2009 KAPB WINNING ENTRIES
(Winners in bold and in order)
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Class One Television |
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RADIO CLASS II |
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CATEGORY |
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Best Newscast
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
Morehead State Public Radio, "Mountain Edition", Dan Conti,
Tanner Hesterberg & Whitney Evans
Morehead State Public Radio, "MSPR Morning News", Chuck Mraz
WKYU, "Mid-Day Edition", Staff |
Best Spot News
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYX, "More Power Diesel Fire", Donna Groves
WKYX, "Immanuel Baptist Church Fire", Greg
Dunker
None awarded |
Best Continuing Coverage
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKMS, "Lake Barkley Pool Levels", Carrie Pond
WKYU, "Fighting Cancer in Kentucky", Dan
Modlin
WKYX, "Consolidation", Barry Wright |
Best Special -
Series/Documentary
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYU, "Proposed Bail-Out Package", Dan Modlin
WKMS, "Fueling the Purchase", Staff
WKYX, "Chief Hurting Department", Donna Groves |
Best Enterprise / Investigative
Reporting
First Place -TIE
TIE
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYX, "Chief Hurting Department", Donna Groves
WKYU, "Electric Car Plant", Lisa Autry
None awarded
WKMS, "Creationist Astronomer", Jacque Day |
Best Hard News Feature
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
WKMS, "Staycationing", Carrie Pond
WKYU, "Teaching More Than Arabic", Joe
Corcoran
WKYU, "Baby Joe Doe", Lisa Autry
WKMS, "The Execution of Marco Allen Chapman", Jacque Day |
Best Light News Feature
First Place
Second Place - TIE
TIE
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
WKMS, "The Black Church", Nicole Erwin
WKMS, "The River's Advocate", Carrie Pond
WKMS, "The 101st Airborne at Little Rock", Jacque Day
WKMS, "Calvert City Follies", Casey Northcutt
WKMS, "Aftermath of the Super Tuesday Storms", Todd Hatton
WKMS, "Post Secret @ the YAC", Anglea Hatton |
Best Public Affairs
First Place - TIE
TIE
Second Place
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
WKYU, "Farm Safety", Lisa Autry
WKYU, "The Impact of Brain Injury", Dan Modlin
WKMS, "TV Goes Digital", Chad Lampe
Morehead State Public Radio, "Guardian", Nicole Back
WKMS, "HIV in the Commonwealth", Angela Hatton
WKYX, "Icy Weather", Donna Groves |
Best Political Coverage
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKMS, "McConnell-Lunsford Senate Rate",
Carrie Pond
WKYU, "Election Night 2008", Kevin Willis,
Dan Modlin & Joe Corcoran
WKYX, "Fancy Farm", Joe Jackson |
Best Sports Reporting
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
Morehead State Public Radio, Chuck Mraz
Morehead State Public Radio, MacKenzie Bates
None awarded |
Best Sports Feature / Special
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
Morehead State Public Radio, "Darius Miller", MacKenzie Bates
None awarded
None awarded |
Best Use of Sound
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
Morehead State Public Radio, "Save The Queen", Nicole Back
WKMS, "Hidden Kitchens", Todd Hatton
WKMS, "Ham Biscuit", Angela Hatton |
Best Web Site
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYX, "www.westkentuckystar.com", Donna Groves, Barry Wright &
Joe Jackson
WKMS, "www.wkms.org", Matt Markgraf
None awarded |
Best Radio Reporter
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYX, Donna Groves
Morehead State Public Radio, Nicole Back
WKYU, Lisa Autry |
Best Radio Anchor
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYU, Joe Corcoran
None awarded
None awarded |
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TELEVISION CLASS II |
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CATEGORY |
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Best Newscast
