2004 Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters Awards Contest

 

MAPB ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS CONTEST

RADIO CLASS 1 (stations with one or no full-time newsroom employees)

 

SPOT NEWS

First _ KTOE, Mankato, "Historic Day: Presidential Visit," by Pete Steiner.

Honorable mention _ KVSC, St. Cloud, "Wetterling/Walker," by Jill Gierke.

 

FEATURE

First _ KFAI, Minneapolis, "Hispanic Purchasing Power," by Monica Malo.

Honorable mention _ KDLM, Detroit Lakes, "National Guard Homecoming," by Bob Witt.

 

SERIES/SPECIAL _

First _ KVSC, St. Cloud, "Swisshelm," by Chad Roberts.

 

SPORTS REPORTING

First _ KVSC, St. Cloud, "Husky Sports Friday," by Curt Carstensen and John Hadder.

Honorable mention _ KVSC, St. Cloud, "Matt Siegle Profile," by Curt Carstensen, and KDUZ/KARP, Hutchinson, "Tiger Football Coaches Show," by Joel Niemeyer.

 

SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY

First _ KARL, Marshall, "SMSU vs. Wayne State," by Aaron Ziemer.

Honorable mention _ KLFD, Litchfield, "Class AA Football Semifinals: BOLD vs. Eden Valley-Watkins," by Brad Anderson, and KROX, Crookston, "University of Minnesota-Crookston Upsets 19th-ranked Concordia-St. Paul," by Chris Fee.

 

NEWSCAST

First _ KWLM, Willmar, "11-10-04," by J.P. Cola.

Honorable mention _ KWNO, Winona, "Feb. 23, 2004," by Bob Sebo; KDUZ, Hutchinson, by Mark Wodarczyk.

 

BEST WEB SITE _ KDUZ, www.kduz.com

 

RADIO CLASS 1

LONE RANGER AWARD

Pete Steiner, KTOE/KDOG, Mankato

 

RADIO CLASS 2 (stations with two or three full-time newsroom employees)

SPOT NEWS

First _ KFGO, Fargo, "In the Line of Fire," by Don Haney and Paul Jurgens.

Honorable mention _ KFGO, "Faulty Fireworks," by Don Haney and Bonnie Amistadi; KFGO, "Flash Flood," by Don Haney and news staff.

 

FEATURE

First _ KFGO, Fargo, "The Agent Next Door," by Bonnie Amistadi.

 

SERIES/SPECIAL

First _ WJON, St. Cloud, "15-year Anniversary of Jacob Wetterling Abduction," by Lee Voss, Tim Lyon, Melissa Meyer and Sarah Speer.

 

SPORTS REPORTING

First _ KFGO, Fargo, "Baseball This Week," by Bob Harris and John Gordon.

Honorable mention _ KFGO, "Sportsnite," by Derek Hanson.

 

SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY

First _WJON, St. Cloud, "Huskies Top Mustangs," by Jay Caldwell.

 

NEWSCAST

First _ WDAY, Fargo, "Nov. 10th Newscast," by Mike Tanner.

 

BEST WEB SITE

WJON, St. Cloud, www.wjon.com

 

RADIO CLASS 2

BEST IN SHOW

KFGO, Fargo, "In the Line of Fire," by Don Haney and Paul Jurgens.

 

RADIO CLASS 3 (four or more full-time newsroom employees)

SPOT NEWS

First _ WCCO, Minneapolis, "Ramsey Explosion," by John Wanamaker, Bruce Hagevik and Telly Mamayek.

 

FEATURE

First _ WCCO, Minneapolis, "Halloween," by Angela Babb.

Honorable mention _ Minnesota Public Radio, "Rural Broadband," by Tom Robertson; Minnesota Public Radio, "Co-ops Help Keep Rural Towns Alive," by Annie Baxter.

 

SERIES/SPECIAL

First _ WCCO, Minneapolis, "A Stranger's Gift," by Bruce Hagevik.

Honorable mention _ Minnesota Public Radio, "The Education Achievement Gap: Minnesota's Embarrassment," by Tim Pugmire, Michael Edgerly, Dan Olson, Lorna Benson and Brandt Williams; Minnesota Public Radio, "Meth in Minnesota," by Kate Smith, Tim Post, Tom Robertson, Cara Hetland, Bob Reha, Dan Gunderson, Mark Steil and Jeff Horwich.

 

DOCUMENTARY/INVESTIGATIVE

First _ Minnesota Public Radio, "Whose Recovery Is It?" by Jeff Horwich.

 

SPORTS REPORTING

First _ Minnesota Public Radio, "Brock Lesnar Profile," by Erin Galbally.

Honorable mention _ WCCO, Minneapolis, "Women's Final Four," by Adam Carter.

 

SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY

First _ WCCO, Minneapolis, "Gopher Games," by Dave Lee.

 

WRITING

First _ WCCO, Minneapolis, "Gopher Vignettes," by Dave Mona.

 

BEST WEB SITE _ Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, www.mpr.org

 

RADIO CLASS 3

BEST IN SHOW

Minnesota Public Radio, "Brock Lesnar Profile," by Erin Galbally.

 

TV CLASS 1 (50 or fewer full-time newsroom employees)

SPOT NEWS

First _ KVLY-TV, Fargo, "Marion Tornado," by Mel Stone.

