Awards were handed out to broadcast radio and television stations in nineteen categories at the Sound Bites Awards sponsored by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association on Thursday, November 14 at the Framingham Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center.
The winners of the night in the Station of the Year category were MyFM 101.3 WMRC and WCVB-TV for radio and television, respectively. Cat Country 98.1 WCTK-FM and Springfield’s Western Mass News WGGB/WSHM-TV were runners up in the Station of the Year category.
Highlighting broadcaster’s commitment to their communities, MyFM 101.3 won the radio Sound Bites Award for best Public Service Announcement for their “Ben Speaks” PSA. WCVB-TV won the Public Service Announcement award in television for their “Dimock Center” PSA highlighting the comprehensive health and human services provided to Boston’s underserved neighborhoods.
The MBA highlighted the best in localism with #WeAreBroadcasters awards to 107.3 WAAF for “Mistress Carrie Runs the Boston Marathon” which benefited the Home Base Program. WBZ-TV won the award for television for their coverage of the 2019 Boston Marathon.
Now in its eighth year, the Sound Bites Awards received more than 200 award entries, highlighting the excellent work done each year by local broadcasters. See a complete list of winners below.
| Category | Type | Place | Call Letters | Headline or Title |
| Individual Commercial | Radio | Merit | WRSI-FM | Talon Furniture - Do You Have a Chair? |
| Individual Commercial | Radio | First | WPXC-WHYA-WFRQ-WKFY | Sandwich Hollows Golf Course - Tom McHugh Skips Work |
| Individual Commercial | TV | Merit | WBZ-TV | Boston Children's Hospital: Give A Smile |
| Individual Commercial | TV | First | WCVB-TV | Commonwealth Motors "Spies" |
| Commercial Campaign | Radio | Merit | WAZK-FM | Remain Nantucket - More |
| Commercial Campaign | Radio | First | WRSI-FM | Hadley Garden Center - They're Garden People |
| Commercial Campaign | TV | First | WCVB-TV | McLean Hospital "Letters" |
| Station Imaging | Radio | Merit | WCTK-FM | Cat Country 98.1 |
| Station Imaging | Radio | First | WBQT-FM | HOT 96.9 Imaging |
| Station Promotional Announcement | Radio | Merit | WWBX-FM | Mix Beach House |
| Station Promotional Announcement | Radio | First | WBOS-FM | Passport To ROCK |
| Station Promotional Announcement | TV | Merit | WWLP-TV | 22News Everywhere I Go |
| Station Promotional Announcement | TV | First | WFXT-TV | "Watch Learn Know" |
| Air Personality | Radio | Merit | WATD-FM | Rob Hakala |
| Air Personality | Radio | First | WSRS-FM | Suzanne & Greg In The Morning |
| Air Personality | TV | Merit | WWLP-TV | Nick Bannin |
| Air Personality | TV | First | WCVB-TV | Ben Simmoneau |
| Sports Feature | Radio | Merit | WATD-FM | Town Grieves the Loss of Legendary High School Football Coach |
| Sports Feature | Radio | First | WBZ-FM | Kraftwork |
| Sports Feature | TV | Merit | WWLP-FM | Miracle League Opening Day |
| Sports Feature | TV | First | WCVB-TV | Jake's Journey to the Super Bowl |
| Sports Play-by-Play | Radio | Merit | WATD-FM | Scituate vs. Nipmuc Super Bowl Game |
| Sports Play-by-Play | Radio | First | WPKZ-AM | The 113th Thanksgiving Day Classic |
| Spot News Story | Radio | Merit | WATD-FM | Biden At Stop & Shop |
| Spot News Story | Radio | First | WATD-FM | A Check For Whitey Bulger |
| Spot News Story | TV | Merit | WCVB-TV | New England Casket Company Fire |
| Spot News Story | TV | First | WBZ-TV | Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions |
| Investigative Reporting | TV | Merit | WGGB/WSHM | Holyoke Apartment Squalor |
| Investigative Reporting | TV | First | WCVB-TV | State Troopers and Supervisors Charged in Overtime Scandal |
| Feature Story | Radio | Merit | WAMQ-FM | Final Frames For Pittsfield's Candle Lanes |
| Feature Story | Radio | First | WATD-FM | Brockton Summer Fest |
| Feature Story | TV | Merit | WCVB-TV | "Chronicle": Water Woes |
| Feature Story | TV | First | WFXT-TV | Mattapan Conservation Hero |
| Photojournalist | TV | First | WWLP-TV | Michael Houle Composite |
| Excellence in Sound | Radio | Merit | WPKZ-AM | A Player's Voice: In-Game Player Introductions |
| Excellence in Sound | Radio | First | WATD-FM | Hanson PTO Plunge |
| Recurring Segment | Radio | Merit | WPXC-FM | Pixy 103's "Homegrown Showcase" |
| Recurring Segment | Radio | First | WQRC-FM | Feel Good News |
| Recurring Segment | TV | Merit | WBTS-TV | Crafted on The Cape |
| Recurring Segment | TV | First | WBZ-TV | The Road Back Home |
| Digital Media | Radio | Merit | WWBX-FM | Under The Tree with BSB - Backstreet Boys |
| Digital Media | Radio | First | WBQT-FM | HOT 96.9's $96K 4-Play |
| Digital Media | TV | Merit | WBZ-TV | Patriots Super Bowl Anthem |
| Digital Media | TV | First | WFXT-TV | Merrimack Valley Explosions |
| On-Air Contest | Radio | Merit | WMRC-AM | MyFM Summer School |
| On-Air Contest | Radio | First | WWBX-FM | Mix 104.1 Mix Beach House Contest |
| On-Air Contest | TV | First | WFXT-TV | Small Business Big Dreams |
| Public Service Announcement | Radio | Merit | WMVY-FM | An Inclusive Community: The Goal of the Island Disability Coalition |
| Public Service Announcement | Radio | First | WMRC-AM | Ben Speaks |
| Public Service Announcement | TV | Merit | WBZ-TV | Patriots Toy Drive |
| Public Service Announcement | TV | First | WCVB-TV | Dimock Center |
| #WeAreBroadcasters | Radio | Merit | WATD-FM | Almost Famous Shines a Spotlight on the Local Music Community |
| #WeAreBroadcasters | Radio | First | WAAF-FM | WAAF's Mistress Carrie Runs the Boston Marathon for the Home Base Program |
| #WeAreBroadcasters | TV | Merit | WCVB-TV | Holiday Lights 2018 |
| #WeAreBroadcasters | TV | First | WBZ-TV | Boston Marathon 2019 |
| Above and Beyond | TV | First | WWLP-TV | Monica Ricci |
| Station of the Year | Radio | Merit | WCTK-FM | This is Cat Country 98.1 |
| Station of the Year | Radio | First | WMRC-AM | MyFM - Commitment to Community |
| Station of the Year | TV | Merit | WGGB-TV | Western Mass News- Station of the Year |
| Station of the Year | TV | First | WCVB-TV | WCVB Station of the Year |