Celebrate Your Community Service: Submit “Serving New York”

Every year, NYSBA celebrates local broadcasters’ commitment to serving their communities.  We also honor the public service groups that work with local stations to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the Empire State.  We recognize commercial, non-commercial, and college stations for their efforts.  Honorees receive the famous NYSBA Crystal Bowl.

To receive recognition at the luncheon for your community service, stations should:

• Submit a brief paragraph describing the campaign

  • The campaign may be on the air (PSA) or an off-air project

  • Submit only one campaign per station

  • It may be a digital or traditional broadcast

  • Events or broadcasts that have occurred between September 1, 2024, and August 29, 2025

• Provide the name of the public service group with which you worked

• Provide a station logo and the logo of the group you worked with

• Submit any photos from the event

• No need to submit video or audio tape

• Provide the names of individuals attending the luncheon

• Stations must be present at the luncheon to receive a Serving New York Recognition

Stations are encouraged to invite a public interest group with whom they worked during the past year. Representatives from the public interest groups will also be recognized at the luncheon.

Note that the Serving New York Recognition is different from the Excellence in Broadcasting Awards.  If you receive an Excellence in Broadcasting Award for a PSA campaign, please do not submit the same campaign for a serving New York Award.  You may submit a different campaign for the Serving New York Award.   However, we will present both awards at the same luncheon.  Luncheons will be held this fall in Buffalo, Rochester, Binghamton, Syracuse, Albany, Long Island, and New York City.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS August 29, 2025 

Click here to submit your entry!