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2008 KAPB WINNING ENTRIES

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Class Two Radio
Class Two Television
Class One Radio
Class One Television
 
RADIO CLASS II
CATEGORY  
Best Newscast
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WEKU, Charles Compton, "WEKU Newscasts 2007"
MSPR, Chuck Mraz, "MSPR Morning News"
MSPR, Dan Conti, Nicole Back and Shayla Menville, "Mountain Edition"
Best Spot News
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYX, Donna Groves and Matt Ryan, "Train Derailment"
WKYX, Donna Groves, "Uranium Hexaflouride Crash"
WEKY, Jessica Byrd, "Irvine Standoff"
Best Continuing Coverage
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYX, Donna Groves, Matt Ryan and Joe Jackson, "Chief Under Fire"
WKYX, Matt Ryan and Donna Groves, Cop Turned Crook"
WKYU, Dan Modlin and Lisa Autry, The Odd Year In Weather"
Best Special -
Series/Documentary
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYU, Joe Corcoran, "Creation Museum"
WKMS, Nicole Erwin, "Farming In The Bluegrass"
WKYX, Matt Ryan, "Matt Flies High"
Best Enterprise / Investigative
Reporting
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WEKU, Charles Compton, "Scarce Vaccine"
WEKU, Charles Compton, "Slots and the Sport of Kings"
WKYX, Donna Groves, "Firefighter Test Changes"
Best Hard News Feature
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WEKU, Ron Smith, "Picking Up The Political Pieces"
WKMS, Chad Lampe, "Vet Shortage"
WMKY, Shayla Menville, "State Treasurer Candidates"
Best Light News Feature
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
MSPR, Nicole Back, "Liberty Bell"
WKMS, Jim Michael, "The Paducah Quilt Show"
WKMS, Chad Lampe, "Soldiers Coming Home"
Best Public Affairs
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYU, Dan Modlin, "On The Job"
WKMS, Nicole Erwin, "MRSA"
WKYX, Joe Jackson, "The Choking Game"
Best Political Coverage
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYX, Joe Jackson, "Fancy Farm 2007"
None awarded
None awarded
Best Sports Reporting
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
MSPR, Chuck Mraz, "MSPR Morning Sports"
None awarded
None awarded
Best Sports Feature / Special
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
MSPR, Mackenzie Bates, "Raceland vs. Russell"
WKYX, Joe Jackson, "Repeat Rally"
None awarded
Best Use of Sound
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYX, Matt Ryan, "Lone Oak Rally"
WKYU, Lisa Autry, "Dogfighting"
WKMS-FM, Chad Lampe, "Custom Guitars"
Best Web Site
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYX, Donna Groves, Matt Ryan and Joe Jackson, "wkyx.com"
WKMS, Matt Markgraf, "wkms.org"
None awarded
Best Radio Reporter
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYX, Donna Groves
WKYX, Matt Ryan
WKYU, Lisa Autry
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TELEVISION CLASS II
CATEGORY  
Best Newscast
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WYMT-TV, Newsroom Staff, "Mountain News"
None awarded
None awarded
Best Spot News
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WPSD-TV, Michael Driver and Jennifer Horbelt, "We Lost Everything"
WPSD-TV, Anna Prendergast, "Hose Help"
WYMT-TV, Jon Sonnheim, "Knott Fire"
Best Continuing Coverage
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WBKO-TV, Tamara Evans, "Soldiers Death Hits Home"
WYMT-TV, Marie Luby, "Nurses Strike Against ARH"
WPSD-TV, Anna Prendergast and Chad Darnall, "Guilty"
Best Special - Series/Documentary
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WYMT-TV, Steve Hensley, "1957 Flood: 50 Years Later"
WYMT-TV, Steve Hensley, "Halfway to Hazard: Making It In Nashville"
WBKO-TV, Gene Birk, "Shoot For The Stars"
Best Enterprise / Investigative
Reporting
     First Place

     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WPSD-TV, Michael Driver and Anna Prendergast, "Why Are You Calling?"
WYMT-TV, Marie Luby, "Cumberland Bridge"
WBKO-TV, Tamara Evans, "Gang Related"
Best Hard News Feature
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WBKO-TV, Forrest Sanders, "Curing Affluenza"
WBKO-TV, Tamara Evans, "Soldier's Death Hits Home"
WPSD-TV, Todd Faulkner, Chad Darnall and Mike Spissinger, "Interstate Baby"
Best Light News Feature
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WPSD-TV, Chad Darnall and Todd Faulkner, "IAM4UK"
WBKO-TV, Forrest Sanders, "Merry Mary"
WBKO-TV, Laura Rogers, "Mitzi Ann"
Best Public Affairs
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WPSD-TV, Michael Driver and Anna Prendergast, "Gone in 4 Seconds"
WPSD-TV, Paula Bridges and Mark Owens, "Seatbelts on School Buses"
None awarded
Best Political Coverage
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
None awarded
None awarded
None awarded
Best Sports Prep Show
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WPSD-TV, Staff, "Grid Iron Glory"
None awarded
None awarded
Best Sports Feature
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WYMT-TV, Bobby Harrison, "The Upright Brothers"
WBKO-TV, Jeff Woods, "Hornet Pride"
WYMT-TV, Jon Sonnheim, "Thomas Jones"
Best Sports Special
     First Place

