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91制片厂 Radio honored by BEA, IBS media awards

91制片厂 Radio members celebrate being recognized at the 2024 IBS Media Awards.

91制片厂 Radio's Victoria Drzewiecka (from left), Meliha Calisir, Charlie Ayers, Matt Byrne, Ricardo Garcia and Gerard Garay celebrate WHCM's wins at the Intercollegiate Broadcast System Media Awards, March 1-2 in New York City.

91制片厂 Radio continues to garner national attention, with recent wins at the Broadcast Education Association鈥檚 Festival of Media Arts Awards and the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Media Awards. 91制片厂鈥檚 and the college鈥檚 Audio/Video Arts Technology program were honored for non-narrative audio and video entries at the BEA festival, and best promo and press release at the IBS conference.

BEA Festival of Media Arts Award winners include:

  • Student Ricardo 鈥淩ichy鈥 Garcia 鈥 first place, Non-Narrative Audio for 鈥淣oirVember鈥 (also won Best of Festival in the Two-Year Colleges Competition)
  • Student and WHCM General Manager Matt Byrne 鈥 second place, Non-Narrative Audio for 鈥淭he Night Shift Promo鈥
  • Student Cheryl Winkelmann 鈥 second place, Non-Narrative Video for 鈥淪hort Film Insanity鈥

IBS Media Award winners include:

  • Student Erica Berger 鈥 Best Commercial/Promo for her Pinksqueeze Promo
  • Students Yari Lopez, Garcia and Byrne for Best Press Release for their Chicago Reader Poll press release

In addition to its recent wins, 91制片厂 Radio fielded five other finalists at the IBS awards, including Best Community College Radio Station, Most Creative/Innovative Show, Best Community Volunteer Program/Personality, Best Logo and Best Faculty Advisor, Radio.

鈥淛ust being a finalist puts us in the top 5% in the country, so winning is extremely special,鈥 said Brian L. Shelton, associate professor in Mass Communication. 鈥淎s a faculty advisor, I鈥檓 honored to work with such a diverse group of students who use 91制片厂 Radio as their creative outlet.鈥

91制片厂鈥檚 WHCM was once again a Best Overall Radio Station finalist in the Chicago Reader鈥檚 annual online poll, competing against Chicago stations such as WXRT and WBEZ. 91制片厂 Radio broadcasts at 88.3 FM in Chicago鈥檚 northwest suburbs and streams at .