APRE PREC 2025 Engineering Achievement Award Submission
This honor is to be awarded to a single individual for “outstanding contributions” to the art and/or science of radio engineering that has made a “significant impact on, or improvement in”, the state of the public radio industry. The honor is to be normally awarded for work that has been accomplished or has been recognized as an important contribution within the last three to five years, or for meritorious career service to public radio engineering.

The award will be presented Friday, April 4, 2025 at the Public Radio Engineers Conference Dinner in Las Vegas, just prior to the NAB Show.

To nominate a candidate for this award, please complete this form. The deadline for entries is end of day on Monday, February 3, 2025. Entries submitted after that time may not be considered.

Please start by entering your (the one submitting the nomination) email address:

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Past Honorees Include:
  • Michael Beach, Vice President of PRSS
  • Paxton Durham & Jobie Sprinkle APRE Meritorious Service Award
  • David Layer, NAB
  • Rich Parker, Coast Alaska Inc.
  • Jeff Welton, Nautel
  • Bruce Wahl, NPR
  • Dan Mansergh KQED
  • Ralph Hogan, past founding president of APRE
  • Ralph Woods, NPR
  • Bud Aiello, NPR
  • Gray Frierson Haertig, Consulting Engineer
  • Michael LeClair, WBUR(FM)
  • Mike Starling, NPR Labs
  • Roger Karwoski, KBIA
  • Donald Creighton, Minnesota Public Radio and APM
  • Richard Cassidy, WAMU(FM), Washington
  • Wayne Hetrich†, one of NPR's 30 original employees
  • Chuck Leavens, WDUQ, Pittsburgh
  • Marty Bloss, NPR
  • Don Danko, Cincinnati Public Radio
  • John Kean, NPR Labs
  • Jim McEachern† of NPR
  • Mike Pappas, KUVO in Denver
  • Doug Vernier, V-Soft Communications
Name of Candidate: *
Candidate Job Title: *
Candidate Station/Company name: *
Candidate Station/Company Address - if know: *

Description of the achievement to be honored (approximately 150 words, please):

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Contribution made by the candidate in the accomplishment of the achievement (approximately 150 words, please):

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Name of APRE Nominating Member:

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Nominating member Station/Company:

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Nominating member Phone:

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Name and contact information of two additional people that we can contact regarding this nominee’s work: 

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