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Tennessee AP Broadcasters |
| 2011 TAPB AWARD WINNERS |
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| RADIO - COMMERCIAL |
| CATEGORY |
PLACE |
NAME |
| Best Short Light Feature |
1st Place |
WCMT, Dave Chaffin, "Gleason Unveils Veterans Monument" |
| 2nd Place |
WCMT, Dave Chaffin, "UTM Professor" |
| Hon Men |
KYTN, Charles Choate, "Glow In The Sky" |
| Best Short Hard News Story |
1st Place |
WCMT, Dave Chaffin, "Firefighters Watch as Home Burns" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Long Hard News Story |
1st Place |
WIVK, News Team, "Fourth Grade Gunman" |
| 2nd Place |
WGOW, Kevin West, "The Truth of the Matter" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Sports Feature |
1st Place |
WIVK, Catherine Howell, "Lane's Leaving" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Breaking News |
1st Place |
WIVK, Catherine Howell, "Parkwest Shooting" |
| 2nd Place |
WTFM, Duane Nelson, "Sullivan Co. School Shooting" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Political/Government Coverage |
1st Place |
WIVK, NewsTalk 98.7 Tean, "Midterm Elections in Knoxville" |
| 2nd Place |
WTFM, Duane Nelson, "Sullivan Co. Highway Commissioner" |
| Hon Men |
WCMT, Dave Chaffin, "Rep. Mark Maddox Reflects" |
| Best Public Affairs |
1st Place |
WOKI, NewsTalk 98.7 Team, "KARM" |
| 2nd Place |
Tennessee Radio Network, Terry Likes, "Future of TV News" |
| 3rd Place |
None |
| Best Enterprise |
1st Place |
WCMT, Dave Chaffin, "School Resource Officers" |
| 2nd Place |
WCMT, Dave Chaffin, "Weakly Co. Habitat for Humanity" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Spot News |
1st Place |
WIVK, News Team, "Fighting Fired with Fire" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Radio Newscast |
1st Place |
WIVK, Catherine Howell |
| 2nd Place |
KYTN, Charles Choate |
| Hon Men |
WTFM, Duane Nelson |
| Best Radio Newscaster |
1st Place |
WIVK, Channing Smith |
| 2nd Place |
WIVK, Chris Hensley |
| Hon Men |
WIVK, Catherine Howell |
| Best Overall |
1st Place |
WOKI, NewsTalk 98.7 Team |
| TELEVISION - SMALL MARKET |
| CATEGORY |
PLACE |
NAME |
| Best Short Light Feature |
1st Place |
WDEF-TV, Joe Legge, "Country Church, Ministry" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Short Hard News Story |
1st Place |
WRCB-TV, Callie Starnes, George Mitchell, "Homewoners Nightmare" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Sports Feature |
1st Place |
WDEF-TV, Allen Fairbanks, "Hillbilly Olympics" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Sports Talk Show |
1st Place |
WJHL-TV, Kenny Hawkins, Kasey Marler, "Touchdown Friday Night" |
| 2nd Place |
WRCB-TV, Staff, "Friday Night Football" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best TV Sportscaster |
1st Place |
WJHL-TV, Kasey Marler |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Videography |
1st Place |
WDEF-TV, Allen Fairbanks, "24 Frames Per Second" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Spot News |
1st Place |
WRCB-TV, Staff, "Tonya Craft Verdict" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Public Affairs |
1st Place |
WJHL-TV, Shira Evans, Scott Evans, "Aid For The Aftermath" |
| 2nd Place |
WDEF-TV, Joe Legge, Ashley Henderson, "Fit February" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Enterprise |
1st Place |
WRCB-TV, Antwan Harris, George Mitchell, "A Will To Live" |
| 2nd Place |
WJHL-TV, Chris McIntosh, "89 Yr Old Wrongly Ticketed" |
| Hon Men |
WDEF-TV, Joe Legge, "Fit February" |
| Best Investigative Reporting |
1st Place |
WJHL-TV, Nate Morabito, "Fancy Meals" |
| 2nd Place |
