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Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, 304-696-7153
 

WMUL students receive five CBI awards

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Students from WMUL-FM, Marshall University’s public radio station, received one first-place award and four finalist awards in the 88th Annual National College Media Convention/2009 Collegiate Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) National Student Radio Production Awards Ceremony.

The event took place Friday, Oct. 30 at the Hilton Austin Hotel and Convention Center in Austin, Texas.

Marshall’s students competed with broadcasting students from colleges and universities throughout the United States, according to Dr. Chuck G. Bailey, professor of Radio-Television Production and Management in the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Marshall and faculty manager of WMUL-FM.

He said the contest, in its eighth year, is sponsored by the CBI, which administers the contest in cooperation with College Media Advisers Inc. (CMA), the nation’s oldest and largest college media organization.

“I am proud of our broadcasting students who continue to provide quality broadcast performances to Tri-State listeners and to be outstanding representatives for the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications and Marshall University in competitions against nationally known colleges and universities,” Bailey said.

WMUL’s first-place award winning entry was:

Best Radio News Reporting 

“Whitewater Release,” written and produced by Adam Cavalier, a graduate student from Montgomery. It was broadcast during the “5:00 p.m. Edition of Newscenter 88,” Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008.
 

WMUL’s finalist award-winning entries were:

Best Documentary

“Failing Infrastructure:  Saving Huntington’s Sewage System,” written and produced by Adam Cavalier. The documentary was broadcast during “Aircheck” Thursday, May 7, 2009. 
 

Best Radio Promo

“Cutting Stuff,” an in-house promotional announcement broadcast in WMUL-FM’s Promotion Announcement rotation from Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 through the present time, written and produced by Deven Swartz, a senior from Philippi.
 

Best Radio Technical Production

“Marshall vs. UCF Homecoming Game Tease and Intro,” written and produced by Adam Cavalier. It was broadcast Saturday, Nov. 10, 2008.
 

Best Radio Sports Play-By-Play

WMUL-FM’s broadcast of the Marshall University versus the University of Houston football game played at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008.  The students calling the game were play-by-play announcer Ryan Epling, a graduate student from Wayne; color commentator Adam Cavalier; sideline reporter Deven Swartz; and engineer Tony Viola, a sophomore from Follansbee.
 

A total of 443 entries were submitted for judging in the 2009 CBI National Student Production Awards.

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