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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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WMUL students receive nine awards in Hermes Competition

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Students from WMUL-FM, Marshall University’s public radio station, received four Platinum Awards, three Gold Awards and two Honorable Mention Awards in The Hermes Creative Awards 2010 Competition.

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, “This is an outstanding accomplishment to be recognized as having produced one of the best documentaries in the country as well as a highly regarded women’s basketball play-by-play, a quality Marshall sports week in review program and the best overall website.

“I am proud and grateful for the honor these Hermes Creative Platinum Awards bestow on WMUL-FM, the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications and Marshall University,” Bailey said. “The Gold Awards are tributes to the full-length program scriptwriting, the daily thirty-minute newscast announcing and sports play-by-play announcing skills of our broadcast students in competition with professional practitioners.”  

With the addition of these nine awards, the student broadcasters have won a grand total of 76 awards for the 2009-2010 academic year with three contests still remaining – the West Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards, the Communicator Awards, and the  Jim Nantz College Sportscaster of the Year Award.

The 76 awards include 24 first-place awards, 20 second-place awards, six third-place awards and  26 honorable mention awards.

The Platinum Award-winning entries by WMUL-FM in the Hermes Competition were in the Radio Documentary Program, Radio Program, Radio Sports Play-By-Play and Web Site Overall categories.

Radio Documentary Program

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

Radio Program

“Herd Roundup,” broadcast and made available online Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. The students who participated in “Herd Roundup” were Adam Cavalier, co-host and producer, and Robert Iddings, a senior from St. Albans, co-host and producer.

Radio Sports Play-By-Play

WMUL-FM’s broadcast of the Marshall University versus University of Alabama-Birmingham women’s basketball game played at Cam Henderson Center in Huntington Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. The students calling the game were basketball play-by-play announcer Adam Cavalier; color commentator Scott Hall, a graduate from Stevens City, Va.; and engineer Leannda Carey, a junior from Wellsburg.

Overall Web Site

WMUL-FM’s website is www. marshall.edu/wmul. The 2009-2010 Web Master for WMUL-FM Online was Deven Swartz, a senior from Philippi.

The Gold Award-winning entries by WMUL-FM were in the Radio Script, Radio Newscast and Radio Sports Play-By-Play categories.

Radio Documentary Script

The script for the documentary program “Failing Infrastructure: Saving Huntington’s Sewage System” was written by Adam Cavalier. The documentary script was completed Monday, May 4, 2009. 

Radio Newscast

“The 5:00 p.m. Edition of Newscenter 88” was broadcast Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Delaney McLemore, a sophomore from Philomath, Ore., was the producer, Adam Cavalier and Leannda Carey were news anchors, and Kenneth Cox, a senior from Glen White, was sports anchor.

Radio Sports Play-By-Play

WMUL-FM’s broadcast of the Marshall University versus Southern Methodist University football game played at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington Nov. 21, 2009. Students calling the game were football play-by-play announcer Robert Iddings; color commentator Dave Traube, a senior from Beckley; and engineer Scott Hall.

The Honorable Mention Award-winning entries by WMUL-FM were in the category Audio Podcast Category and Radio Sports Play-By-Play.

Audio Podcast

“J. R. VanHoose: From the Herd to the Hornets,” written and produced by Adam Cavalier, that was broadcast during the “5:00 p.m. Edition of Newscenter 88,” and available online Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.

Radio Sports Play-By-Play

WMUL-FM’s broadcast of the Marshall University versus Bowling Green State University football game played at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. The students calling the game were football play-by-play announcer Adam Cavalier; color commentator Ryan Epling, a recent master’s degree graduate from Wayne; sideline reporter Andrew Ramspacher, a senior from Dublin, Ohio; and engineer Scott Hall.

The Hermes Creative Awards, administered and evaluated by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, are an international competition created to honor outstanding creativity, skill, craft and talent in the concept, writing and design of traditional and emerging media.  All entries are judged on a point system in areas including creativity, design, innovation, presentation and technical merit while at the same time promoting the philanthropic nature of marketing and communication professionals.  There were approximately 3,600 entries in The Hermes Creative Awards 2010 Competition from throughout the United States and several other countries. 

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