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KETR wins two state awards for news coverage

Congregants greet one another following a worship service at East Caney Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs on Sept. 29, 2024. KETR's coverage of faith and politics in African-American churches won two awards in the 2025 Texas Broadcast News Awards on April 12.
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Congregants greet one another following a worship service at East Caney Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs on Sept. 29, 2024. KETR's coverage of faith and politics in African-American churches won two awards in the 2025 Texas Broadcast News Awards on April 12.

Mark Haslett’s coverage of faith and politics in African-American churches earned KETR two awards at the 2025 Texas Broadcast News Awards ceremony in Austin on April 12.

KETR continued its tradition of winning state-level awards with two first-place finishes at the 2025 Texas Broadcast News Awards banquet, held April 12 in Austin.

Haslett’s feature story describing voters’ viewpoints at East Caney Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs and Mount Moriah Temple Baptist Church in Commerce won in the Serious Feature category for small-market stations. A written reflection accompanying the report won the small-market award for best Original Digital Content.

The annual awards recognize achievements in both commercial and non-commercial broadcast media. Other winners from public radio stations included KERA North Texas, which won two awards, San Antonio-based Texas Public Radio, which took three, and KUT Austin, which picked up nine awards, including the Overall Texas Broadcast Excellence in the large-market category. A list of this year’s winners can be found here.