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WYMT-TV," WYMT Mountain News @ 6", Staff
WBKO-TV, Staff
None awarded |
Best Spot News
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WPSD-TV, "Hell of a Fire", Michael Driver, Chad Darnall, Mike
Spissinger
WYMT-TV, "Junkyard Fire", Angela Sparkman
WPSD-TV, "Sinkhole", Noah Bond |
Best Continuing Coverage
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WBKO-TV, "Jason Smith", Ryan Dearbone, Daniel Kemp & Lacey
Steele
WBKO-TV, "Richardsville Church Fires", Forrest Sanders
WYMT-TV, "Paramedic & Patient Killed", Angela Sparkman |
Best Special - Series/Documentary
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WPSD-TV, "Schemes and Ripoffs", Scott McGee & Michael Driver
WYMT-TV, "1958 Bus Crash: 50 Years Later",
Steve Hensley
WYMT-TV, "Mountain Cold Case", Steve Hensley |
Best Enterprise / Investigative
Reporting
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WPSD-TV, "Happily Ever After", Lauren Adams
WPSD-TV, "Smoking", Noah Bond
WPSD-TV, "Pop Off Scam", Scott McGee |
Best Hard News Feature
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WPSD-TV, "An Unconscionable Crime", Jennifer Horbelt & Chad
Darnall
WPSD-TV, "Chain Reaction", Lauren Adams
WPSD-TV, "I Was Gonna Punch Him", Todd Faulkner & Jonathan
Warren |
Best Light News Feature
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WPSD-TV, "Trading Places", Gerran Thomas & Chad Darnall
WBKO-TV, "Leaving the Amish Life", Forrest
Sanders
WYMT-TV, "100 Year Old Couple", Steve Hensley |
Best Public Affairs
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WBKO-TV, "Driving While Texting", Daniel Kemp
WYMT-TV, "Breast Cancer Walk", Dara Rees
None awarded |
Best Political Coverage
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WBKO-TV, "Michele Obama Interview", Lauren Hanson
None awarded
None awarded |
Best Sports Prep Show
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
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WPSD-TV, "Gridiron Glory", Greg Miller, Jeff Bidwell & Edward
Egros
WBKO-TV, "Football Friday Night", James
Brandenburg
WYMT-TV, "Sports Overtime Saturday Night", Derek Forrest, Brian
Milam & Jeff Archer |
Best Sports Feature
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WPSD-TV, "Gameday", Edward Egros
WBKO-TV, "Gaining Respect", Jeff Woods
None awarded |
Best Sports Special
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WBKO-TV, "Mt. Pleasant Church Fire", Forrest Sanders
None awarded
None awarded |
Best News Videography
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WBKO-TV, "Mr. Pleasant Church Fire", Forrest Sanders
WPSD-TV, "Pit Bulls", Mike Spissinger
WPSD-TV, "Big Move", Chad Darnall |
Best Sports Videography
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WYMT-TV, "Bell County State Championship", Derek Forrest, Jr.
WPSD-TV, "Daniel Web Draft", Greg Miller
None awarded |
Best Feature Videography
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WBKO-TV, "Story of Sexton House", Forrest Sanders
WPSD-TV, "The Hill", Chad Darnall
WPSD-TV, Recording Family History", Chad Darnall |
Best Web Site
First Place
Second Place
Third Place |
WYMT-TV, "www.wymtnews.com", Staff
None awarded
None awarded |
Best TV Reporter
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WYMT-TV, Marie Luby
WYMT-TV, Angela Sparkman
WPSD-TV, Jennifer Horbelt |
Best TV News Anchor
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WPSD-TV, Scott McGee
WYMT-TV, Steve Hensley
WYMT-TV, Marie Luby |
Best TV Editor
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WPSD-TV, Mike Spissinger
WPSD-TV Michael Driver
WBKO-TV, Forrest Sanders |
Best TV News Videographer
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WBKO-TV, Forrest Sanders
WPSD-TV, Chad Darnall
WPSD-TV, Mike Spissinger |
Best TV Weather Anchor
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WBKO-TV, Shane Holinde
WYMT-TV, Jim Caldwell
WPSD-TV, Kyle Mounce |
