On October 29, the winners have been named at the annual national College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) National Student Production Awards and two Michigan college radio stations are recipients of honors.

Hillsdale College's WRFH (Radio Free Hillsdale) picked up awards in these categories:

First Place

Lauren Smith: Best Newscast or Sportscast (Lauren Smyth News)

Logan Washburn, Ty Ruddy, Alex Deimel, Erin Osborne and Jane Kitchen: Best Documentary Long Form [Video] (The Prison Games)

Second Place

Gavin Listro, Bella Dix, Ally Hall: Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program (I’ve Got Aux)

Fourth Place

Evan Mick: Best Sports Reporting (“The Life of a Kicker”)

Hillsdale notes that WRFH students have now picked up six national first-place awards over the years.

Fourth Place

Michigan State University's WDBM was recipient of these CBI awards:

First Place

Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program ("Exposure: State of Fifths")

Second Place

Best Social Media Presence ("Impact 89 Social Media")

Best Feature New Reporting ("Moka & Co. is the First Yemeni Coffee Shop in the Greater Lansing Area")

Best Hard News Reporting ("MSU Elects Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz as New President")

Best Special Broadcast ("Behind the Mics: The First Broadcast: February 24, 1989")

A full list of winners can be found here.