2025 Silver Dome Awards Finalists
*Finalists are listed in alphabetical order.     🥇 = Winner
Best Station Promotion
WBBM - "For the Love of Chicago"
🥇 WCIU - "IHSA Promotion"
WSNS - "Telemundo Chicago"
Best Use of Graphic Design
🥇 WCIU - "On The Block"
WMAQ - "NBC 5 Chicago"
Best Light Feature
🥇 WBBM - "Kayake Commute"
WCIU - "On The Block: Chicago Docents"
WMAQ - "Only in Chicago"
Best Program, Series, or Documentary
WCIU - "Queens of the Court"
WCIU - "On The Block: Selfie Reports"
🥇 WMAQ - "Super Mayor"
Best Investigative Report
WBBM - "Sonya Massey Investigation"
WLS - "Drug Lab Scandal"
🥇 WMAQ - "NBC 5 Investigates: Dismissed"
Best News Hard Story
🥇 WBBM - "Hidden Horrors At Heights Crematory"
WBBM - "Justice for Abandoned Baby"
WMAQ - "Phantom Labs"
Best Newcast
🥇 WGBO - "Noticias Univision Chicago"
WLS - "DNC Finale"
WSNS - "Noticiero Telemundo Chicago"
Best Community Service Activity
WBBM - "Best Community Service Activity"
🥇 WSNS - "26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade"
Best Multicultural Reach
WCIU - "On The Block: Go Olympian"
🥇 WCIU - "On The Block: The Real McCoy"
WGBO - "Latinos en las artes"
Best Use of Interactive Media
WLS - "2024 Democratic National Convention
🥇 WSNS - "Telemundo Chicago"
Best Continuing Coverage
WLS - "DNC in Chicago"
🥇 WMAQ - "2024 Democratic National Convention"
Best Short Form Digital
🥇 WGBO - "Crees vs Es"
WMAQ - "The Brief"
Best Video Editing
WCIU - ""Queens of the Court"
WCIU - "Ronnie Fields"
🥇 WMAQ - "Digging Deeper, Artificial Intelligence"
Best Reporter
WGBO - Jorge Muñoz
WMAQ - PJ Randhawa
🥇 WSNS - Iris BerrÃos
Best Anchor
WGBO - Enrique Rodriguez
WMAQ - Allison Rosati
🥇 WSNS - Alfonso Gutiérrez
Best Weathercaster
WGBO - Ligia Granados
🥇 WMAQ - Brant Miller
WSNS - Maricela Vázquez
Station of the Year
🥇 WBBM
WGBO
WLS
Best Station Promotion
🥇 WEEK - "Mission Space"
WEEK - "Prep Rally 2024"
WIFR - "Focus"
Best Light Feature
🥇 WAND - "A Halloween To Remember"
WCIA - "Meet Milo"
WEEK - "Crew 309"
Best Program, Series, or Documentary
🥇 KFVS - "Echoes of the Storm"
WEEK - "St. Jude Telethon"
WQAD - "Once in a Lifetime Chance"
Best Investigative Report
KFVS - "Road Work Ahead"
🥇 WGEM - "County Deputy DUI Dismissal"
WMBD - "Roosevelt Myles"
Best News Hard Story
🥇 KFVS - "Family Speaks Out After Fatal Fire"
WAND - "Sentenced To Wait"
WMBD - "Caught in the System"
Best Newscast
🥇 WGEM - "News at 10"
WQAD - "News 8 at 10"
WQAD - "GMQC at 11"
Best Multicultural Reach
WCIA - "Courtney Carson's Story"
WEEK - "Central Illinois Diversity"
🥇 WMBD - "Honoring Black History"
Best Continuing Coverage
🥇 WCIA - "Suspect in Crash Used Fake ID"
WIFR - "Vets Roll 2025"
WQAD - "The Death of Jackson Kradle"
Best Reporter
KFVS - Jeffrey Bullard
WEEK - Madison Porter
🥇 WCIA - Amanda Brennan
Best Sportscaster
WEEK - Jim Mattson
WGEM - Brendan Reidy
🥇 WMBD - Patrick Cunningham
Best Weathercaster
WEEK - Balint Szalavari
🥇 WEEK - Brian Walder
WCIA - Jacob Dickey
Best Videographer
🥇WEEK - Kyle Vincent
WCIA - Tony Krohn
