ICYMI: Tiny TX Non-Com Wins Every RTDNA Award In Its Region

For the second year in a row, a public radio station in west Texas is the most-awarded small market radio station in the regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. This year, KRTS 93.5 FM, Marfa Public Radio, won in every category awarded in a region that includes Oklahoma and Texas.

The station, founded in 2005 by Tom Michael, has five people (including him) in Marfa and one more in Midland, Texas. Last year, Columbia Journalism Review looked into how the station started and how it's come to thrive.

"It’s like their building and then the nothingness for just miles," said RTDNA's Derrick Hinds. "They’re out there and they’re just doing incredible radio."

KRTS 93.5 FM (33 Kw) Red=Local Coverage Area

Poynter spoke with Michael, who's the general manager, about how the station does what it does with a small staff.

Click Here for five ways Marfa Public Radio is making it work.