HUNTINGTON, W.Va. \u2013 Students, the faculty manager and a community volunteer from Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, received three (3) Platinum Awards, six (6) Gold and three (3) Honorable Mention Awards in the MarCom Creative Awards 2024 Competition. The winners were announced via an email received by WMUL-FM on November 7, 2024.<\/p>\n
Dr. Chuck G. Bailey, professor of radio\u2013television production and management in the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Marshall University and faculty manager of WMUL-FM, said, “Earning three platinum awards is an outstanding accomplishment in recognizing our WMUL-FM student broadcasters for creating a unique auto racing program, producing an insightful hard news reporting package and a community volunteer producing an enjoyable specialty music program. Gold awards went for interviewing HerdCon\u2019s celebrity presenter, reporting about a tornado warning, producing an album analysis, publishing a monthly newsletter and the FM 88 Sports Staff\u2019s sports reporting on the academic year in review as well as the first female runner from Marshall to qualify for nationals. In addition, WMUL-FM student broadcasters were acknowledged as having created a clever post about the Whizzbangers Ball, along with worthy posts by the radio station\u2019s social media team to Instagram. I am proud and grateful for the honor these MarCom Creative platinum, gold and honorable mention awards bestow on WMUL-FM, the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications and Marshall University. These MarCom Creative Awards are a tribute to the continual quality and commitment of the radio station\u2019s student and community volunteer staff to its news\/sports coverage by both our Newscenter 88 Team and our FM 88 Sports Staff as well as our social media team.”<\/p>\n
The MarCom Creative Awards contest is an international competition that recognizes achievement by marketing and communication practitioners. Entries are judged by the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. There were more than 6,500 entries in the MarCom Creative Awards 2024 Competition from the United States, Canada and 52 other countries.<\/p>\n
The MarCom Creative Award’s prestigious Platinum Award is presented to those entries judged to be among the most outstanding entries in the competition.\u00a0 Platinum Winners are recognized for their excellence in terms of quality, creativity and resourcefulness. Platinum Winners are listed on the MarCom Creative Awards website at www.marcomawards.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Gold Award is presented to those entries judged to exceed the high standards of the industry. Honorable Mention certificates are granted to those entries that meet the expectations of the judges.<\/p>\n Winners of the MarCom Creative Awards Platinum and Gold Awards come from radio stations, advertising and public relations agencies, corporate communication departments, educational institutions, government entities, designers, writers, video production professionals, broadcast and cable operations and other businesses and individuals.<\/p>\n \u201cSpeedZone: Episode Thirty-Four,\u201d an hour-long, live, weekly motorsports program, with host Ben Cower, a senior from Purcellville, Virginia, and panelists Sean Kelly, a senior from State College, Pennsylvania, and Dale Garrett, a senior from Huntington. This thirty-fourth episode of \u201cSpeedZone\u201d, featuring Ona Speedway Track Promoter TJ Layne, was broadcast Thursday, May 2, 2024.<\/p>\nPlatinum Award Winning Entries<\/h2>\n
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