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The 2022 Diamond Journalism Awards, hosted by the Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, honored reporters in states throughout the region on June 30. The competition was for journalism that was broadcast or published. 

ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Little Rock Public Radio is celebrating the success of its KÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½R News Team for its honors in the 2021 Diamond Journalism Award contest.

News reports and two local programs aired on ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Little Rock Public Radio station KÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½R 89.1 FM won 10 awards in the 2020 competition of the Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists. 

KÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½R has once again been named Best Radio Station in the Arkansas Times annual Best of Arkansas Awards.

When Michael Hibblen learned that the century-old Rock Island Railroad Depot in Perry, Arkansas, had been saved from demolition, he was thrilled that a unique piece of history would be preserved for future generations. 

Michael Hibblen, news director for ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ Little Rock Public Radio, will be the next speaker in the Arkansas State Archives’ Pen to Podium: Arkansas Historical Writers’ lecture series on Tuesday, Aug. 21. 

Three of central Arkansas’s best bands will perform Thursday, June 28, as part of NPR’s Tiny Desk Arkansas event. 

Since about the age of 6, news director of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s National Public Radio, KÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½R, had an unwavering affinity for the Rock Island railroad, one of Arkansas’ major railways for nearly 80 years.