For the second year in a row, AUTV-20 and 88.9 WRDL were selected for multiple Finalist Awards by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System.

AUTV-20 was recognized in five different categories and WRDL was honored in three different categories.

“These awards are a tribute to the hard work, dedication and creative abilities of our JDM co-curricular media students,”

AUTV-20 and WRDL faculty advisor Dr. Dave McCoy said. “The IBS Awards are one of the longest-running and noteworthy collegiate media competitions in the country.”

AUTV-20 was nominated for an award in five seperate categories. AUTV-20 station manager Ingrid Schmidt was nominated for the Best use of YouTube category as well as the Best use of Instagram.

AUTV-20 runs a couple of different public affairs shows, one of them being “Eagle’s Eye.”

This year “Eagle’s Eye” was produced by Waylon O’Donnell, Michaela Ping and Ingrid Schmidt and was nominated in the top six in the nation for Best Talk Program.

AUTV-20 produces a two minute newscast every day of the school week. Alongside of the News Break, the station also produces a longer 15 minute show that placed in the top six this year at the IBS awards.

Renee Borcas, Connor Dunwoodie, Sean Honaker, Paul Murray, Callan Pugh and Ingrid Schmidt were all a part of producing the award winning show.

The final award that AUTV-20 was nominated for was The AU Wrestling Spotlight show.

The show was produced by Renee Borcas, Trae Coopwood, Erich Metze and Ingrid Schmidt and Bree Gannon was the interviewer.
The show was nominated in the top three of Best Sports Interview Program.

WRDL was also nominated for a variety of awards. The first of which was the Best Event Promo in which WRDL was nominated in the top five for the AU Basketball Promo that was produced by Tom Nesbitt.

WRDL was also nominated in the top six for Best Sports play-by-play, women’s basketball for Noah Cloonan and Tyler Lance’s work during the National Championship game. This is the same category that WRDL placed first in during last year’s competition.

The final category that WRDL recieved recognition in was for the Best Station Promotional Poster.

The nomination came from The WRDL Tailgate Party poster that was developed by the WRDL staff and General Manager Derek Wood.
JDM honorees are invited to the national convention to be held in early March in New York City.

The Finalist Awards and the National First Place Awards will be handed out during the ceremony.