WLTL Radio Named Best Station In The Nation

For the seventh time since the awards inception in 2002, WLTL Radio at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Illinois has been named Best Radio Station in the Nation at the John Drury High School Radio Awards presented by North Central College and WONC Radio in Naperville, Illinois.

In addition to crowning the top station in the nation, the Drury Awards also hand out honors in 14 individual categories. WLTL students took home five of those individual honors as well:

- Best News Feature Story

- Best Specialty Music Program

- Best On-Air Promotion

- Best Social Media Campaign

- Best Website

Students were also nominated in six other categories as well for a total of 27 individual nominations at this year’s competition.

“Despite everything that 2020 has thrown at our students, they still did their best to produce quality content and entertaining programming for our community listening on 88.1 FM and streaming around the globe on WLTL.net, and today’s honors recognize their hard work and dedication. I am immensely proud of them,” said faculty advisor and General Manager of WLTL Chris Thomas.

WLTL Radio has been serving their community since 1968. A student-run FM radio station with more than 100 student volunteers involved, WLTL has long been a leader in high school radio, giving starts to students who have gone on to work both on-air and behind the scenes for companies such as iHeart Radio, Entercom, NBC, ESPN, CNN, SiriusXM, Warner Media and more. A list of notable alumni, along with podcast, on-air schedules, blogs and more can all be found at http://www.wltl.net