WBAL Honored with CAPBA Awards

Hearst’s WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5 in Baltimore announces that it won the 2026 Outstanding Radio News Operation award from the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association Saturday night (5/30) in Ocean City, Maryland. The award is given annually for excellence among radio and TV stations in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The award is one of five first-place awards given to WBAL NewsRadio at the annual CAPBA banquet. WBAL director of programming and news director Jeff Wade says, “The WBAL NewsRadio team proves once again they are best-in-class in the region with this outstanding showing at the CAPBA Awards. We’re honored to win Outstanding News Operation for the second consecutive year – a testament to our staff’s consistent pursuit of excellence in broadcast journalism.”