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Monday, Nov. 9, 2009
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WMUL-FM receives first-place Podcast Best of Show award

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – WMUL-FM, Marshall University’s public radio station, received a first-place Podcast Best of Show award at the 88th Annual National College Media Convention/2009 Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) Annual College Competition ceremony.

The ceremony took place Sunday, Nov. 1 in the Austin Grand Ballroom, Austin Hilton Hotel and Convention Center in Austin, Texas.

The award-winning entry by WMUL-FM was a regular 30-minute edition of a sports program that airs Friday and Saturday during Marshall University football weekends. The winning entry was “Herd Roundup,” broadcast the first time Friday, Oct. 23, 2009.

The students who participated in this edition of “Herd Roundup” were: host Adam Cavalier, a graduate student from Montgomery, W. Va.; host Robert Iddings, a senior from St. Albans, W.Va.; reporter Ryan Epling, a graduate student from Wayne, W.Va.; and reporter Dave Traube, a senior from Beckley, W.Va.

Dr. Chuck G. Bailey, professor of Radio-Television Production and 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 media outlets with online Web sites from colleges and universities throughout the country whose staffs attended the 88th Annual National College Media Convention.       

The Best of Show competition is open only to publications and media outlets that send student delegates to the national convention.

“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 winning entry,” Bailey said. “Winning first place for the third time in this relatively new realm of media speaks well for Marshall University as it demonstrates that its students are working with new technologies which will help prepare them for the changing digital media landscape.”

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