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2007 AP Contest Entries (awarded in 2008)

NON-COMMERCIAL RADIO

Series-Documentary

            Honorable Mention: Cara Hetland & Tom Robertson, MPR, “FASD – The Invisible Disorder”

Honorable Mention:  Johanna Sailor, SDPB, “Home Front Montages”

First Place: Johanna Sailor, Pat Mack, and Charles Michael Ray, SDPR, “The Shadow of Meth Series”

Spot News

            Honorable Mention: Charles Michael Ray, SDPR, “Alabaugh Fire Coverage”
            Honorable Mention: Johanna Sailor, SDPR, “Sen Johnson Returns to South Dakota” 

            First Place: Charles Michael Ray, SDPR, “School Lockdown”

General Reporting

            Honorable Mention: Cara Hetland, MPR, “FASD – Science”

            Honorable Mention: Charles Michael Ray, SDPB, “Homestake Lab Competition”

            First Place: Cara Hetland, MPR, “The Execution”

Investigative-Enterprise

Honorable Mention:  Cara Hetland, MPR, “FASD – Adoption”

            Honorable Mention: Charles Michael Ray, SDPB, “Ag Tour”

            First Place: Johanna Sailor, SDPB, “Diversity in Sioux Falls Schools”

Newscast

            First Place: Gary Ellenbolt, SDPR, “Newscast”

Best Audio

            Honorable Mention: Johanna Sailor, SDPB, “Wetlands”

            Honorable Mention: Pat Mack, SDPB, “Lakota Games”

            First Place: Charles Michael Ray, SDPB, “Grouse Mating Season”

Feature

            Honorable Mention: Pat Mack, SDPB, “Al McIntosh:  The Voice of the Home Front”

            Honorable Mention: Gary Ellenbolt, SDPB, “Manchester Monument”

            First Place: Cara Hetland, MPR,  “HPV”

Writing

            Honorable Mention: Charles Michael Ray, SDPB, “Conns Recall Cave Hunting”

            Honorable Mention: Janet Davison, SDPB, “Wagner World War II Veterans”

First Place: Cara Hetland, MPR, “Asian Wasps”

Website

            First Place: Staff, MPR,  www.minnesotapublicradio.org

Talk/Public Affairs

First Place: Paul Guggenheimer, SDPB, “Dakota Mid-day: An Interview with George McGovern”

Overall Excellence

            South Dakota Public Broadcasting

COMMERCIAL RADIO

Series-Documentary

            Honorable Mention: David Leonard, KYNT, “There’s a Short Agenda for Today”

            Honorable Mention: Jerry Oster, WNAX, “All Recalls are Local”

            First Place: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “It Can Happen to You! - Series”

Spot News

            Honorable Mention: Lee Rettig, KVHT, “May 5^th Tornados”

            Honorable Mention: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “Rescue at Covell Lake”

            First Place: Larry Dirksen, KOTA, “On Scene Reports of School Lockdown”

General Reporting

            Honorable Mention: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “Remembering A Fallen Soldier”

            Honorable Mention: Perry Miller, Brookings Radio, “Airport Mess”

            First Place: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “Take Back the Night”

Investigative-Enterprise

            Honorable Mention: Perry Miller, Brookings Radio, “Hartman Suspended”

            First Place: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “Innocense Abused”

Newscast

            Honorable Mention: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “Newscast”

            Honorable Mention: Perry Miller, Brookings Radio, “Five O’Clock News-11/28/07”

            First Place: J.P. Skelly, KORN, “KORN News with J.P. Skelly, Nov 28, 2007”

Sportscast

            First Place: Scott Kwasniewski, Brookings Radio, “June 25, 2007 Sportscast”

Sports Story

            Honorable Mention: Jerry Oster and Steve Imming, WNAX, “Postgame”

            Honorable Mention: Craig Mattick and Bob Laskowski, KWSN, “SDSU Coach Changes Mind”

            First Place: Matt Hendrickson, KJAM, “Big 8 Conference Expansion, October 10, 2007”

Best Audio

            Honorable Mention: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “Rescue at Covell Lake”

            Honorable Mention: Jerry Oster, WNAX, “Log Home Fire”

            First Place: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “Hot Harley Nights”

Feature

            Honorable Mention: Larry Dirksen, KOTA, “Malamute Story”

            Honorable Mention: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “Hot Harley Nights”

            First Place: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “Black Friday”

Writing

            Honorable Mention: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “Rescue at Covell Lake”

            First Place: Jerry Oster, WNAX, “Health System Donations”