WDEF-TV, Joe Legge, "Schools Hit By Thieves" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Website |
1st Place |
WRCB-TV, Staff |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best TV Editing |
1st Place |
WDEF-TV, Allen Fairbanks, "Post Production" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best TV Reporter |
1st Place |
WJHL-TV, Nate Morabito |
| 2nd Place |
WRCB-TV, Callie Starnes |
| Hon Men |
WJHL-TV, George Jackson |
| Best TV News Videographer |
1st Place |
WDEF-TV, Allen Fairbanks |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best TV News Anchor |
1st Place |
WDEF-TV, Joe Legge |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best TV Newscast |
1st Place |
WRCB-TV, Staff |
| 2nd Place |
WJHL-TV, Staff |
| Hon Men |
None |
| RADIO - Non-COMMERCIAL |
| CATEGORY |
PLACE |
NAME |
| Best Short Light Feature |
1st Place |
WPLN, Nina Cardona, "Art-O-Mat" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Long Light Feature |
1st Place |
WPLN, Blake Farmer, "Hot Chicken Wars" |
| 2nd Place |
WPLN, Kevin Bouldin, "Close The Bible, Open The Bar" |
| Hon Men |
WUOT, Chrissy Keuper, "Ford Tri-Motor" |
| Best Short Hard News Story |
1st Place |
WPLN, Blake Farmer, "Soldiers Respond to Don't Ask Don't Tell" |
| 2nd Place |
WPLN, Joe White, "Tea Partiers Shout Down Healthcare Overhaul" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Long Hard News Story |
1st Place |
WPLN, Blake Farmer, "Proposed Murfreesboro Mosque" |
| 2nd Place |
WPLN, Kevin Bouldin, "Surviving the Flood: The Selfridge Family" |
| Hon Men |
WUOT, Matt Shafer Powell, "Teacher Effectiveness" |
| Best Public Affairs |
1st Place |
WPLN, Blake Farmer, "Proposed Murfreesboro Mosque" |
| 2nd Place |
WPLN, Anne Marshall, "Nashville's Chronically Homeless" |
| Hon Men |
WUOT, Matt Shafer Powell, Leslie Snow, "Pioneers and Engineers" |
| Best Political/Government Coverage |
1st Place |
WPLN, Blake Farmer, "Decisive Win Eludes Tennessee Tea Party" |
| 2nd Place |
WPLN, Daniel Potter, "Can't Buy Me Votes" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Enterprise |
1st Place |
WPLN, Anne Marshall, "Nashville's Chronically Homeless" |
| 2nd Place |
WUOT, Chrissy Keuper, Leslie Snow, Matt Shafer Powell, "Teacher Effectiveness |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Radio Talk Show |
1st Place |
WUOT, Matt Shafer Powell, Chrissy Keuper, Greg Hill, "Dialogue 2010" |
| 2nd Place |
None |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Use of Sound |
1st Place |
WPLN, Kevin Bouldin, "Close The Bible, Open The Bar" |
| 2nd Place |
WPLN, Blake Farmer, "Girliest Tomboy You'll Ever Know" |
| Hon Men |
WUOT, Matt Shafer Powell, "Amadeus" |
| Best Radio Newscast |
1st Place |
WPLN, Staff |
| 2nd Place |
WPLN, Jacqueline Fellows |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Radio Newscaster |
1st Place |
WPLN, Nina Cardona |
| 2nd Place |
WPLN, Jacqueline Fellows |
| Hon Men |
WPLN, Blake Farmer |
| Best Overall |
1st Place |
WPLN, Staff |
| 2nd Place |
WUOT, Staff |
| Hon Men |
None |
| TELEVISION - LARGE MARKET |
| CATEGORY |
PLACE |
NAME |
| Best Short Light Feature |
1st Place |
WVLT-TV, Sara Shookman, Daniel Beckner, "Miracle on Morrell" |
| 2nd Place |
WZTV-TV, John Dunn, Brad Pfranger, "Flatt Matt" |
| Hon Men |
WBIR-TV, Jim Matheny, "Feel the Music" |
| Best Long Light Feature |
1st Place |
WZTV-TV, Cindy Carter, Brad Pfranger, Andy Firkus, "Cycle of Life" |
| 2nd Place |
WSMV-TV, Aaron Solomon, "Cool Schools" |
| 3rd Place |
WZTV-TV, Nick Paranjape, "The Dylan Snider Story" |
| Best Short Hard News Story |
1st Place |
WKRN-TV, Chris Bundgaard, Jeff Davidson, "Firefighter Help" |
| 2nd Place |
WREG-TV, Scott Noll, Dan Patton, "Busted Behind The Wheel" |
