| March 16, 2010 CONTACT: Ryan Hazelwood, 806-679-5985, rhazelwood@wtamu.edu COPY BY: Rana McDonald, 806-651-2129, rmcdonald@wtamu.edu Broadcasting Program Brings Home Three National Champion Awards CANYON, Texas—The broadcasting program at West Texas A&M University continues to make its mark at the national level by bringing home three national championships from the Annual National Broadcasting Society (NBS) Student Electronic Media Competition March 9-14 in Dallas. Each year the program earns top awards at the national competition, and this year was no exception. In addition to the three national awards, the group also took two top awards in the “on the spot” competition. WTAMU also earned its 14th Model Chapter of the Year Award and was named a runner up for a community service award. “It’s amazing when you see the level of competition at NBS on a national scale,” Ryan Hazelwood, broadcast engineer and NBS adviser, said. “I am so proud of these students for their work, and the way that they represented WT and the Panhandle in front of a national audience while competing with the likes of the University of Miami, UNC, Marshall and other great universities that usually get a little more attention because of their size.” In all, six entries from WTAMU were up for national awards, and the program brought home coveted national champion prizes in three categories—video documentary, overall web design and audio drama program. The three national champions are listed with each student’s hometown, classification and major. National Champion Video Documentary—”Through the Eyes of Africa”
Canyon
Niki Brown, a December 2009 graduate in broadcasting
Pampa
Johnny Story, a May 2009 graduate in broadcasting
Sunray
Andrew Brown, a May 2009 graduate in broadcasting National Champion Overall Web Design—KWTS-FM www.wtamu.edu/kwts
Perryton
Jay Gurley, a senior broadcasting major
National Champion Drama Program—Audio—”Rotten Education”
Corpus Christi
Tyler Sweeney, a junior broadcasting major
Fort Stockton
Luisa Mireles, a sophomore broadcasting major
Hereford
Ricky Mariscal, a junior broadcasting major Students also competed in the “on the spot” competition, where entries are produced at the convention. WTAMU students earned top prizes in two categories—news package and short film, comedy. Winners are listed by hometown, classification and major. On the Spot Competition—News Package
Corpus Christi
Sweeney
Guymon, Okla.
Travis Ruiz, a sophomore broadcasting major On the Spot Competition—Short Film—Comedy
Amarillo
Christopher Jenkins, a junior broadcasting major
Fritch
Lori Rozzell, a senior broadcasting major
Guymon, Okla.
Anthony Collins, a junior broadcasting major
Lubbock
Jonathan O’Neill, a junior broadcasting major Finalists for national awards are listed by category, hometown, classification and major. Finalist—News Package—video—“Construction”
Amarillo
Anthony (Chase) Horn, a junior broadcasting major
Sunray
Brown Finalist—Station Imaging—“President’s Sweeper”
Corpus Christi
Sweeney
Fort Stockton
Mireles
Fritch
Jessica Hill, a freshman broadcasting major
Plainview
Jeff Horne, a sophomore broadcasting major Finalist—Movie Trailer—“Amored Ghosts”
Amarillo
Zack Keenan, a junior broadcasting major —WTAMU— | 