Outdoors Radio wins nine awards at OWAA conference

Fairbanks, AK -- Dan Small and Jeff Kelm, co-hosts of Outdoors Radio, won a total of nine awards in the Radio/Podcast Division of the 2012 Outdoor Writers Association of America (www.owaa.org) Excellence in Craft Competition. The awards were presented by OWAA executive director Robin Giner at the 85th annual OWAA conference, held Sept. 4-6 at Chena Hot Springs Resort (www.chenahotsprings.com), near Fairbanks.

Kelm won three first place and two third-place awards:
1st - Conservation/Nature category for "Raccoons in the Attic"
1st - Gear/Technical category for "Emergency First Aid"
1st - Outdoor Fun/Adventure category for "Conquer the Rhine"
3rd - Hunting/Shooting Sports category for "21st Century Deer Management"
3rd - Fishing category for "Ice Fishing World Championship"

Small won two second-place awards and one third-place award:
2nd - Hunting/Shooting Sports category for "Why Women Hunt"
2nd - Fishing category for "Threats to Mississippi River Fishery"
3rd - Gear/Technical category for "Real Time Wave Data"

In addition, Kelm's segment "Conquer the Rhine" won the OWAA Presidents' Award for the best segment entered in the Radio/Podcast Division.

Outdoors Radio airs each weekend on 12 stations throughout Wisconsin. See a list of stations, listen to the current show or an archived show or subscribe to the weekly e-newsletter or podcast at http://www.lake-link.com/radio. Outdoors Radio is also streamed twice daily at 11 p.m. and 5 p.m. PDT at http://www.theradiofactory.com. Read the Outdoors Radio e-newsletter each week at http://www.dansmalloutdoors.com.

Contact:
Dan Small at 920-994-4082 or dan@dansmalloutdoors.com.