Duda receives Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year award

WINSTON-SALEM, NC. — One of Nebraska’s top sports media personalities is adding another trophy to his collection.

Doug Duda received the Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year Award this week at the National Sports Media Association awards convention. The organization announced him as one of seven finalists last November and revealed him as the winner in January.

Duda serves as sports director at ESPN Tri-Cities and 98.9 The Vibe. He also provides sports coverage on News Channel Nebraska TV. Duda has hosted the “Doug & Daddy Show” on ESPN Tri-Cities for nearly 20 years, providing Central Nebraska with the region’s only daily sports talk show. The Ord native also delivers radio play-by-play and TV sideline reporting for high school sports. His radio sports updates have kept local sports fans informed for decades.

“Doug’s dedication to covering local sports is unparalleled,” News Channel Nebraska CEO Andy Ruback said in January. “Nobody is more knowledgeable, entertaining, or better at building relationships with coaches and players than him. We are proud to have Doug on our team.”

Duda is the first sportscaster from outside of the Lincoln and Omaha metros to win the award since Dave Brock of KHAS Radio in Hastings in 1996.

The national event in North Carolina included the induction of sports media icons Lee Corso and Bill Plaschke into the NSMA Hall of Fame. Stu Pospisil of the Omaha World-Herald was recognized as the Nebraska Sportswriter of the Year.