WPNR 90.7 Pioneer Radio, the official student-run radio at Utica College, has received an excellence award from the New York State Broadcasters Association for the third consecutive year. The award received this year was for Outstanding Public Service Announcement (PSA) and was produced by Mark Mason Jr. ’24, a communications and media major who held the title of production manager for the radio station this past year. Mason’s PSA highlighted Utica College’s emergency call boxes that are located throughout campus. Previously, WPNR has won the Serving New York award (2019), and two Excellence in Broadcasting Awards for outstanding promotional announcement, and outstanding use of digital platforms (2020).