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From the News Edge: Transportation officials are reporting a traffic backup along the westbound lanes of I-24 in the work zone from near the Kentucky-Tennessee State Line to the Fort Campbell Boulevard exit. The contractor is pouring concrete as part of ongoing pavement rehabilitation work around the 89-mile marker, near the Pembroke-Oak Grove exit. While concrete trucks are moving in and out of this work area delivering material, the traffic backup appears to be more related to heavy traffic along the westbound lanes today. Westbound I-24 traffic in this work zone is backed up about 3 to 4 miles at this time with traffic slowed to about 35 mph in the area. To help reduce traffic congestion in this area, regular commuters who normally travel this section of I-24 westbound are being asked to seek an alternate route, if possible...............................................................................................................................A Night With The Blues is Saturday night at the Alhambra Theatre. The show will feature the music of blues band “Willie Sugarcapps.” VIP tickets are $50 each and included reserve seating and an "eat, meet, and greet" with the band before the show. General admission tickets are $25 each. Proceeds benefit the Pennyroyal Arts Council. To get tickets, call the Pennyroyal Arts Council, or go to pennyroyalarts.org

WKDZ Awards



NAB President Gordon Smith, WKDZ/WHVO General Manager Beth Mann, Radio Board Chairman Don BensonOn April 9th, 2013, WKDZ-FM won the top honor in the broadcast industry, the prestigious Crystal award from the National Association of Broadcasters, making WKDZ-FM the only small market station in Kentucky to earn the coveted Marconi and Crystal. 
 

Crystal awards are given to stations with an exemplary history of community service.  Here’s the award-winning statement made in Las Vegas at the NAB Conference regarding some of WKDZ’s accomplishments!

We at 106.5 WKDZ would like to say thank you for allowing us to serve your community.  Thanks to the hours you spend listening and supporting projects which we promote, we feel like we have won this award together.  Thanks again, from the ONLY STATION IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY to have been honored by the NAB with a Crystal Award for exceptional community service and a Marconi Award for "Small Market Station of the Year".  We're locally owned, 106.5 WKDZ!
 






 
Former NAB President, David Rehr, with
Ham Broadcasting Co. President, D. J. Everett,
in the lobby of WKDZ/WHVO studios.
The Marconi is placed between them.

In 2002, WKDZ-FM became the only Kentucky radio station ever to be selected as Small Market Station of the Year by the National Association of Broadcasters as recipient of its coveted Marconi Radio Award, the most prestigious and sought after recognition in American broadcasting.

The criteria used by the Marconi judges include ratings, community awards and recognition, events sponsored by the station, continuing community service broadcasts, and staff involvement in the community.

The Marconi judges cited WKDZ's broadcasts for the Relay for Life, the Rotary Auction, the Community Food Bank, the Trigg County Country Ham Festival, and countless others in making its decision.

The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD said, "WKDZ is a shining example of how a privately owned business can on one hand be a profitable contributor to the local economy and on the other be an active and influential participant in the community."

WKDZ was a Top 5 Finalist for NAB’s Marconi in 2007 and 2012.
 
Additionally, WKDZ-FM has been a finalist for the NAB’s Chrystal Award in 1999 and again in 2010. 
 
 
WKDZ-FM won the prestigious National Headliner award in 2009 for Local News Excellent.
 
 
WKDZ’s D.J. Everett and Beth Mann won the National Society of the Daughters of American Revolution Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Relations and Media in 2012.  The award was given by The Colonel John Green Chapter, NSDAR.

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