WMUL-FM Students Receive One First-Place, Three Finalist Awards
03.26.2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Huntington, W. Va. -- Students from Marshall University's public radio station, WMUL-FM, received one (1) first-place award and three (3) finalist awards during the 81st Annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference’s 12th Annual Awards Ceremony that took place virtually from New York, New York, Saturday, March 6, 2021.
Dr. Chuck G. Bailey, professor of Radio-Television Production and Management in the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Marshall University and faculty manager of WMUL-FM, said that the students competed with other broadcasting students from more than eighty colleges and universities throughout the United States.
“WMUL-FM's student broadcasters fared well in the seven categories entered out of the fifty-nine IBS news, sports, production/on-air, promotional, web/social media, station printed materials, and best radio stations categories available. With WMUL-FM being declared as having the best football play-by-play performance plus WMUL-FM being a finalist for best men’s basketball play-by-play, best women’s basketball play-by-play, and best sports talk speaks well for Marshall University, the College of Arts and Media, and the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications," said Bailey.
The first-place award-winning entry in the football sports play-by-play category was:
BEST SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY FOOTBALL
WMUL-FM’s broadcast of the Marshall University versus Louisiana Tech football contest played at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, Friday, November 15, 2019. The students calling the football broadcast over FM 88.1 were:
Play-by-play announcer --- Nick Verzolini, a senior from Stewartstown, Pennsylvania;
Color commentator --- Wesley Steele, a sophomore from Flatwoods, Ky;
Sideline reporter --- Tyler Kennett, a junior from Rock;
Engineer --- Justin Zimmer, a sophomore from Bethesda, Maryland.
The finalist awards in the sports play-by-play categories and sports talk program category went to:
BEST SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY MEN’S BASKETBALL
WMUL-FM’s broadcast of the Marshall University versus University of Southern Mississippi men’s college basketball game played at the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, West Virginia, Wednesday, March 07, 2019. The students calling the women’s basketball broadcast over FM 88.1 were:
Play-by-play announcer --- Andrew Rogers, a junior from Clarksburg;
Color commentator --- Nick Verzolini, a senior from Stewartstown, Penn.;
Statistician --- Justin Zimmer, a sophomore from Bethesda, Maryland;
Engineers --- Nick Matawa, a junior from Brick New Jersey and
James Maddox, a recent graduate from Culloden.
BEST SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WMUL-FM’s broadcast of the Marshall University versus Norfolk State University college women’s basketball game played at the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, West Virginia, Saturday, November 09, 2019. The students calling the women’s basketball broadcast over FM 88.1 were:
Play-by-play announcer --- Nick Verzolini, a senior from Stewartstown, Pennsylvania;
Color commentator --- Andrew Rogers, a junior from Clarksburg;
Engineer --- Spencer DuPuis, a recent graduate from Leesburg, Virginia.
BEST SPORTS TALK PROGRAM
“Herd Roundup” written and produced by Spencer DuPuis, a recent graduate from Leesburg, Virginia, broadcast and made available online, Friday, December 06, 2019.