Iowa Broadcasters Honor KGAN’s News Coverage

KGAN, Sinclair’s CBS affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, earned four awards from the Iowa Broadcast News Association at the association’s annual awards banquet on April 18.

KGAN, Iowa’s News Now, earned first place in the Spot News category for large market TV stations for its breaking news, day-of coverage of the Aug. 10, 2020 derecho.

Meteorologist Nick Stewart brought viewers the first video from the mobile Road Warrior weather station before the leading edge of the storm arrived. Even as the storm was damaging the KGAN CBS2 building, Meteorologists Rebecca Kopelman and Sara Flynn tracked the storm live on-air with continuous coverage.

Immediately following the storm, all members of the Iowa’s News Now News team fanned out across the community to give viewers the first look at the immensity of the destruction. Despite blocked roads, downed electrical grid and gaps in communications, Iowa’s News Now provided multi-platform coverage throughout the rest of the day.

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Spot News

“Aug. 10, 2020, will go down in Eastern Iowa history,” says Kristen Hamilton, KGAN’s news director.

“Our news team did what they always do and served our viewers. We continue to cover the effects of the derecho and its continuing impact on our neighbors every day.”

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General Reporting
Iowa City Protest

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Best Sportscast

Iowa’s News Now’s 6 P.M. Newscast took home second place in the newscast category and third place in the Political Coverage category.

“These awards are a result of all of the efforts our News Team on and off camera,” says Glen Callahan, Iowa’s News Now’s general manager, “and the relentless pursuit to provide the best news programs for Eastern Iowans.”

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