B1039 In Fort Myers Honored By NAB With Marconi Award Win
Beasley Media Group owned B1039 (WXKB-FM) out of Fort Myers was a nominee this year for the prestigious Marconi Award for medium market station of the year.
The Marconi Radio Awards presented by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) were stablished in 1989 and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi. These prestigious awards recognize stations and individuals for their excellence and performance in radio.
This year’s Marconi Awards and dinner were held on Wednesday, October 25th at the Javits Center in New York City.
Finalists for Medium Market Station of the Year
- WHO-AM, Des Moines-Ames, Iowa
- WNRP-AM, Mobile, Ala.-Pensacola, Fla.
- WTIB-FM, Greenville-New Bern-Washington, N.C.
- WXKB-FM, Ft. Myers-Naples, Fla.
- WYOY-FM, Jackson, Miss.
B1039 was the winner of the Marconi Award this year, for medium market station of the year.
Adam Star, program director of B1039, had this to say about the station’s incredible win. “When a passionate and dedicated team comes together, incredible possibilities emerge. Winning the Marconi Award is a testament to our exceptional team, and I wholeheartedly thank every member of the WXKB – B1039 family for consistently going above and beyond with their contributions.”
10 Women Artists Who Have Yet to be Inducted into the Rock Hall
From May 2011 to February 2012, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame featured an exhibit called “Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power.” From September 2012 to August 2014, the exhibit traveled around to various museums in the United States. It made its final stop at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. While at that museum, I was given a private tour of the collection of over 70 different performers. These performers ranged from Janis Joplin and Tina Turner to Chrissie Hynde and Stevie Nicks.
The exhibit’s artifacts dated back to the 1920s and traveled through to the present day. My tour guide made sure to point out that one “unusual” woman was responsible for the exhibit’s existence. On a visit to the Rock Hall, Cyndi Lauper took a tour of the museum, and she noticed that something was missing. “She very simply said, ‘Where the women at?!,” said my tour guide, and that was the impetus for that exhibit.
Frankly, the same question can be posed about the Rock Hall inductees in general.
Rock Hall’s chairman John Sykes has made a point in a number of interviews to point out how the Rock Hall needs to evolve. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Sykes said, “…it’s time to take the Hall to 2.0. That means a more diverse board, that means more women, people of color, people who reflect the kind of music that’s now being inducted. We have to look and feel like the artists that come into our Hall. That’s just the natural transition.”
Eventually, we’d like to see the ten women artists in the gallery below inducted. They all more than deserve it, and there are plenty of others that still do. Truth be told, this list could be even longer than just ten. Howver, we’ll save our extended rambling on this matter for another day.