Honorable mention _ KXJB-TV, Fargo, "Koening," by Emily Welker and Dave Erickson; KEYC-TV, Mankato, "Faces of Meth: Youth," by Dion Cheney.

 

FEATURE

First _ WDIO-TV, Duluth, "Lawn Tractor Voter," by Steve Long and Jason Page.

Honorable mention _ KVLY-TV, Fargo, "Osnabrock," by Andrea Larson and Dave Grant; KXJB-TV, Fargo, "Angle School," by Lisa Budeau and Dave Grant.

 

SERIES/SPECIAL

First _ KBJR-TV, Duluth, "Field of Honor," by Kim Kaiser and Sean Hagen.

Honorable mention _ WDIO-TV, Duluth, "Left Behind," by Sandy Drag and John Whaley; KXJB-TV, Fargo, "Fort Carson," by Lisa Budeau and Dave Erickson.

 

DOCUMENTARY/INVESTIGATIVE

First _ WDAY-TV, Fargo, "The Train Count," by Tracy Briggs and Jeremy Anderson.

Honorable mention _ KBJR-TV, Duluth, "Kids and Cops," by Barbara Reyelts and Dan Elsenrath; WDAY-TV, Fargo, "Scammer," by Kevin Wallevand.

 

SPORTS REPORTING

First _ KVLY-TV, Fargo, "Motorcycle Race," by Mel Stone.

Honorable Mention _ WDIO-TV, Duluth, "Super Fan," by Dean Vogtman and Dan Fitzpatrick; WDAY-TV, Fargo, "One-Armed Golfer," by Justin White.

 

WRITING

First _ KBJR-TV, Duluth, "Field of Honor," by Kim Kaiser and Sean Hagen.

 

NEWSCAST

First _ KVLY-TV, Fargo, "News 11 2/23/04," by staff.

Honorable mention _ KTTC-TV, Rochester, "KTTC NewsCenter at Six," by Dennis Grant and NewsCenter staff.

 

BEST WEB SITE _ KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, S.D., www.keloland.com

 

TELEVISION CLASS 1

BEST IN SHOW

WDAY-TV, Fargo, "The Train Count," by Tracy Briggs and Jeremy Anderson.

 

TV CLASS 2 (51 or more full-time newsroom employees)

SPOT NEWS

First _ KSTP-TV, St. Paul, "Ramsey Explosion," by staff.

Honorable mention _ WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, "Hollandale Flooding," by Jason DeRusha and Brad Earley; KMSP-TV, Eden Prairie, "Butter Plant Fire," by Robyne Robinson, Jeff Passolt, Rob Olson and Tim Blotz.

 

FEATURE

First _ KARE-TV, Golden Valley, "Gabby," by Boyd Huppert and Gary Knox.

Honorable mention _ KMSP-TV, Eden Prairie, "The Storm Stalkers," by Spencer Driskill, Tom Lyden and Kim Kruger; WCCO-TV, "Blind Faith," by Terri Gruca.

 

SERIES/SPECIAL

First _ KSTP-TV, St. Paul, "Cold Case-Cold Shoulder," by Kristin Stinar.

Honorable mention _ KMSP-TV, Eden Prairie, "The Madness of Meth," by Trish VanPilsum, Spencer Driskill and Kim Kruger; WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, "Clearing the Air," by Terri Gruca, Maria Awes, Tom Aviles and Andrew Wittenborg.

 

DOCUMENTARY/INVESTIGATIVE

First place _ WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, "Security Concerns at the Mall of America," by David Schechter, Joan Gilbertson, Joe Berglove, Garrett Young, Bill Shory and Jeff Kiernan.

Honorable mention _ KMSP-TV, Eden Prairie, "The Meth Crisis," by Trish VanPilsum, Kim Kruger, Spencer Driskell, Matt Knisely, Rod Wermager, Chris Tishuk and Dan Sundem; KMSP-TV, "Political Parties," by Trish VanPilsum.

 

SPORTS REPORTING

First _ KARE-TV, Golden Valley, "Crashed Ice," by Scott Goldberg, Ron Stover, Jim Douglas, Paul Rovelstad and John Drilling.

Honorable mention _ KARE-TV, "Dodgeball," by Greg Vandegrift and Gary Knox; KARE-TV, "Radio Hockey," by Amy Hockert and Gary Knox.

 

WRITING

First _ KARE-TV, Golden Valley, "Marble Church," by Boyd Huppert.

Honorable mention _ KMSP-TV, Eden Prairie, "The Face of Meth," by Trish VanPilsum.

 

NEWSCAST

First _ KMSP-TV, Eden Prairie, "Fox 9 News at 9, 11/10/04," FOX 9 News Team.

BEST WEB SITE _ KARE-TV, Golden Valley, www.kare11.com

 

TELEVISION CLASS 2

BEST IN SHOW

KSTP-TV, St. Paul, "Cold Case-Cold Shoulder," by Kristin Stinar.

 

COOPERATION AWARDS

Overall Cooperation _ KAUS Radio, Austin

Weekend Cooperation _ WCCO-AM, Minneapolis

Single Story Cooperation _ "Hunters Shot," KSTP-TV, St. Paul

 

CENTURY CLUB CERTIFICATES

(for contributing 100 or more stories to the AP report in 2004)

KAUS Radio, Austin

KTIG-FM Pequot Lakes/KCFB-FM St. Cloud

KDUZ/KARP Radio, Hutchinson

KTTC-TV, Rochester

KWLM/KQIC Radio, Willmar