Web Site

            Honorable Mention: Staff, KORN, http://www.1490korn.com

            Honorable Mention: Staff, KGFX, www.dakotaradiogroup.com

            First Place: Staff, WNAX, http://wnax.com

Sports Play by Play

            Honorable Mention: J.P. Skelly & Lyle Johnson, KORN, “Mitchell Kernel Football”

            Honorable Mention: Scott Kwasniewski, Brookings Radio, “Women’s Basketball-SDSU@Wisconsin”

            First Place:  Craig Mattick, KWSN, “Sioux Falls Christian-Parkston Boys Basketball”

Talk/Public Affairs

            Honorable Mention:  Dylan Steen and Jim Otis, KJAM, “Sports Sandwich”

            Honorable Mention: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “BJ Thomas: A Real Survivor”

            First Place: Jerry Dahmen, KXRB, “A Man named Dave”

Overall Excellence

            KXRB-AM

TELEVISION

Series-Documentary

            Honorable Mention: Julie Oberlander & Keith Winchester, KEVN, “Dear Soldier”

            Honorable Mention: Melissa Lanzourakis, KTIV, “Sgt. Corey Briest Comes Home”

            First Place: Lou Raguse & Kevin Kjergaard, KELO, “Dominic’s Wish”

Spot News

            Honorable Mention: Paul Heinert & Josh Bixler, KDLT, “Plankinton Tornado”

            Honorable Mention: Amber Schatz, KOTA, “Hermosa Flooding”

            First Place: KELOLAND News Team, KELO, “Browns Valley Flood”

General Reporting

Honorable Mention: KELOLAND News Team, KELO, “Execution Night”

            Honorable Mention: Lou Raguse & Terry Kjergaard, KELO, “A Mother’s Request”

            First Place: Jen Wahle & Josh Bixler, KDLT, “Fuel Facts”

Investigative-Enterprise

            Honorable Mention: Don Jorgensen & Kevin Kjergaard, KELO, “Corey Briest Recovers”

            Honorable Mention: Lou Raguse & Mike Simundson, KELO, “More Than A Couple Drinks”

            First Place: Kent Erdahl & Thom Morrow, KSFY, “Crash Revisited”

Newscast

            Honorable Mention: KELOLAND News Team, KELO, “KELOLAND News at Six”

            Honorable Mention: KDLT News Team, KDLT, “KDLT News”

            First Place: KMEG News Team, “KMEG 14 News at 10”

Sportscast

            Honorable Mention: Travis Morgan, KMEG, “9/19/07 Sportscast”

            First Place: Jay Elsen & Tony Burns, KELO, “KELOLAND Sports”

Sports Story

            Honorable Mention: Tim Peters, KSFY, “Wheelchair Umpire”

            First Place: Jon Wilson & Mike Simundson, KELO, “Cylie Pastian”

Best Video

            Honorable Mention: Dave Hauck, KSFY, “Honoring Kayla Gaff”

            First Place: Terry Kjergaard, KELO, “Soldier’s Funeral”

            First Place: Kevin Kjergaard, KELO, “Dominic’s Wish”

Feature

            Honorable Mention: Leslie Rupiper & Thom Morrow, KSFY, “Blizzard Baby”

            Honorable Mention: Angela Kennecke & Ben Schumacher, KELO, “Legacy of Giving”

            First Place: Sarah TeSlaa & Kevin Jacobsen, KMEG, “Operation: Zawabi”

Writing

            Honorable Mention: Tom Hanson, KDLT, “Christmas in Nora”

            First Place: Michelle Stuhr & Clint Jiras, KMEG, “Tyndall Accordion Club”

            First Place: Erich Schaffhauser, KELO, “Softball Signers”

Spot Weather

            Honorable Mention: KSFY Weather Staff, KSFY, “Tornadoes and Hail Hit South Dakota

            Honorable Mention: KELOLAND, KELO, “Winter Storm”

            Honorable Mention: KELOLAND, KELO, “Rapid City Storm”

            First Place: KELOLAND, KELO, “KELOLAND Tornadoes”

Weathercast

            Honorable Mention: Jay Trobec, KELO, “KELOLAND Weather”

            Honorable Mention: Scot Mundt, KELO, “KELOLAND Weather”

            First Place: Rusty Lord, KDLT, “Rusty Lord Weathercast”

Website

            Honorable Mention: Staff, KEVN, www.blackhillsfox.com

            First Place: Jeremy Moser & Jonathan Garcia, KELO, www.KELOLAND.com

Overall Excellence

            KELO-TV