2023 EIB Award Winners

DALE B. MILLER DISTINGUISHED BROADCASTER AWARD

• MARK MARTIN - WCHS TELEVISION

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Best Community Outreach

• WSAZ TV: Joseph Payton, Kristen Bentley and Jay Melvin - Fired Up Friday: Igniting A New Tradition

Best Locally Produced Television Show

• WSAZ TV: Sarah Seger, Kristen Bentley and Joseph Payton - 53 Days

Best Coverage of Breaking News

• Ave Rash – WCHS TV - School Swatting

Best Feature News Report – Light Feature

• Kathryn Ghion – WTRF TV - Flag Boxes Behind Bars

Best Feature News Report – Serious Feature

• Larry Marrs-WVNS TV - Faith and Recovery: Breaking the Chains of Addiction: The Jill Howell Story

Best Investigative News Story

• Kristen Bentley - WSAZ TV - Cancer Causing Chemicals

Best AM Newscast

• JJ Mahan – WCHS TV - Eyewitness News at Noon

Best PM Newscast

• Chelsea Armstrong - WSAZ TV - Huntington Flooding

Best Sports Anchor - TIE

• Cassidy Wood – WOWK TV
• Joseph Payton – WSAZ TV

Best Weathercaster

• Spencer Adkins – WOWK TV

Best Anchor

• Taylor Eaton - WSAZ TV

Best General Assignment Reporting

• Leslie Rubin - WCHS TV - Teacher Abuse Caught On Camera

Best Reporter

• Emily Bennett - WSAZ TV

Best MMJ

• Marlee Pinchok – WSAZ TV

Best News Photographer

• Larry Marrs - WVNS TV

Best Use of Digital Media

• Alyssa Hannahs - WSAZ TV

Best Television Creative

• EXPERIENCE 13 NEWS - WOWK TV

Best Station Promo

• 13 News Haul News Haul to the Brawl- WOWK TV

Television Emerging Journalist

• Baylee Martin - WTRF TV

Television Station of the Year

• WSAZ TV - HUNTINGTON/CHARLESTON, WV

RADIO CATEGORIES

Country Station of the Year

• Ranked (R): WKWS FM
• Unranked (U): 100.1 The Wolf

Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) Station of the Year

• Ranked (R): WHAJ FM
• Unranked (U): WQZK FM

AC/Oldies Station of the Year

• Ranked (R): WVAF FM
• Unranked (U): WLTF Today’s 97.5

Rock Station of the Year

• Ranked (R): WRZZ- FM
• Unranked (U): WDZN - FM

Best News/Talk/Sports Station of the Year

• Ranked (R): 580 WCHS
• Unranked (U): WEPM WCST

Best Newscast

• Ranked (R): 580 WCHS: Carrie Hodousek
• Unranked (U): WRNR: Colin McLaughlin

Best Breaking News

• Ranked (R): 580 WCHS: Chris Lawrence

Best Radio News Feature - Hard News

• Ranked (R): 580 WCHS – Carrie Hodousek
• Unranked (U): Jordan Nicewarner - WEPM

Best Radio News Feature - Soft News

• Ranked (R): 580 WCHS - Chris Lawrence
• Unranked (U): WMOV – Tom Susman

Best Sportscast

• Ranked (R): WKOY – Dan McMahon
• Unranked (U): WICL-Luke Wiggs - Big Dawg Sports 11-21-22

Best Play-by-Play

• Ranked (R): WMGA FM – Jason Toy - Spring Valley HS @ Cabell Midland HS
• Unranked (U): 94.7 WELK – Greg White - HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS

Best Talk Show

• Ranked (R): Matt Deal – WHIS - What's Next
• Unranked (U): Marsha Chwalik - WEPM - Panhandle Live

Best Morning Show

• Ranked (R): Jason Toy - WXBW-FM - Big Buck Country 101.5 FM
• Unranked (U): Rona Mensah – WLFT - FM - Rise and Shine with Rona

Best On-Air Radio Personality

• Ranked (R): Mike Vincent - WKKW FM
• Unranked (U): Logan Scott - WQZK FM

Best Use of Digital Media

• Jordan Nicewarner - WEPM AM

Best Radio Promotion/Event Coverage

• Ranked (R): 98.7 The Beat - Woody Woods - Trick or Beat
• Unranked (U): WSTG FM - IMPOSSIBLE EASTER EGG HUNT

Best Radio Creative

• Rachelle Beatty - WVAQ - Turtle Tuesdays

Radio Rookie Professional of the Year

• Riley Griffith - WXDC FM

Radio Station of the Year

• J104 – WHAJ FM - Bluefield, WV

NETWORK CATEGORIES

Network Sportscast

• Kyle Wiggs - MetroNews Sports

Network Sports Play-By-Play

• Dave Wilson – WV MetroNews - WVSSAC Basketball Championships

Network Long-Form Program

• Chris Lawrence – MetroNews
• WMOV-Anthony Lewis - Forgiveness with Antonio Brown

Network Talk Show

• Dave Weekley & Dale Cooper - MetroNews Hotline

Network Newscast

• WOWK TV New Team - “West Virginia Tonight” Honors a Hero