WBA is proud to announce… Awards For Excellence Winners Television Award Winners BEST USE OF SPORTS VIDEO Large Market Television 1st Place: WISN-TV, Playoff Battle SPOT NEWS nd 2 Place: WDJT-TV, Trash Talk st 1 Place: WTMJ-TV, Capitol Chaos 3rd Place: WITI-TV, Tough Mudder 2nd Place: WISN-TV, Germantown Crash rd WEATHERCAST 3 Place: WISN-TV, Bluff Collapse 1st Place: WISN-TV, Weather Watch 12, 2/1/2011 MORNING NEWSCAST nd 2 Place: WTMJ-TV, Brian Gotter 1st Place: WISN-TV, Budget Battle AM 3rd Place: WITI-TV, Vince Condella Composite 2nd Place: WITI-TV, Fox 6 WakeUp News - 2/2/2011 rd SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY IMPACT 3 Place: WTMJ-TV, The Big Blizzard 1st Place: WITI-TV, Prostate Cancer Screening EVENING NEWSCAST nd 2 Place: WISN-TV, Made in Wisconsin 1st Place: WISN-TV, Collective Bargaining 3rd Place: WTMJ-TV, Community Baby Shower 2011 Showdown nd SPECIALTY PROGRAMMING 2 Place: WISN-TV, Blizzard 2011 rd 1st Place: WITI-TV, Season of Giving 3 Place: WTMJ-TV, TODAY'S TMJ4 Live at 10 nd 2 Place: WITI-TV, Fox 6 Blitz NEWS WRITING rd 3 Place: WISN-TV, Season to Celebrate 1st Place: WISN-TV, Dog Tags Returned nd EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY 2 Place: WITI-TV, Autism Dog Helper st rd 1 Place: WITI-TV, Ted's Take #2 3 Place: WITI-TV, Honor Flight nd 2 Place: WITI-TV, Ted's Take #1 HARD NEWS/INVESTIGATIVE 3rd Place: WTMJ-TV, What's Hot st 1 Place: WISN TV, Sex Offender Loophole nd PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT 2 Place: WISN TV, Sleeping Dispatcher 1st Place: WDJT-TV, Just 10 Minutes 2011 Campaign 3rd Place: WTMJ TV, Big Bonuses nd 2 Place: WISN-TV, Experience Image Campaign SERIES OR DOCUMENTARY 3rd Place: WISN-TV, AM Image Summer Campaign st 1 Place: WITI-TV, Wisconsin's Most Wanted PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT nd 2 Place: WISN-TV, Right to Die st 1 Place: WTMJ-TV, The TODAY'S TMJ4 3rd Place: WTMJ-TV, Dahmer Week Community Baby Shower FEATURE 2nd Place: WISN-TV, “Save These Faces” 1st Place: WITI-TV, Miller Park Sax Player Facebook Campaign nd 3rd Place: WTMJ-TV, UPAF Ride for the Arts 2 Place: WTMJ-TV, Titanic Baby 3rd Place: WITI-TV, Deaf Teller BEST COMMERCIAL BEST LIVE ON-SCENE REPORTING 1st Place: WTMJ-TV, First Stage Children's Theater st Jingle Bells Batman Smells! 1 Place: WTMJ-TV, Charles Benson Compilation nd nd 2 Place: WTMJ-TV, Pick 'n Save Weather Calendar 2 Place: WITI-TV, Mike Lowe Composite rd rd 3 Place: WDJT-TV, Ernie Von Schledorn 3 Place: WDJT TV, Pickle Jar Robbery MADISON MADNESS BEST CONTINUING COVERAGE st st 1 Place: WTMJ-TV, Capitol Chaos 1 Place: WITI-TV, Budget Battle nd nd 2 Place: WISN-TV, Madison Madness 2 Place: WTMJ-TV, Bus Bullies rd rd 3 Place: WITI-TV, Budget Battle 3 Place: WITI-TV, Recall Elections BEST USE OF NEWS VIDEO Medium Market Television 1st Place: WITI-TV, Junk Parade SPOT NEWS nd 2 Place: WITI-TV, Air Guitar st rd 1 Place: WISC-TV, Downtown Fire 3 Place: WDJT-TV, Underwater Fishing nd 2 Place: WMTV-TV, Senators Flee Wisconsin SPORTS REPORTING 3rd Place: WMTV-TV, Young Brothers Murdered 1st Place: WITI-TV, Big Guy Hats MORNING NEWSCAST nd 2 Place: WISN-TV, Edith and Aaron 1st Place: WKOW-TV, Wake Up Wisconsin - 3rd Place: WTMJ-TV, Marco Rivera April 6, 2011 SPORTSCAST 2nd Place: WBAY-TV, Action 2 News This Morning, st 4/11/2011 1 Place: WITI-TV, Jen Lada Composite rd 2nd Place: WITI-TV, Tom Pipines Composite 3 Place: WKOW-TV, Wake Up Wisconsin - rd June 30, 2011 3 Place: WDJT-TV, Evan Fitzgerald Composite Television Award Winners (continued) EVENING NEWSCAST SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY IMPACT 1st Place: WISC-TV, News 3 at 6 1st Place: WISC-TV, Time For Kids: Recipe for Health 2nd Place: WBAY-TV, Action 2 News at Five 2nd Place: WKOW-TV, Jefferson Awards 3rd Place: WGBA TV, Best Newscast 3rd Place: WISC-TV, Hands on Hearts NEWS WRITING SPECIALTY PROGRAMMING 1st Place: WISC-TV, House Concert 1st Place: WKOW-TV, Wisconsin vs. Nebraska 2nd Place: WBAY-TV, Pricey Potty