Mt. SAC radio station earns Golden Mikes

Mt. San Antonio College's radio station, KSAK 90.1, won three Golden Mike awards during the recent Radio and Television News Association of Southern California's annual awards ceremony.

Students Claudia Amezcua of Pomona and Cason Smith of Rowland Heights, KSAK operations coordinator, together won Golden Mikes in the best entertainment reporting and best use of sound in the category of radio stations with fewer than six full-time staff, according to a college statement.

Amezcua and Smith won for a piece on the opening of the 2010 Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire.

Smith, who has served as KSAK operations coordinator for nine years and teaches broadcasting at the college, also won an award for the same piece in the Association's Division B best individual writing category.

The Mt. SAC radio station has won 19 Golden Mikes in the past six years.

Every year the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California recognizes the best work in radio and television from major networks to college stations.

This year's awards ceremony took place Jan. 22 at the Universal Hilton in Hollywood.