2021 EIB Award Winners
Below are the recipients who demonstrated exceptional vision and transformative performance this year.
LEGENDARY STATION OF THE YEAR
- Kicks Country - Bluefield, WV
BEST TELEVISION STATION OF THE YEAR
- WOWK TV - Huntington, WV
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
Best Community Outreach
- WVNS TV - Toys For Tots
Best Locally Produced Television Show
- WCHS TV: Leslie Rubin - UBB: 10 Years Later
Best Sports Anchor
- WCHS TV Mark Martin
Best Investigative News Story or Series
- WOWK TV - "Who's Murdering Veterans at the VA Hospital?"
Best General Assignment Reporting
- WOWK TV Hannah Goetz
Best MMJ
- WOWK TV Haley Kosik
Best Coverage of Breaking News
- WCHS News Team - Charleston Officer Shot
Best Newscast: AM
- WCHS TV Producer Michelle Carroll
Best Newscast: PM
- WSAZ TV: Ryan Murphy - First At Five
Best Anchor
- WSAZ TV Taylor Eaton
Best Weathercaster
- WVVA TV Katherine Thompson
Best Feature News Report - Light
- WOWK TV Hannah Goetz
Best Feature News Report - Serious
- WCHS TV Whitney Wetzel
Best News Photographer
- WSAZ TV Grover Tadlock
Best Use of Digital Media
- WVNS TV Douglas Fritz
Best TV Creative
- WSAZ TV Jake Conley
RADIO CATEGORIES
AC/Oldies Station of the Year
- Ranked (R): SKY 1065
- Unranked (U): Star 95
CHR Station of the Year
- Ranked (R): J104 - WHAJ
- Unranked (U): WQZK FM
Country Station of the Year
- Ranked (R): Kicks Country
- Unranked (U): WVMD The Wolf
News/Talk Station of the Year
- WEPM AM
Rock Station of the Year
- Ranked (R): WCLG FM
- Unranked (U): 93.5 WFBY
On-Air Personality
- Ranked (R): WMGA Cecilia Bowen
- Unranked (U): WQZK Logan Scott
Best Morning Show
- Ranked (R): WKKW FM: Jeff & Sarah In The Morning
- Unranked (U): WLTF: Rona Mensah WLTF Morning Show
Best Newscast
- Ranked (R): WJLS AM: Keith Thompson News Network Newscast
- Unranked (U): WEPM: Marsha Chwalik Afternoon News
Best Talk Show
- Ranked (R): WHIS: Matt Deal - What's Next
- Unranked (U): WCMD: Tony Cimaglia - The Morning Rush
Best Sportscast
- Ranked (R): WKOY: Dan McMahon
- Unranked (U): WKLP: Tony Cimaglia
Best Play-by-Play
- Ranked (R): WKMZ: Travis Jones
- Unranked (U): 94.7 WELK: Greg White
Best Radio Promotion
- J104 WHAJ - Show Us Your Mask
Best Radio Creative
- Kicks Country - When All of This Is Over
Best Use of Digital Media
- WSTG John Eller
NETWORK CATEGORIES
Network Newscast
- MetroNews: Alex Thomas
Network Long-Form News Program
- Mark Curtis - "Coronavirus: Facts Over Fears"
- MetroNews: Chris Lawrence - West Virginia Morning News
Network Breaking News or Event Coverage
- MetroNews: Jeff Jenkins - Governor Issues Stay at Home Order