WMBD - Sara Allen
Station of the Year
WEEK
WGEM
🥇 WMBD
Best Commercial
🥇 WKQX - "Kamen Landscaping"
WRME - "Vito Invite"
WRME - "Vito Sunshine"
Best Station Promotion
🥇 WRME - "All American Weekend"
WRME - Brian Wilson"
WRME - "Longest Day"
Best Feature
WBBM - "Memory Choir"
🥇 WGN - "Chicago Teachers Told to Pass Migrant Students"
WVON - "Chicago's Road to Reparations"
Best Morning Show
WGN - "Bob Sirott Show"
WKSC - "The Fred Show"
🥇 WSCR - "Mully & Haugh"
Best Use of Non-Broadcast Media
WBBM - "In the Words of George Halas"
🥇 WDRV - "Behind The Song Podcast"
WVON - "The Amir Locke Story"
Best Continuing Coverage
WBBM - "DNC in Chicago"
🥇 WGN - "Trial of Michael Madigan"
WVON - "Chicago DNC 2024"
Best Station Imaging
WRME - "Prospecting - Amazed"
WRME - "Timmy"
🥇 WSCR - "2024 Bears Season Hype Promo"
Best News Reporter
🥇 WBBM - Nancy Harty
WLS - Scott Childers
WVON - Annette Flournoy
Best Radio Personality
🥇 WGN - John Williams
WLS - Ray Stevens
WVON - Matt McGill
Station of the Year
🥇 WBBM
WTMX
WSCR
Best Commercial
WFMB - "Steak N' Shake"
🥇 WPBG - "Adam Merrick Ski Jump"
WSPY - "Homemade With Love"
Best Station Promotion
WCIL - "49 Years of CIL-FM Listeners"
WOOZ - "Logo Your Lawn Promo"
🥇 WOOZ - "Quit Thumbin' Around"
Best Feature
WHMS - "LOCALS 2025"
🥇 WSPY - "Memorial for K9 Hudson"
WSPY - "Surviving the Storm"
Best Morning Show
WLFZ - "Dina & DJ Blake Mornings"
🥇 WPBG - "Morning Drive w/ John & Nancy"
WSWT - "Janine & Scott"
Best Use of Non-Broadcast Media
🥇 WFMB - "217 Tales"
WFMB - "Eating Around the 217"
WFMB - "IL State Fair Mullet Championship"
Best Station Imaging
WCIL
WUEZ
🥇 WYMG
Best News Reporter
🥇 WDWS - Mary-Lynn Foster
WSPY - Ethan Kruger
WTAX - Dave Dahl
Best Radio Personality
WDBR - Sarah Smerz
🥇 WFMB - Josh Roberts
WYMG - JJ Gerard
Best General Manager
WEFT - Eric Bohlen
🥇 WTAX - Chris Bullock
Station of the Year
WEFT
WFMB
🥇 WOOZ
Best Commercial
🥇 WALS - "Deer Season"
WDAN - "Dave's Double Barrel BBQ"
WMIX - "Woodlawn Haunted Woods"
Best Station Promotion
WALS - "Mutt Madness"
🥇 WMIX - "Teddy Bear Toss"
WMIX - "Letters of Thanksgiving"
Best Feature
🥇 WDAN - "Danville's Aquatic Center"
WRMJ - "Sherrard Basketball"
WYOT - "Lost Nation Shooting"
Best Morning Show
WAJK - "Brad & Jaimie in the Morning"
🥇 WLPO - "Rod & Tom in the Morning"
WYOT - "Coyote Morning Show"
Best Use of Non-Broadcast Media
WAJK - "Friday First Bites"
🥇 WCSJ - "Superfan Meets Staff"
WCSJ - "Trying Different Sodas"
Best Continuing Coverage
🥇 WDAN - "United Way Radiothon"
WDAN - "Operation Honor Guard"
WYOT - "Election Special 2024"
Best Station Imaging
WALS - "WALS Crew Online"
🥇 WLPO - "Starved Rock News"
WSTQ - "Teacher of the Year"
Best Humorous News Story
🥇 WCSJ - "Turbo the Tortoise"
WJVO - "Raising Stink"
Best News Reporter
WCSJ - Justin Ritz
🥇 WRMJ - Ty Taylor
WYOT - Charles Van Horn
Best Sportscaster
WALS - Zane Trumann
WDAN - RJ Crace
🥇 WRMJ - Ty Taylor
Best Radio Personality
WDAN - Tom Barnes
🥇 WMIX - Roger "RJ" Price
WYOT - Kris Wexell
Station of the Year
WDNL
🥇 WMIX
WYOT
