2022 EIB Award Winners

DALE B. MILLER DISTINGUISHED BROADCASTER AWARD

• Hoppy Kercheval - WV MetroNews

LEGENDARY STATION OF THE YEAR

• WCLG FM - Morgantown, WV

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Best Community Outreach

• WCHS TV News Team - Solutions For An Addicted Appalachia

Best Locally Produced Television Show

• WBOY TV: Nick Farrell - Mountaineer GameDay: WVU vs. Oklahoma

Best Sports Anchor

• WBOY TV Nick Farrell
• WOWK TV Cassidy Wood

Best Investigative News Story or Series

• WSAZ: Brendan Tierney and Kristen Bentley - Power Struggle

Best General Assignment Reporting

• WCHS TV Leslie Rubin

Best MMJ

• WOWK TV Hannah Goetz

Best Coverage of Breaking News

• WVVA TV: Annie Moore - Beckley V-A Acupuncture Investigation

Best Newscast: AM

• WSAZ TV: Bryan Brenda - Hospital Service Workers Strike

Best Newscast: PM

• WCHS TV: John Fauss Producer - Eyewitness News at 11:00

Best Anchor

• WSAZ TV Taylor Eaton

Best Weathercaster

• WCHS TV Brandon Lawson

Best Feature News Report - Light

• WOWK TV: Hannah Goetz and Elbert Mosley - ’13 Gives Back’ honors ‘The Ice Cream Guy’

Best Feature News Report - Serious

• WOWK TV: Lily Bradley - 20 Years Later: 9/11 Through the Eyes of WV

Best News Photographer

• WSAZ TV: Jay Melvin

Best Use of Digital Media

• WVNS TV: Brandon Eanes - 2021 Fill The Boot Drive

Best TV Creative

• WOWK TV - 13 NEWS THIS MORNING
• WDTV TV: Jason Dobbins - Audi of Clarksburg

Best Television Station of the Year

• WOWK 13 NEWS - Huntington/Charleston, WV

RADIO CATEGORIES

AC/Oldies Station of the Year

• Ranked (R): WWLW SKY 106.5
• Unranked (U): WLTF Today's 97.5

CHR Station of the Year

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

Country Station of the Year

• Ranked (R): WXBW-FM
• Unranked (U): WBRB-FM 101.3 | The Bear |

News/Talk Station of the Year

• Ranked (R): 580 WCHS
• Unranked (U): 93.7 - 1340 WEPM WCST

Rock Station of the Year

• Ranked (R): WCMI-FM | 92.7 The Planet |
• Unranked (U): WFBY-FM

On-Air Personality

• Ranked (R): WVAQ-FM: Matt Kelly
• Unranked (U): WQZK-FM: Logan Scott

Best Morning Show

• Ranked (R): WWLW-FM | The Breakfast Show |
• Unranked (U): WQZK-FM | Amy's Morning Binge |

Best Newscast

• Ranked (R): WCHS-AM: Chris Lawrence - WCHS Radio News
• Unranked (U): WEPM-AM: Marsha Chwalik - Mid Morning News

Best Talk Show

• Ranked (R): WAJR-AM: Dave Wilson - Talk of the Town
• Unranked (U): WEPM-AM: Panhandle Live

Best Sportscast

• Ranked (R): WKOY-FM: Dan McMahon
• Unranked (U): WRNR-AM: Spencer DuPuis

Best Play-by-Play

• Ranked (R): WKMZ-FM: Travis Jones - The Bridgeport Indians
• Unranked (U): WEPM-AM: Jordan Nicewaner

Best Radio Promotion

• WMGA-FM: Reeves Kirtner - 9th Sreet LIVE

Best Radio Creative

• WJLS-FM: Jerry Farley - PC Outdoors Commerical

Best Use of Digital Media

• WSTG-FM: John Eller - Hot Sheet

NETWORK CATEGORIES

Network Newscast

• Nexstar TV Station Group of West Virginia - Mark Curtis | "West Virginia Tonight" The Mountain State's TV Newscast

Network Sportscast

• MetroNews: Kyle Wiggs | MetroNews Sports

Network Talk Show

• MetroNews: Kyle Wiggs - 2021 High School Sportsline

Network Long-Form News Program

• WOWK TV: Amanda Barren - "Inside West Virginia Politics" - Year End Reporter's Roundtable
• MetroNews: Chris Lawrence - West Virginia Outdoors

Network Play x Play

• WRNR-TV: Nick Verzolini - Shepherd Football
• Dave Wilson - Super Six High School Football Championships

Network Breaking News or Event Coverage

• MetroNews: Jake Flatley - Elkdale Murder-Suicide