Best TV Sportscaster
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WPSD-TV, Greg Miller
WBKO-TV, Jeff Woods
WPSD-TV, Edward Egros |
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RADIO CLASS I |
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CATEGORY |
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Best Newscast
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS, Staff
WUKY, Alan Lytle and Bryan Bartlett
None awarded |
Best Spot News
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS, "Plant Shooting", Staff
WHAS, "Ike Hits", Staff
None awarded |
Best Continuing Coverage
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYU, "Auto Industry", Dan Modlin & Lisa Autry
Kentucky Public Radio, "Casino Gaming
Folds", Tony McVeigh
WUKY, "Centrepoint Saga", Staff |
Best Special -
Series/Documentary
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYU, "Vietnam Pilot Reunion", Lisa Autry
WUKY, "Summer Youth Employment", Ala Lytle
None awarded |
Best Enterprise / Investigative
Reporting
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WFPL, "Cave Conservation", Kristin Espeland
WFPL, "Arts, Non-Profits & Economy",
Elizabeth Kramer
WKYU, "Oakwood Reforms", Lisa Autry |
Best Hard News Feature
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WFPL, "Genocide Studies", Elizabeth Kramer
WFPL, "Ford's Future", Stephanie Sanders
WFPL, "Kentucky Horsemen Dispute", Stephanie Sanders |
Best Light News Feature
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WFPL, "Equine Therapy", Stephanie Sanders
Kentucky Public Radio, "Old State Capitol",
Tony McVeigh
WFPL, "Tobacco to Wine", Gabe Bullard |
Best Public Affairs
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
WKYU, "Managing Market Fears", Dan Modlin
WFPL, "Urban Farming", Kristin Espeland
WFPL, "Casinos in Kentucky", Julie Kredens, Robin Fisher & Laura
Ellis
WUKY, "New Digs for Radio Eye", Bryan Bartlett |
Best Political Coverage
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYU, "Kentucky US Senate Race", Lisa Autry
Kentucky Public Radio, "Disappointing
Session", Tony McVeigh
WKYU, "Small Town Politics", Kevin Willis |
Best Sports Feature / Special
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WUKY, "Bill Keightley Project", Alan Lytle & Doug Boyd
None awarded
None awarded |
Best Use of Sound
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WUKY, "Cicadas", Carol Spence
WFPL, "School Bands", Elizabeth Kramer
Kentucky Public Radio, "State Capitol Repair", Tony McVeigh |
Best Web Site
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WFPL, "www.wfpl.org", Staff
None awarded
None awarded |
Best Radio Reporter
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS, Paul Miles
WHAS, Suzanne Duvall
None awarded |
Best Radio Anchor
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WFPL, Susan Sweeney Crum
WHAS, Ted Werbin
None awarded |
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TELEVISION CLASS I |
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CATEGORY |
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Best Newscast
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
WLKY-TV
WAVE-TV
WKYT-TV
WHAS-TV |
Best Spot News
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
WHAS-TV, "Two Girls Killed", Genie Garner & Laci Comer
WLEX-TV, "Downtown Fire Evacuations", Chase
Cain & Pam West
WLEX-TV, "I-75 Slippery Mess", Nicole Pence & Rob Cook
WLEX-TV, "Warehouse Fire Spreads", Chase Cain & Lauren Ashe
WLKY-TV, "Deadly Plane Crash", Andy Alcock & Jim Bulleit
WHAS-TV, "Robbery Chase Into River", Gene Kang & Paul Landers
WHAS-TV, "Four Kids Killed", Genie Garner
WKYT-TV, "Special Effects Fire", Staff |
Best Continuing Coverage
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
WHAS-TV, "Robert Felner", Adam Walser
WLEX-TV, "London Explosion", Nicole Pence,
Leigh Searcy & Amanda Hara
WLKY-TV, "Fatal Ambulance Accident", Andy Alcock
