FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 7, 2013

DALLAS/FORT WORTH – KERA 90.1 FM, the public broadcasting station of North Texas, is pleased to announce that the KERA News staff recently received six 2012 Texas Associated Press Broadcasters (TAPB) awards. Each year, the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters recognizes excellence and achievement in journalism with awards in various categories. KERA FM received two first-place TAPB honors: Art&Seek’s Jerome Weeks won in the “Use of Actuality-Production” category for his piece “Sounding Out The New City Performance Hall,” and Shelley Kofler won in the “Feature (Light)” category for her piece “Fossil Hunter and his 95-Million-Year-Old Bird, Land at New Perot Museum.”

KERA FM was also awarded two second-place TAPB awards. The KERA News staff was recognized in the “Spot News by a Station” category for its coverage of the April 2012 North Texas tornadoes, and Kofler took second in the “Special Series” category for “Texas Judges: Out of Order.” TAPB Honorable Mentions were bestowed on KERA’s Bill Zeeble in the “Specialty or Beat Reporting” category for his education coverage, and Courtney Collins in the “Feature (Serious)” category for her piece “For Cancer ‘Previvors,’ Knowledge Is Power.”

The awards will be presented at the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters ceremony on Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the Headliners Club in Austin, Texas.

ABOUT KERA

KERA is a not-for-profit public media organization that serves the people of North Texas. The station broadcasts to the fourth-largest population area in the United States. KERA produces original multimedia content, carries the best in national and international public television and radio programs, and provides online resources at www.kera.org and www.keranews.org. The station’s extensive coverage of the arts can be found at www.artandseek.org. KERA-TV broadcasts on Channel 13.1. KERA WORLD broadcasts on 13.2. KERA-FM broadcasts on 90.1 in Dallas/Fort Worth/Denton, 88.3 in Wichita Falls, 100.1 in Tyler and 99.3 in Sherman. KXT 91.7 FM, KERA’s new music station, KXT 91.7, is streamed online at www.kxt.org.

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CONTACT:

Christopher Wagley

Director, Marketing & Communications

KERA, KXT and Art&Seek

cwagley@kera.org

214-740-9377