NAB Marconi Award for Religious Radio Station of the Year goes to: WPRS "Praise 104.1" Washington DC

NAB Marconi Award to WPRS-FM "Praise 104.1" 2015 Religious Station of the Year

WPRS's Program Director Ron Thompson (far right on photo) receiving the NAB's Marconi award for Best Religious Station of the Year with Senior Regional Vice President/General Manager of Radio One DC Jeff Wilson (far left on photo).
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Story by Radio One
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Yesterday in Atlanta, Radio One was a rock star brand to be noticed! First, WPRS-PRAISE DC was honored by the Ad Council with their highest award, the “Crystal Bell”for outstanding community service.

Then, last night, Ron Thompson, Program Director, WPRS and his team won the highest honor in the radio industry by earning the coveted "Marconi Award" for Religious Station of the Year at an awards dinner hosted by our very own, Rickey Smiley.

“This was truly one of the greatest moments in the history of our cluster and our company,” said Jeff Wilson, Senior Regional Vice President and General Manager of Radio One DC.


(L to R)Radio One President Chris Wegmann, Jerry Smith, WPRS PD Ron Thompson and Radio One's Senior Regional Vice President and General Manager of Radio One DC Jeff Wilson showcase the NAB Marconi Award for DC's WPRS as Religious Station of the Year.

The “Crystal Bell” Award was presented to WPRS for its commitment to a variety of social issues including Community Engagement, Childhood Asthma, Discovering Nature and Enrollment in Health Insurance. Radio One was the 4th largest radio group supporter, contributing 90,000+ detections across the Ad Council’s monitored stations with WPRS leading the pack.

The “Marconi Award” is the Rolls Royce in radio recognition. The award celebrates excellence in radio broadcasting. Reach Media’s Rickey Smiley and several of our radio stations were nominated in three categories. Acknowledgement by the industry in such a significant way is a tremendous honor. Moreover, the President of NAB, Gordon Smith, praised Rickey’s outstanding performance as the host of the program by stating, “He took the awards to a new level.”


Jeff Wilson, Ron Thompson, Rickey Smiley and Gordon Smith, President, NAB

Kudos to Ron Thompson, the WPRS team and the staff of the Yolanda Adams Morning Show and the Willie Moore, Jr Show for a day filled with recognition. Congratulations to Rickey for a phenomenal performance and we salute all of our staff from WNNL-FM Raleigh, WPZS-FM Charlotte, WKYS-FM DC, WFXC-FM Raleigh, WQOK-FM Raleigh and the Rickey Smiley Morning Show for your well-deserved nominations.

Praise 104.1 link: http://praisedc.hellobeautiful.com/