WLEX-TV, "Jackson County Animal Abuse", Travis Thompson
WKYT-TV, "Cpl. McMillan Comes Home", Tamara Evans, Kenny
Harvener & Ray Brown |
Best Special -
Series/Documentary
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYT-TV, "Inside Kentucky Basketball", Dick Gabriel, Steve Moss
& Greg Gorham
WAVE-TV, "Re-Affirmed", Drew Cook, Aaron
Ellis & Reid Olson
WHAS-TV, "Wind Storm 2008", Mark Pimentel, Genie Garner &
Brittney Hubbard |
Best Enterprise / Investigative
Reporting
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS-TV, "Home Alone", Andy Treinen
WHAS-TV, "Robert Felner", Adam Walser
WAVE-TV, "Drunk at Dawn", Scott Harvey & Drew Cook |
Best Hard News Feature
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYT-TV, "Rotten Neighbors", Mark Kennedy and Barton Bill
WHAS-TV, "These 3 Words", Renee Murphy and
Bryan Derby
WAVE-TV, "Can I Please Have My Daddy", Shayla Reaves & Rick
Miller |
Best Light News Feature
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS-TV, "Rose Island", Doug Proffitt, Bryan Derby
WHAS-TV, "Goodnight Rudolph", Adam Walser,
Steven Richard
WDRB-TV, "Radar Boy", Bennett Haeberly, Matt English |
Best Public Affairs
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS-TV, "Colon Cancer: Colonoscopy", Rachel Platt & Bryan Derby
WKYT-TV, "Double Red Lights", Dave Spencer
WLKY-TV, "Get Out Alive", Ben Jackey, Scott Eckhardt & Greg
Burress |
Best Political Coverage
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WLKY-TV, "Election 2008", Andy Alcock
None awarded
Non awarded |
Best Sports Prep Show
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WLKY-TV, "Road To The Final Four", Brad Ginsberg, Fred Cowgill &
Scott Eckhardt
WLKY-TV, "U of L WKU March Madness", Brad
Ginsberg, Fred Cowgill & Scott Eckhardt
None awarded |
Best Sports Feature
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
WLEX-TV, "Too Legit To Quit", Amanda Hara & Devon Ramage
WAVE-TV, "Big Blue Departure", Connie
Leonard & Dale Mader
WHAS-TV, "Derby City Roller Girls", Doug Proffitt & Aron Pryor
WKYT-TV, "Blind Golfer", Brandon Fisher & Steve Moss |
Best Sports Special
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WAVE-TV, "A Victory for Valhalla", Reid Olson and Kent Taylor
WLKY-TV, "Ironman Special: Never Too Late",
Staff
WHAS-TV, "Kentucky Oaks", Mark Pimentel, Genie Garner & Tim
Wolff |
Best News Videography
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS-TV, "Goodnight Rudolph", Steven Richard
WLEX-TV, "Sounded Like a Bomb", Brian
Gilbert
WLEX-TV, "Clark Fire", Lauren Ashe |
Best Sports Videography
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS-TV, "Derby City Roller Girls", Aron Pryor
WKYT-TV, "Dicky Lyons Rehab", John C. Wilson
None awarded |
Best Feature Videography
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS-TV, "Geek Squad", Wade Harris
WLEX-TV, "One in 8 Million", Zach Tucker
WLEX-TV, "Seaman Lafoe", Brian Gilbert |
Best Web Site
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WLEX-TV, "www.lex18.com"
WKYT-TV, "www.wkyt.com"
WHAS-TV, "www.whas11.com" |
Best TV Reporter
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS-TV, Mark Hebert
WKYT-TV, Mark Kennedy
WLKY-TV, John Boel |
Best TV News Anchor
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
WKYT-TV, Amber Philpott
WKYT-TV, Mark Kennedy
WLEX-TV, Nancy Cox
WDKY-TV, Jennifer Nime Palumbo |
Best TV Editor
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WHAS-TV, Steven Richard
WLEX-TV, Zach Tucker
WLEX-TV, Brian Gilbert |
Best TV News Videographer
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WLEX-TV, Zach Tucker
WLEX-TV, Brian Gilbert
WLEX-TV, Jon Smith |
Best TV Weather Anchor
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WKYT-TV, T. G. Shuck
None awarded
None awarded |
Best TV Sportscaster
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention |
WAVE-TV, Kent Taylor
WLKY-TV, Fred Cowgill
WKYT-TV, Brandon Fisher |