Welcome to the Missouri Broadcasters Association Awards Entry Platform!

Entry Deadline: Friday, February 21st

Getting Started:

• If you submitted entries last year, please use the same user name and password* (use forgot user name or password to reset). Otherwise, create a new account by clicking the "Enter Today" or "My Account" tab in the website navigation above, or you can use Facebook, Google+, or LinkedIn via the homepage to login instead.
• Once you are logged in, start your entry by clicking the "Enter Today" link in the website navigation menu.
• Files may be uploaded directly or you may submit a URL link to a file. 

*If you would like all of your entries for each station to be paid with one invoice, simply set up one account that everyone uses. If you would like separate invoices for stations or departments, entry managers should set up separate accounts.

Rules

1. Entries MUST be received by 11:59:59 pm; Friday, February 21, 2025.
2. “Complete Newscast” entries MUST have aired between: January 26 and February 8, 2025.
3. All other entries MUST have aired between February 24, 2024 and February 8, 2025.
4. Only MBA member stations are eligible to participate. 2025 Membership Dues MUST be paid in full.
5. All entries must be broadcast “over the air” unless otherwise noted.
6. Identical award entries that have won in the previous year, where only dates of the creative have changed, are ineligible.  If they have not won in the previous year they can be submitted for entry.
7.  It is the responsibility of the station to make sure that entries are submitted in the correct category and that they play. If using a link, it must be available through May 31st.  No refunds will be issued for incomplete entries or submissions that won’t play for the judge.

Commercial and Non-Commercial stations will be judged together.  Entries are judged by professionals through other state broadcast associations.

Finalists will be notified via email to General Managers no later than April 4, 2025.
First Place and Second Place awards will be presented at the annual MBA Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at Margaritaville Lake Resort at Lake of the Ozarks. Click here for the MBA group hotel reservation page.

The list of winners will be posted on the MBA website, MissouriBroadcasters.org, following the Awards Banquet.

Television Classes by Market Size

TV stations will be judged in three separate classes in all categories except Best Podcast, Corporate Award for Community Service, Best Video Storytelling, and Sunshine Hero Award.

Large Market – Includes stations in Kansas City & St. Louis.

Medium Market – Includes stations in Cape Girardeau & Springfield.

Small Market – Includes stations in all other cities not noted above.

Radio Classes by Market Size

Radio stations will be judged in three separate classes in all categories except Best Podcast, Corporate Award for Community Service, Best Opinion/Commentary, Best Interview and Sunshine Hero Award.

Large Market – Includes stations in Kansas City and St. Louis.

Medium Market – Includes stations in Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Jefferson City, Joplin, St. Joseph & Springfield.

Small Market – Includes stations in all other cities not noted above.

Entry Fees (*MO-PEP Participants)

1.    Small Market Radio $20 ($10)

2.    Medium Market Radio $26 ($13)

3.    Large Market Radio $30 ($15)

4.    Television All Classes $36 ($18)

*Missouri Public Education Program Participants are eligible for half price entry fees.