2024 EIB Award Winners

DALE B. MILLER DISTINGUISHED BROADCASTER AWARD

• Bob Spencer - Bluefield, WV

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Best Community Outreach

• Large Market: WSAZ TV: Joseph Payton, Jay Melvin - "Fired Up Friday: Turning Up The Heat"
• Small Market: WVNS TV: David Mott, Valerie Sullivan - "Veterans Voices"

Best Locally Produced Television Show

• Large Market: WOWK TV: WOWK News Team - "Tragedy to Triumph"
• Small Market: WVNS TV: Autumn Collins - "Tragedy In The Tunnel"

Best Coverage of Breaking News

• Large Market: WOWK TV: Amanda Barren - "Regal Apartment Fire"
• Small Market: WOAY TV: WOAY News Team - "Severe Wildfire Outbreak"

Best Light Feature News Report

• Large Market: WSAZ TV: Jim Treacy - "Teen Racer"
• Small Market: WVVA TV: Robert Castillo & Jessica Nuzzo - "Blind ATV Mechanic"

Best Serious Feature News Report

• Large Market: WCHS TV: Leslie Rubin, Larry Clark, Matt Durant - "The Exhumation That Ended A Cold Case Mystery"
• Small Market: WTAP TV: Alexa Griffey - "North Star Advocacy Center"

Best Investigative News Story

• Large Market: WSAZ TV: Curtis Johnson, Kristen Bentley - "False Security"
• Small Market: WDTV TV: John Blashke - "Hazelton Prison Investigation"

Best AM Newscast

• Large Market: WOWK TV: WOWK News Team
• Small Market: WTAP TV: Emily Biles, Alexa Griffey, Henry Groff

Best PM Newscast

• Large Market: WSAZ TV: Dustin Weekley
• Small Market: WVVA TV: WVVA News Team

Best Sports Anchor

• Large Market: WOWK TV: Cassidy Wood
• Small Market: WBOY TV: Daniel Woods

Best Weathercaster

• Large Market: WCHS TV: Brandon Lawson
• Small Market: WTAP TV: Henry Grof

Best Anchor

• Large Market: WSAZ TV: Taylor Eaton
• Small Market: WTAP TV: Phyllis Smith

Best General Assignment Reporting

• Large Market: WCHS TV: Leslie Rubin - "The Story of Serial Rapist Charles Woods"
• Small Market: WVVA TV: Robert Castillo – Mark Hughes - "Sweet Springs Improvements"

Best Reporter

• Large Market: WCHS TV: Anna Saunders
• Small Market: WVNS TV: Rivers Upchurch

Best MMJ

• Large Market: WOWK TV: Rachel Pellegrino
• Small Market: WVNS TV: Rivers Upchurch

Best News Photographer

• Large Market: WOWK TV: Elbert Mosley
• Small Market: WVNS TV: Larry Marrs

Best Use of Digital Media

• WVNS TV: Brandon Eanes, Seth McVey, Danielle Sandler - "Postcards Home"

Best Television Creative

• WDTV TV: Jason Dobbins - "Cantoni’s Pizza Trick or Treat"

Best Station Promo

• WBOY TV: Emily Lanham - "Afternoon News Information Block"

Television Emerging Journalist

• WOWK TV: Rachel Pellegrino

Television Station of the Year

• WOWK TV - Huntington/Charleston, WV

RADIO CATEGORIES

Country Station of the Year

• Ranked: WVMD FM
• Unranked: WHKX FM

Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) Station of the Year

• Ranked: WQZK FM
• Unranked: WVAQ FM

AC/Oldies Station of the Year

• Ranked: WDYK – FM
• Unranked: WVAF FM

Rock Station of the Year

• Ranked: WDZN - FM
• Unranked: WRZZ- FM

Best News/Talk/Sports Station of the Year

• Ranked: WEPM
• Unranked: 580 WCHS

Best Newscast

• Ranked: WEPM: Daniel Woods - "PNN Afternoon News"
• Unranked: WAJR: Mike Noting - "1 p.m. Newscast"

Best Breaking News

• Ranked: WEPM: Luke Wiggs - "Breaking 10-20-23"
• Unranked: 580 WCHS: WCHS Newsroom - "Regal Apartment Fire"

Best Hard News Feature

• Ranked: WEPM: Marsha Chwalik - "Berkeley County Sheriff Nathan Harmon Resigns Under Scrutiny"
• Unranked: 580 WCHS: Carrie Hodousek - "West Virginia Haze"

Best Radio News Feature - Soft News

• Ranked: WICL: Bob Steel - "Salute 2 Troops"
• Unranked: 580 WCHS: Carrie Hodousek - "Anna’s Army"

Best Sportscast

• Ranked: WEPM: Luke Wiggs - "Sports 12-4"
• Unranked: WRVC: Paul Swann - "Bengals Rewind"

Best Play-by-Play

• Ranked: WMOV-AM: Heath Bloxton - "Wirt vs Ravenswood"
• Unranked: WKMZ: Travis Jones - "Bridgeport Indians"

Best Talk Show

• Ranked: WJYP-AM: Chris Colagrosso - "Nuts & Bolts"
• Unranked: WVRC-AM: Paul Swann - "The Drive with Paul Swann"

Best Morning Show

• Ranked: WKQZ-FM: Amy Ryan - "Amy's Morning Binge"
• Unranked: WJLS-FM: Will Shumate - "Big Dawg Morning Show with Cowboy Will"

Best On-Air Radio Personality

• Ranked: WQZK FM: Logan Scott
• Unranked: WHKX: Brock Mathews

Best Use of Digital Media

• WVRC Media: Jenn Robba, Patrick Rineheart - "WVRC Media Solutions"

Best Radio Promotion/Event Coverage

• WSTG-FM: John Eller - "Men’s Health Awareness"

Best Radio Creative

• WMTD: Joey Jarvis, Shane Boone - "Summer’s County ARH"

Radio Rookie Professional of the Year

• WEPM: Daniel Woods

Radio Station of the Year

• WEPM - Martinsburg, WV

NETWORK CATEGORIES

Network Sportscast

• MetroNews Sports: Kyle Wiggs

Network Sports Play-By-Play

• MetroNews - MetroNews Super Six Radio

Network Long-Form Program

• WOWK TV & WV Nexstar Network - "Inside West Virginia Politics" – Year In Review

Network Talk Show

• MetroNews - Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval

Network Newscast

• MetroNews: Chris Lawrence