| Hon Men |
WBIR-TV, Jim Matheny, "I-40 Rockslide Detection" |
| Best Long Hard News Story |
1st Place |
WTVF-TV, Jeff Tang, Ron Smith, "River Plantation Clean-Up" |
| 2nd Place |
WREG-TV, Keli Rabon, Jim O'Donnell, "Slick Promises" |
| 3rd Place |
WKRN-TV, Staff, "The Nashville Flood" |
| Best Sports Feature |
1st Place |
WKRN-TV, Joe Dubin, "Grief and Glory" |
| 2nd Place |
WBIR-TV, Kris Budden, "9 Year Old Weighlifter" |
| Hon Men |
WKRN-TV, David Willis, Teresa Weakley, "Girls of Summer" |
| Best Breaking Sports News |
1st Place |
WBIR-TV, Jim Matheny, Stoney Sharp, "Kiffin Resignation Reaction" |
| 2nd Place |
WZTV-TV, Paul Jones, Dan Phillips, "Bobby Johnson's Retirement" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Sports Talk Show |
1st Place |
WKRN-TV, John Dwyer, Cory Curtis, Dawn Davenport, "Titans on 2" |
| 2nd Place |
WZTV-TV, Robert Pace, Paul Jones, Justin Leach, "Sportszone" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best TV Sportscaster |
1st Place |
WKRN-TV, Dawn Davenport |
| 2nd Place |
WTVF-TV, Mike Rodgers |
| Hon Men |
WZTV-TV, Paul Jones |
| Best Videography |
1st Place |
WKRN-TV, David Willis, "Willis Videography" |
| 2nd Place |
WTVF-TV, Photograph Staff, "Behind The Lens" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Spot News |
1st Place |
WKRN-TV, Lisa Patton, Davis Nolan, Justin Bruce, "Flood on the Freeway" |
| 2nd Place |
WMC-TV, Andrew Douglas, "West Memphis Police Shooting" |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best Public Affairs |
1st Place |
WTVF-TV, NewsChannel5 Investigates Team, "The Truth About Crime" |
| 2nd Place |
WREG-TV, Scott Noll, Dan Patton, "Nailed! Shingle Complaints" |
| Hon Men |
WKRN-TV, Jeff Davidson, Anne Holt, "Tennessee's Black Heritage" |
| Best Enterprise |
1st Place |
WATE-TV, Hana Kim, Rebecca Williams, "Oxy Pipeline" |
| 2nd Place |
WREG-TV, Scott Noll, Dan Patton, "Electronic Pickpocketing" |
| Hon Men |
WTVF-TV, Jennifer Kraus, Iain Montgomery, "Medical Tourism" |
| Best Investigative Reporting |
1st Place |
WSMV-TV, Jeremy Finley, Jason Finley, "Where's the Ambulance" |
| 2nd Place |
WSMV-TV, Jeremy Finley, Jason Finley, "Ponzi Schemes" |
| Hon Men |
WTVF-TV, Bryan Staples, Jennifer Kraus, Iain Montgomery, "Used Mattresses" |
| Best Website |
1st Place |
WREG-TV, George Brown |
| 2nd Place |
WSMV-TV, Matthew Hilk, Scott Sutton, Katie Lewis |
| Hon Men |
WTVF-TV, Jared Turner, Keri Thompson, Tiffany Johnson |
| Best TV Editing |
1st Place |
WSMV-TV, Forrest Sanders |
| 2nd Place |
WKRN-TV, Jeff Davidson |
| Hon Men |
WKRN-TV, David Willis |
| Best TV Producing |
1st Place |
WSMV-TV, Brittany Freeman |
| 2nd Place |
WKRN-TV, John Polumbo |
| Hon Men |
WZTV-TV, Staff |
| Best Weather Anchor |
1st Place |
WTVF-TV, Lelan Statom |
| 2nd Place |
WKRN-TV, Lisa Patton, Davis Nolan, Justin Bruce |
| 3rd Place |
WSMV-TV, Lisa Spencer |
| Best TV Reporter |
1st Place |
WREG-TV, Scott Noll |
| 2nd Place |
WBIR-TV, Jim Matheny |
| Hon Men |
WBIR-TV, Brittany Bailey |
| Best TV News Videographer |
1st Place |
WSMV-TV, Forrest Sanders |
| 2nd Place |
WZTV-TV, Brad Pfranger |
| Hon Men |
None |
| Best TV News Anchor |
1st Place |
WZTV-TV, Nick Paranjape |
| 2nd Place |
WSMV-TV, Aaron Solomon |
| Hon Men |
WMC-TV, Andrew Douglas |
| Best TV Newscast |
1st Place |
WZTV-TV, Staff |
| 2nd Place |
WTVF-TV, Debbie Vincent, Thomas Crouse |
| Hon Men |
WATE-TV, Angie Froemel, Staff |
| Best Overall |
1st Place |
WKRN-TV, Matthew Zelkind, Staff, "News 2" |
| 2nd Place |
WTVF-TV, Sandy Boonstra, Michelle Bonnett, "NewsChannel5" |
| Hon Men |
WBIR-TV, News Team, "Straight From The Heart" |
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