{"id":568191,"date":"2026-08-13T21:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T21:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/568191\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T21:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T21:46:13","slug":"kneb-fm-takes-top-honor-at-nebraska-broadcasters-pinnacle-awards-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/568191\/","title":{"rendered":"KNEB-FM Takes Top Honor At Nebraska Broadcasters\u2019 Pinnacle Awards. | Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska Rural Radio Association broadcasters received 18 awards Wednesday night at the 2026 Nebraska Broadcasters Association Pinnacle Awards, including the top station honor for country \u201c94.1 The Brand\u201d KNEB-FM Scottsbluff.<\/p>\n<p>Team members from Lexington, Scottsbluff, West Point, Lincoln and York were recognized for work in news, sports, agricultural coverage, podcasting, advertising, community service and multiplatform storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>KNEB-FM was named the 2026 Radio Station of the Year, earning the highest station honor presented during the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The Nebraska Rural Radio Association received seven Gold awards. \u201cBuilding Nebraska\u201d from the Rural Radio Network won for Best Podcast, while country \u201c93.1 The River\u201d KRVN Grand Island-Kearney-Hastings received the Gold award for Best Newscast.<\/p>\n<p>The Rural Radio Network also received a Gold award for Multiplatform Journalism for its report, \u201cK&amp;K Floral Blooms: A Growing Business.\u201d KRVN and the Rural Radio Network were recognized for Service to Agriculture for the \u201cFFA Husker Harvest Days Food Drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KTIC in Omaha received Gold awards for Best Station Promotion for \u201cMore Meat Monday \u2014 Old MacDonald\u201d and Service to Children for \u201c9-Year-Old Cares for Hundreds of Animals.\u201d KTMX\/KAWL won Gold for Best Commercial for \u201cShirt Rubs &amp; Sauces from Spring Creek Repair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese awards are a reflection of what our broadcasters do every day: show up, earn the trust of their communities and tell the stories that matter,\u201d Nebraska Rural Radio Association CEO Tim Marshall says in a news release. \u201cOur team\u2019s commitment to local news, agriculture, sports and community service is what sets the Nebraska Rural Radio Association apart. We are incredibly proud to see their work recognized among the best in Nebraska broadcasting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a complete list of winners, click <a href=\"https:\/\/ne-ba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Radio-PA-Website.pdf\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nebraska Rural Radio Association broadcasters received 18 awards Wednesday night at the 2026 Nebraska Broadcasters Association Pinnacle Awards,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,4975,157,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-568191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-free","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}