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Friday, Nov. 18, 2005
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WMUL-FM wins Broadcast Best of Show award again

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – WMUL-FM, Marshall University’s public radio station, recently received the Broadcast Best of Show award for the sixth time in as many contests at the 84^th annual National College Media Convention/2005 Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) Annual College Competition ceremony.

The broadcast category was for radio only and was offered for only the sixth time in 2005 to recognize excellence among broadcasting attendees. Marshall has won Best of Show each of the six years the category has been offered.

The event took place Sunday, Oct. 30, in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Mo. The Broadcast Best of Show award winning entry by WMUL-FM was a 30-minute newscast: “The 5:00 p.m. Edition of Newscenter 88” for Monday, March 14, 2005. The students who participated in the newscast were:

Jen Smith, junior, Huntington, W.Va., producer; Vince Payne, graduate student, Hansford, W.Va., news anchor; Melanie Chapman, senior, McConnell, W.Va., news anchor; Brandon Millman, junior, Huntington, W.Va., weather anchor; Alex Reed, senior, Virginia Beach, Va., sports anchor; Dave Mistich, junior, Washington, W.Va., reporter; Joey Spurgeon, senior, Culloden, W.Va., reporter; Phil Turner, graduate student, Huntington, W.Va., reporter.

Dr. Chuck G. Bailey, professor of electronic media management in the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Marshall University and faculty manager of WMUL-FM, said the campus radio station competed with other broadcasting stations from colleges and universities throughout the country whose staffs attended the convention.       

The Best of Show competition is open only to publications and media outlets that send student delegates to the national convention. The competition is divided into eight newspaper categories, two yearbook categories, two magazine categories, and the one broadcast category. The entries were evaluated for general excellence, but emphasis was placed on reporting and leadership as expressed through content.

“This is an honor for WMUL-FM and all the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications students featured on the Best of Show entry,” Bailey said. “Winning speaks well for Marshall University, as the student broadcasters of WMUL-FM consistently earn top honors in direct competition with nationally recognized colleges and universities.”

The second-place award for the 2005 Broadcast Best of Show was won by the Savannah College of Art and Design.

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