    Second Place
     Honorable Mention


WBKO-TV, Jeff Woods, David Hosay and Doug Thompson, "Sports Connection"
None awarded
None awarded
Best News Videography
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WPSD-TV, Michael Driver, "Gone In 4 Seconds"
WPSD-TV, Chad Darnall, "Guilty"
WBKO-TV, Forrest Sanders, "Rochester Dam"
Best Sports Videography
    First Place
    Second Place
    Honorable Mention
WPSD-TV, Michael Driver, "Beating The Odds"
WBKO-TV, Jeff Woods, "Hornet Pride"
None awarded
Best Feature Videography
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WPSD-TV, Chad Darnall, "IAM4UK"
WBKO-TV, Forrest Sanders, "Train Rides Again"
None awarded
Best Web Site
     First Place
  
  Second Place
     Third Place
WPSD-TV, Staff, "wpsdtv.com"
WYMT-TV, Staff, "wymtnews.com"
WBKO-TV, Staff, "wbko.com"
Best TV Reporter
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WBKO-TV, Forrest Sanders
WYMT-TV, Marie Luby
None awarded
Best TV News Anchor
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WBKO-TV, Gene Birk
WPSD-TV, Paula Bridges
WBKO-TV, Amy Bingham
Best TV News Videographer
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WPSD-TV, Chad Darnall
WPSD-TV, Michael Driver
WBKO-TV, Forrest Sanders
Best TV Weather Anchor
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WPSD-TV, Jennifer Rukavina
WBKO-TV, Shane Holinde, "Heat, Drought & Everything In-Between"
WBKO-TV, Chris Allen, "AM Kentucky Weather"
Best TV Sportscaster
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WBKO-TV, James Brandenburg
WPSD-TV, Greg Miller
WBKO-TV, Jeff Woods
 
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RADIO CLASS I
CATEGORY  
Best Newscast
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WHAS-AM, Staff
WFPL, Staff
WUKY, Alan Lytle
Best Spot News
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WHAS-AM, Staff, "Bardstown Fire Tragedy"
None awarded
None awarded
Best Continuing Coverage
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WHAS-AM, Staff, "Search for Ivan"
WUKY-FM, Staff, "Midway Stockyards Saga"
None awarded
Best Special -
Series/Documentary
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYU, Dan Modlin, "The Continuing Cost"
WFPL, Kristin Espeland, "Louisville Air Pollution"
WHAS-AM, Brenna Gallegos, "Blind Students"
Best Enterprise / Investigative
Reporting
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WFPL, Kristin Espeland, "Stream Buffer"
WKYU-FM, Dan Modlin, "Big Business"
WUKY-FM, Paul Laurence and Wendy Turner, "Teens and Politics"
Best Hard News Feature
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
 
WKYU, Kevin Willis, "HIV Testing In Jail"
WEKU, Stu Johnson, "Freedom To Panhandle"
WEKU, Ron Smith, "Strange Bedfellows"
WFPL, Staff, "Supreme Court Desegregation Case"
Best Light News Feature
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WEKU, Ron Smith, "Rest Stoppin' with Style"
WFPL, Stephanie Sanders, "Consumed: Food Miles"
WKYU, Lisa Autry, "WW I  Vet"
Best Public Affairs
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYU, Lisa Autry, "ATV Deaths"
WKYU, Kevin Willis, "Email Scams"
WFPL, Stephanie Sanders, "Louisville's Metro Council: Is It Working?"
Best Political Coverage
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
Kentucky Public Radio, Tony McVeigh, "Kentucky Governor's Race"
None awarded
None awarded
Best Sports Reporting
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WEKU, Stu Johnson, "Golfer's Without A Home"
None awarded
None awarded
Best Sports Feature / Special
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WUKY, Kathleen Adams,"Rocktober"
WKYU, Dan Modlin, "1-A Football"
WUKY, Kathleen Adams, "Polytrack"
Best Use of Sound
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WFPL, Stephanie Sanders, "A Day In The Life: Capt. Mark Doty"
None awarded
None awarded
Best Web Site
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WFPL, Staff, "wfpl.org"
None awarded
None awarded
Best Radio Reporter
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
Kentucky Public Radio, Tony McVeigh
WHAS-AM, Michael Clark
WEKU, Charles Compton
Best Radio Anchor
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WHAS-AM, Ted Werbin
WFPL, Susan Sweeney Crum
None awarded
 
