Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association Announces Award Winners

Illinois Awards

The winners of the ILLINOIS ASSOCIATED PRESS BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION Awards for 2016 were announced on SATURDAY (4/23) in SPRINGFIELD, IL.

Among the first-place winners:

Radio I/Metro Radio

• Outstanding News Operation: RIVET NEWS RADIO/CHICAGO
• Best Newscast: CUMULUS News-Talk WLS-A/CHICAGO
• Best Reporter: RIVET NEWS RADIO, JENNIFER O'NEILL
• Best Newswriter: CBS RADIO News WBBM-A-WCFS/CHICAGO, MARK FRIEDMAN
• Best Use of Sound: CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WBEZ/CHICAGO, MERIBAH KNIGHT and CURIOUS CITY
• Best Investigative Report: WBEZ
• Best Series or Documentary: WBBM, FELICIA MIDDLEBROOKS
• Best Hard News Feature: WBEZ, LINDA LUTTON and CATE CAHAN
• Best Light Feature: WBEZ, LAUREN CHOOLJIAN
• Best Sports Report: WGN, MARK CARMAN, ADAM HOGE, and MARK JACOBSEN
• Best Spot News: WBEZ, LINDA LUTTON and NATALIE MOORE

Radio II/Local Radio:

• Best Newscast: ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY Jazz-News-Talk WGLT/NORMAL, CHARLIE SCHLENKER
• Best Reporter: AUGUSTANA COLLEGE News-Talk-Classical WVIK/ROCK ISLAND, MICHELLE O'NEILL
• Best Newswriter: NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY News-Talk-Triple A WNIJ/DEKALB, SUSAN STEPHENS
• Best Use of Sound: WGLT, JUDY VALENTE
• Best Investigative Report: WGLT, JUDY VALENTE
• Best Series or Documentary: WGLT, JUDY VALENTE
• Best Hard News Feature: WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY News-Talk WIUM (TRI-CITIES PUBLIC RADIO)/MACOMB, EMILY BOYER
• Best Light Feature: BRADLEY UNIVERSITY News-Talk WCBU (PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO)/PEORIA, ALEX RUSCIANO
• Best Sports Report: WIUM, RICH EGGER
• Best Spot News: NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE Rock WONC/NAPERVILLE

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