TEGNA stations won 50 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards on June 1, with KGW in Portland, Oregon taking the top honor for Overall Excellence. The haul put 16 stations in the spotlight, with TEGNA’s newsrooms collecting one of the industry’s most closely watched journalism prizes on a day that matters for local broadcast teams across the country.
Julie Wolfe congratulated the company’s news teams and said the honors reflect a sustained dedication to serving communities with courageous reporting, distinctive writing and trustworthy coverage across platforms. She also praised the journalists who, in her words, continue to set a high standard for local journalism nationwide.
For readers searching now, the headline number is simple: 50 awards. KGW earned three of them, while KARE in Minneapolis took nine, including Excellence in Writing, and KUSA in Denver received six, including Investigative Reporting. WCSH/WLBZ, known as NEWS CENTER Maine in Portland, Maine, also brought home three awards. The Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards are sponsored by the Radio Television Digital News Association and recognize broadcast and digital journalism, a reminder that the competition rewards both the daily grind and the work that breaks through when a newsroom gets something right. It is the kind of recognition local stations often chase while also keeping one eye on the next live moment, whether it is a weather alert like the Denver Weather: Severe thunderstorm warning covers Denver and Aurora until 1:45 p.m. or a scheduled broadcast event such as Fortnite’s Shattered live event set for Friday at 7 PM ET.
The wrinkle is that TEGNA is described as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. while also operating independently under the Hold Separate Order issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on April 17, 2026. That distinction does not change the award count, but it does explain why the company is being discussed in a posture that is unusual for a media group with 64 local television stations in 51 U.S. markets and multiplatform outlets that include websites, mobile and Connected TV apps, and Premion.
What is unresolved is not the prize itself but the work behind it: the announcement did not list which specific stories or broadcasts earned each of the 50 awards. That leaves the public with the scoreboard, the top honor and the standout stations, but not yet the reporting that made judges choose KGW and spread the rest of the recognition across a wide slice of TEGNA’s newsroom network.
