KBA'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

JUNE 10, 2021

IMPACT AWARDS ANNOUNCED VIRTUALLY

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO PLACED

KBA's 1st annual Impact Broadcast Awards were announced virtually on Tuesday afternoon during a live YouTube event. Awards were presented for excellence in journalism for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each category. Click on the links below to see the winners and watch the archived awards show.

The Impact Broadcast Awards were brought into the KBA family after the Associated Press opted to discontinue the awards that were formerly known as the Kentucky Associated Press Broadcast Awards.

The KBA would like to say THANK YOU to the following individuals for their part in a successful 1st annual Impact Broadcast Awards:

Henry Chu and members of the Impact Broadcast Awards Committee
Awards facilitator: Becky Day
Emcees: Mike Spissinger (WPSD), Victor Puente' (WKYT), Laura Rogers (WBKO) & Stephon Dingle (WLKY)
Sam White and the team at MSI Productions
The judges who had the arduous task of judging the nearly 500 entries
and the Associated Press for sponsoring this years event.

We look forward to an in-person awards presentation in the spring of 2022.

SEE THE WINNERS

WATCH THE AWARDS SHOW

JUNE ROLLINGS PASSES AWAY

REMEMBERED AS THE "FIRST LADY" OF LEXINGTON TV

'First lady of Lexington television': Longtime WKYT host ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A longtime member of the WKYT television family has passed away. June Rollings was the first lady of Lexington television. She co-hosted a morning talk show program in the 1960s in a time when men dominated the airwaves,...

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AFFINITY X "REFRESHER" WEBINAR

FRIDAY, JUNE 11TH @ 2:00 PM EDT

Join Affinity X for a refresher webinar for stations actively engaged in KBA's digital member service. The webinar will feature an overview of the TITAN dashboard and the steps/processes necessary to submit an order, create and make in flight changes.

If you are interested in learning more about KBA's digital member service partnership with Affinity X, please click here.

ZOOM LINK TO WEBINAR

CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN MILESTONE

$200 MILLION RAISED SINCE 1954

In an emotional weekend, honoring many fallen firefighters, communities in Kentucky and southern Indiana came together once again for the 68th Annual WHAS Crusade for Children to make life better for children with special needs. The final tote board tallied $5,100,000 as America’s most successful local telethon concluded with the traditional singing of “God Bless America” just before 7:00pm (EDT) Sunday, June 6, 2021. Since 1954, the Crusade has now raised a cumulative total $200 million.

LEGACY AWARD NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IS JULY 9TH

KBA's Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Legacy Awards. The awards will be presented as part of the Excellence In Broadcasting Awards ceremony on Monday, September 20th at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro. The deadline to submit a Legacy nomination is July 9, 2021.

KBA LEGACY AWARDS:

Al Temple Award

Kentucky Mic Hall of Fame Award

J.T. Whitlock Life Service Award

Ralph Gabbard Distinguished Kentuckian Award

To submit an online nomination and learn more about each award, please click the link below.

LEGACY NOMINATION FORM

JEFF SCHMIDT'S SALES TIP OF THE WEEK

IN-BOX DETOX

The notification showing how many unread emails can drive a person crazy. After an afternoon filled with meetings, you can turn on your computer and there it is, that notification telling you how much you still need to do. And that’s just one of the many places demanding your attention. It’s amazing the mental toll just that simple badge on your inbox icon can create. I’ve even worked with people who have thousands of unread emails. I notice this when doing screen-sharing meetings.

In Christina Randle’s book Getting It Together she lays out her proprietary system for moving from survival mode to thriving. She calls it The Effective Edge. Our lives are filled with clutter, interruptions, and important information that we need to pay attention to. Technology, thought to help, has actually increased the volume of information that we are bombarded with. According to Randle getting The Effective Edge™ involves:

E – Emptying – Your inbox, your voice mail, the top of your desk are all collection points that can gather information and clutter. Randle suggests that we empty daily.

D – Deciding – In order to empty you need the ability to make quick decisions. Randle says the process is the 4 Ds:

Delete
Do
Delegate
Defer

G – Grouping – Grouping tasks that are similar allows you to handle them more quickly

E – Executing – Randle suggests we all want to spend more time accomplishing things. In order to do this, we need to ensure we have a seamless system of reducing the clutter, making decisions and grouping.

Admittedly this all sounds easy, and everyone is different. The key is to find a system that works for you. I try to end every day with zero emails in my inbox. Let’s just say that some days are better than others. As you continue down your journey of minimizing distractions and maximizing productivity, you might consider starting first with your email inbox and your voice mail. Imagine how great it would be to end your day with no voice mail to listen to or emails yet to be read. All were either deleted, done, delegated, or filed for future action.

Jeff Schmidt is the SVP of Professional Development at the Radio Advertising Bureau. You can also connect with him by email JSchmidt@rab.com or on Twitter and LinkedIn.