2021 EIB Award Winners

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