2021 EIB Award Winners

 

2021
Legendary Station of the Year
Kicks Country
Bluefield, WV  
2021
Best Television Station of the Year
WOWK TV
Huntington, WV  


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AC/Oldies Station of the Year
SKY 1065
Star 95

CHR Station of the Year
J104 - WHAJ
WQZK FM

Country Station of the Year
Kicks Country
WVMD The Wolf

News/Talk Station of the Year
WEPM AM

Rock Station of the Year
WCLG FM
93.5 WFBY

On-Air Personality:
WMGA Cecilia Bowen
WQZK Logan Scott

Best Morning Show:
WKKW FM Jeff & Sarah In The Morning
WLTF Rona Mensah WLTF Morning Show

Best Newscast:
WJLS AM Keith Thompson News Network Newscast
WEPM Marsha Chwalik Afternoon News

Best Talk Show:
WHIS Matt Deal What's Next
WCMD Tony Cimaglia The Morning Rush

Best Sportscast:
WKOY Dan McMahon
WKLP Tony Cimaglia

Best Play-by-Play:
WKMZ Travis Jones
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

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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

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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
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Photos

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