On Wednesday, February 3rd, the IBS (Intercollegiate Broadcasting System) awards took place virtually! WHJE was in attendance as we had 41 nominations across the board! It was a very exciting night for us as we won big! We had 23 individual winners in 41 categories, including Best High School Radio Station! Below is our big list of winners!

BEST SPECIALTY MUSIC SHOW: Ethan Meneghini

BEST LIVE MUSIC BROADCAST: Ella Carlson & Alex Ferrell

MOST CREATIVE/INNOVATIVE SHOW: Elizabeth Kneifel

BEST CELEBRITY/BAND INTERVIEW: Wil Courtney

BEST RADIO DRAMA: Skylar Greaves & Via Sarjent

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Wil Courtney

BEST PUBLIC-AFFAIRS PROGRAM: Chris Elmore

BEST COMEDY PROGRAM:  Evan Sanders

BEST ON-AIR PLEDGE DRIVE: Jessica Cooper

BEST PUBLIC SERVICE PROMOTION: Maylee O’Brien

BEST SHOW PROMOTIONAL POSTER: Hali Papacharalambous & Caroline Houck

BEST CAMPUS NEWS COVERAGE: Austin Rubin

BEST POLITICAL NEWS COVERAGE: Sean Grove

BEST SPOT NEWS INTERVIEW: Caroline Houck

BEST SHOW PROMO: Wil Courtney

BEST PBP – FOOTBALL: Luke Donovan

BEST PBP – MEN’S BASKETBALL: David Weiderhaft

BEST PBP SOCCER: Joe Cronin

BEST SPORTS INTERVIEW: Luke Donovan

BEST SPORTS PRE/POST-GAME SHOW: Zach Browning & Joe Cronin

BEST STATION BLOG: Katelyn Conley

BEST USE OF VIDEO IN RADIO STUDIO: Kendall Frobig

BEST FACULTY ADVISOR, RADIO: Dominic James

BEST HIGH SCHOOL RADIO STATION: WHJE

Along with our overall first place winners, we had 22 staff members that were runner-ups along 17 categories! Below is our list of runner-ups!

BEST ON-AIR PERSONALITY: Jessica Cooper

BEST TALK PROGRAM: Caroline Houck & Hali Papacharalambous

BEST SPECIALTY SHOW: Chris Elmore, David Weiderhaft, Clayton Walker

BEST COMMUNITY PERSONALITY: Jessica Cooper

BEST NEWSCAST: Deaglan Anderson

BEST NEWS FEATURE STORY: Harel Halevi

BEST PROMO SERIES: Skylar Greaves & Via Sarjent

BEST STATION PROMO: Devin Ascioti

BEST EVENT PROMO: Kayla Gaerte

BEST PSA: Elizabeth Kneifel

BEST USE OF SOUND EFFECTS: Aidan Hurley

BEST STATION ID: Joanna Thornburg

BEST SPORTS TALK PROGRAM: Caroline Houck & Charlie Huiras

BEST SPORTS UPDATE: David Weiderhaft

BEST WEBSITE: Molly Kosiba

BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: Elizabeth Kneifel

BEST PBP – WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Charlie Maurer

Congratulations to all of our staff members on a successful IBS year!