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9NEWS wins 10th consecutive Station of the Year
posted by: Drew Sidener , 9NEWS Staff  
created: 3/16/2009 11:50:19 AM
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Denver, CO - For the tenth year in a row, 9NEWS has been honored as the best metro market television station by the Colorado Broadcasters Association. KUSA received a total of 23 awards during the CBA's 60th annual banquet at the Marriott Denver Tech Center on Saturday night.

During the ceremony, KUSA sportscaster, Drew Soicher won his second consecutive Best Sportscaster award. 9Wants to Know reporter Deborah Sherman also won Best Specialty Reporter for her second award in two years. Significantly, two 9NEWS documentaries, Bazi Kanani's "Reaching Rwanda" and Thanh Truong's "Vietnam: Journeys in Time" were honored by the CBA with first and second place awards, respectively. A complete list of winners appears below.

"This is quite an accomplishment and I am very proud," said 9NEWS President and General Manager Mark Cornetta. "When you consider the many challenges we have faced and those that lie ahead, this is something to savor."



Best Public Service Announcement


2nd Place: Race for the Cure


Best Community Service Project or Campaign


1st Place: DTV Education


2nd Place: College in Colorado


Best Single Public Affairs Program


2nd Place: 9 Kids Who Care


Best Promotional Campaign for a Station


1st Place: Rockies Excuse Booth


2nd Place: Traffic Line


Best Single Spot for a Station


1st Place: Your Money


2nd Place: Mouses in Houses


Best Single Sports Program or Play-by-Play Outside a Newscast


1st Place: Olympic Zone


Best Documentary Outside a Regular Newscast


1st Place: Reaching Rwanda


2nd Place: Vietnam: Journeys in Time


Best Commercial Advertising Spot for an Advertiser

2nd Place: Safeway/Breast Cancer


Best News Feature


1st Place: Ft. Lupton Noise


Best General, Hard News or In-Depth Coverage


2nd Place: Ft. Carson Widows


Best Breaking News Spot or News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure


2nd Place: Windsor Tornado


Best Photo Essay with No Reporter Narrative


1st Place: Colfax


2nd Place: President's Day


Best Regularly Scheduled Full Newscast


2nd Place: 9News at 10 p.m.


Best News Anchor or Team


2nd Place: Mark Koebrich


Best Sportscaster


1st Place: Drew Soicher


Best Specialty Reporter


1st Place: Deborah Sherman


Best Website


2nd Place: 9NEWS.com


Metro Market Station of the Year


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