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WMUL wins 12 awards in BEA, SPJ Region IV awards

May 3, 2013 - Students from WMUL-FM, Marshall University's public radio station, won four ( 4 ) first place awards, three ( 3 ) second place awards, and three ( 3 ) third place awards in the 2012 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Contest for Region Four in the four radio categories. The awards were presented    at the Region Four SPJ Convention Saturday, April 6, 2013, at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.

WMUL-FM also received one (1) third place award and one (1) honorable mention award during the Eleventh Annual Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts Student Audio Competition ceremony Monday, April 8, 2013, at the. Las Vegas Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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More website upgrades on WMUL website

May 3, 2013 - WMUL is pleased to announce some new recent upgrades to our website.

As part of our continued goal to reach our listeners across more platforms, we have added some new features to the news stories and podcasts available on our website. All podcasts and stories accessed from within the News and Sports pages now have download, embed, link and share buttons. This makes it easier for listeners to share our content on websites and via social media. Podcasts and stories now pop up cleanly within the web page, and a view counter shows up below the audio player.

Over the recent months, we have also been improving our live stream's ability to be played on mobile devices. Apple devices are fully supported, and we hope to support Android devices in the near future. Please report any problems you may have with our live stream to the webmaster.

We hope you take the time to look around our website and see what we've been up to. Drop us a line and let us know what you think!

WMUL receives two "Grand Prize" awards in NBS AERho awards

WASHINGTON (March 25, 2013) - WMUL student broadcasters picked up two Grand Prize awards during a ceremony at the National Broadcasting Society's AERho national convention on Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Washington.

The Racer's Edge, WMUL's motorsports news/talk show, received the top honors in the Audio Sports Program category. The show hit WMUL's airwaves in November 2011, and features co-hosts Josh Rose and Kyle Gibson, and producers Marcus Constantino and Ashley Killingsworth. The award-winning show aired Sept. 26, 2012.

WMUL's Joshua Rose (left) and Marcus Constantino (right) are photographed with the NBS AERho award for Best Audio Sports Program after an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, March 23, 2013.

Click here to hear the award-winning episode of The Racer's Edge.

WMUL also received a grand prize award for "The Patrick and Alex Show" in the Audio Comedy Program category. The show was hosted by Alex Constantino and Patrick Webb.

Click here to hear the award-winning episode of The Patrick and Alex Show.

WMUL station manager Leannda Carey was honored with three awards in the professional awards for audio news package, and Marshall professor Dan Hollis was honored in the video news package category for professionals.

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