Which North Texas radio station was chosen as the best in the country?

The National Association of Broadcasters recently held the 2024 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, where they recognize the country’s best radio stations in various categories.

Local station 96.7 FM/1310 AM The Ticket was awarded the Marconi Award for Major Market Station of the Year one of the event’s top awards.

The Ticket wasn’t the only Texas radio station to walk away with awards with fellow Dallas stations KSCS-FM and Reach Media/Urban also winning hardware.

Rachel Ryan of KSCS-FM won Major Market Personality of the Year and Erica Campbell of Reach Media/Urban One won Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year.

On X, formerly Twitter, the Ticket retweeted a post from one of its radio hosts, Craig Miller, celebrated the achievement online calling it one of the biggest awards in the business.

The Ticket originated in 1994 after its station was sold to Cardinal Communications and has been a staple of the North Texas radio scene ever since.

Operating out of Victory Park in Dallas the station celebrated 30 years on the airwaves in January of this year.