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TELEVISION CLASS I                      
CATEGORY  
Best Newscast
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WHAS-TV, Staff
WDRB-TV, Staff
WLKY-TV, Staff
Best Spot News
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WLKY-TV, Andy Alcock and Sarah Gentry, "Clark County Tornado"
WHAS-TV, Staff, "Bullitt County Trail Derailment"
WAVE-TV, Connie Leonard and Reid Olson, "Courthouse Brawl"
Best Continuing Coverage
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WHAS-TV, Staff, "Bank Robbery"
WLEX-TV, Staff, "Killed In The Line Of Duty"
WLKY-TV, Mike Petchenik and Ben Jackey, "Principal Prostitute"
Best Special -
Series/Documentary
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WLKY-TV, John Boel and Paul Ahmann, "A Matter of Life and Death"
WAVE-TV, Connie Leonard and Drew Cook, "Tunica In The Bluegrass"
WLEX-TV, Travis Thompson and Zach Tucker, "Who Killed Letha Rutherford?"
Best Enterprise / Investigative
Reporting
     First Place

     Second Place
     Honorable Mention

WLKY-TV, John Boel, Paul Ahmann and Dave Mills, "The Drug Crackdown Myth"
WLKY-TV, Ben Jackey, "Indecent Inspection"
None awarded
Best Hard News Feature
     First Place

     Second Place
     Honorable Mention





 
WLEX-TV, Travis Thompson and Zach Tucker, "Who Killed Letha Rutherford?"
WLEX-TV, Chase Cain, "Flight 5191: NTSB Decision Preview"
WLEX-TV, Heather Higdon and Derek Howard, "Police Chief Solicited"
WLKY-TV, Carissa Lawson and Doug Drushke, "Goodbye Young Marine"
WKYT-TV, Barton Bill and Mark Kennedy, "When a Cab is Too Expensive"
WKYT-TV, Sam Dick, "Meth Diet"
WDKY-TV, Marvin Bartlett, "Turning Straight"
WLKY-TV, Andy Alcock and Bruce Anderson, "Soldier's Letters Home"
WLEX-TV, Amanda Hara, "Booker Henson"
Best Light News Feature
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WTVQ-TV, Megan Skaggs and Paul Mojonnier, "Well, Hello Colonel"
WDRB-TV, Barry Bernson and Matt English, "South Boston Opry"
None awarded
Best Public Affairs
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WDRB-TV, Dick Irby and Vince Vermeulen, "Public Park Pollution"
WLKY-TV, John Boel and Kevin Stanton, "Work Release Isn't Working"
WLEX-TV, Kathy Stone and Bill Meck, "Danger From The Sky"
Best Political Coverage
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WLKY-TV, Andy Alcock, "Library Tax Referendum"
None awarded
None awarded
Best Sports Prep Show
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WLEX-TV, Staff, "Lex18 High School Sports Zone"
WKYT-TV, Christie Thomas, John Wilson and Steve Moss, "Sports Spectrum"
None awarded
Best Sports Feature
     First Place
     TIE: Second Place
     TIE: Second Place

     Honorable Mention
WAVE-TV, Scott Harvey and Reid Olson, "I Miss Tony Everyday"
WLKY-TV, John Boel, Bill DeReamer and Scott Eckhardt, "Inside The Ironman"
WLKY-TV, Ben Jackey and Scott Eckhardt, "Making A Point"
WLEX-TV, Justin White and Andy Pollard, "Overcoming Boundaries"
Best Sports Special
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WLEX-TV, Staff, "Kentucky Derby 133"
WKYT-TV, Dick Gabriel and David Combs, "Bill Gillispie: Fast and Furious"
None awarded
Best News Videography
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
 
WLEX-TV, Zach Tucker, "Who Killed Letha Rutherford?"
WTVQ-TV, Steve Kaufmann, "Fabric Of A Town"
WDRB-TV, Dominik Fuhrmann, "Soldier Funeral"
WKYT-TV, John Wilson, "Irvine Standoff"
Best Sports Videography
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WLEX-TV, Andy Pollard, "Swing and a Miss"
WLEX-TV, Andy Pollard, "Voice of Legends"
None awarded
Best Feature Videography
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WTVQ-TV, Paul Mojonnier, "Well, Hello Colonel"
WLEX-TV, Brian Gilbert, "Cable Cut"
WHAS-TV, Steven Richard, "55 Trees"
Best Web Site
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WLEX-TV, Jim Wilkeson, "lex18.com"
WHAS-TV, Maureen Hagrman and Joanne Dickson, "whas11.com"
None awarded
Best TV Reporter
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WLEX-TV, Sarah Lane
WAVE-TV, Mark Schnyder
WLEX-TV, Kristen Pflum
Best TV News Anchor
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WLEX-TV, Nancy Cox
WLKY-TV, John Boel
WLKY-TV, Paul Moses
Best TV Editor
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WLEX-TV, Zach Tucker
WLEX-TV, Brian Gilbert
WLEX-TV, Robert Cook
Best TV News Videographer
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WTVQ-TV, Steve Kaufmann
WLEX-TV, Zach Tucker
WTVQ-TV, Paul Mojonnier
Best TV Weather Anchor
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WKYT-TV, T. G. Shuck
WLEX-TV, Bill Meck
None awarded
Best TV Sportscaster
     First Place
     Second Place
     Honorable Mention
WAVE-TV, Kent Taylor
WKYT-TV, Drew Deener
None awarded
 

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