radio K is the award-winning, student-run radio station of the U of M, playing an eclectic variety of independent music both new and old. KUOM began broadcasting on 770 AM Jan. 13, 1922, likely making it Minnesota's oldest radio station.

More information about College Broadcasters, Inc., is available atwww.askcbi.org