Knese wins MBEA Award

2016 Apr 20

Statewide college and university broadcasting honors have been awarded to eight Central Methodist University students by the Missouri Broadcast Educators Association (MBEA).

Brett Knese, a Junior communication from High Ridge, was honored for the first place Sports Show called "The Dinner Table." He also received an Honorable Mention award in the sports Play-by-Play category..

He is a staff member of KCMU Eagle Radio, the Central Methodist University online radio station. The MBEA is an affiliate of the Missouri Broadcast Association.

CMU claimed top honors in two categories: News Show, and Sports Show, according to Dr. Kristin Cherry, associate professor of communication and faculty sponsor of Eagle Radio.

Students from a dozen different colleges and universities in Missouri received 2016 MBEA awards, scattered across 30 different categories of competition.