Pregame Special 3rd Place: WLUK-TV, Patriotism 2nd Place: WISC-TV, Rose Bowl Extra 3rd Place: WLUK-TV, Fox 11 Packers Family Night HARD NEWS/INVESTIGATIVE st EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY 1 Place: WLUK-TV, Where are the Jobs? 2nd Place: WISC-TV, Facebook Photos 1st Place: WLUK-TV, Answering Your Emails rd nd 3 Place: WKOW-TV, Friends You Can't Trust 2 Place: WLUK-TV, Losing a Legend rd 3 Place: WISC-TV, Editorial: Walker's Budget SERIES OR DOCUMENTARY st PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT 1 Place: WHA-TV, Wisconsin's Nazi Resistance: The Mildred Fish-Harnack Story 1st Place: WKOW-TV, Left Out in the Cold 2nd Place: WLUK-TV, Inmates on the Job (27 Storm Track Winter Campaign) 3rd Place: WLUK-TV, Packers-Vikings Rivalry in 2nd Place: WISC-TV, News 3 MARCH MADNESS Jeopardy 3rd Place: WISC-TV, NEWS 3 Everywhere You Are FEATURE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 1st Place: WKOW-TV, The Road To Fame: 1st Place: WKOW-TV, Art Fair on the Square Whitney Mann 2nd Place: WMTV-TV, Blooming Butterflies 2nd Place: WISC-TV, Social Media Romance 3rd Place: WMTV-TV, Madison Symphony Orchestra rd 3 Place: WISC-TV, Kidney Donation BEST COMMERCIAL BEST LIVE ON SCENE REPORTING st 1 Place: WISC-TV, Century House 1st Place: WMTV-TV, Chris Woodard Live Reporting 2nd Place: WISC-TV, Hitter's Sportsplex 2nd Place: WISC-TV, David Douglas Compilation 3rd Place: WKOW-TV, Camera Company “I Can Do It” rd 3 Place: WLUK-TV, Soldier's Daughter MADISON MADNESS BEST CONTINUING COVERAGE st 1 Place: WISC-TV, Madison Madness 1st Place: WMTV-TV, Heroin Epidemic 2nd Place: WMTV-TV, Political Fallout 2nd Place: WISC-TV, Recall Walker 3rd Place: WMTV-TV, Political Firestorm rd 3 Place: WMTV-TV, Fallout Recall Small Market Television BEST USE OF NEWS VIDEO st SPOT NEWS 1 Place: WMTV-TV, Concealed Carry nd st 2 Place: WGBA-TV, Business of Hunting 1 Place: WKBT-TV, Tornado Coverage rd 2nd Place: WSAW-TV, Wood County Storms 3 Place: WLUK-TV, Maple Syrup Tradition rd 3 Place: WAOW-TV, Merrill Tornado SPORTS REPORTING st MORNING NEWSCAST 1 Place: WISC-TV, Cancer Inspires Team nd st 2 Place: WKOW-TV, Overcoming Life's Curveballs 1 Place: WSAW-TV, Sunrise 7 - July 21, 2011 rd 2nd Place: WSAW-TV, Sunrise 7 - April 11, 2011 3 Place: WMTV-TV, Remembering Madi rd 3 Place: WKBT-TV, News 8 This Morning - SPORTSCAST Superbowl Celebration 1st Place: WKOW-TV, Jake Zimmermann nd EVENING NEWSCAST 2 Place: WISC-TV, News 3 Sports rd 1st Place: WAOW-TV, Live at Five 11/9/2011 3 Place: WMTV-TV, NBC 15 Sports nd 2 Place: WEAU-TV, WEAU 13 NEWS AT 6 5/6/2011 BEST USE OF SPORTS VIDEO rd 3 Place: WKBT-TV, News 8 at 6: Tornado Aftermath 1st Place: WMTV-TV, When We Were Kings nd NEWS WRITING 2 Place: WISC-TV, Zip Line Adventure rd st 3 Place: WLUK-TV, The Boys of Fall 1 Place: WQOW-TV, Campendium Part 3: Playing With Fire WEATHERCAST nd 2 Place: WEAU-TV, Cole's Community st rd 1 Place: WISC-TV, Karin Swanson 3 Place: WSAW-TV, A Day He'll Never Forget nd 2 Place: WGBA-TV, Cameron Moreland rd 3 Place: WMTV-TV, David George, Weather Television Award Winners (continued) HARD NEWS/INVESTIGATIVE WEATHERCAST 1st Place: WKBT-TV, Service and Sacrifice: 1st Place: WSAW-TV, Mike Breunling Welcome Home! 2nd Place: WAOW-TV, Wake Up Wisconsin – 2nd Place: WAOW-TV, Bullying Justin Loew 3rd Place: WQOW-TV, The Job Search 3rd Place: WKBT-TV, Stormteam Meteorologist Michelle Poedel SERIES OR DOCUMENTARY st SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY IMPACT 1 Place: WAOW-TV, Honor Flight 2nd Place: WKBT-TV, Freedom Honor Flight 1st Place: WQOW-TV, Kids in Need 3rd Place: WSAW-TV, Cold Case 2nd Place: WKBT-TV, Steppin’ Out in Pink 3rd Place: WSAW-TV, Help Merrill FEATURE st SPECIALTY PROGRAMMING 1 Place: WSAW-TV, Christmas for Kayleigh 2nd Place: WEAU-TV, Refuge Farms Rescue and 1st Place: WAOW-TV, Honor Flight Special Sanctuary 2nd Place: WKBT-TV, Assignment Education: 3rd Place: WAOW-TV, Purple Heart Changes and Challenges 3rd Place: WAOW-TV, Jefferson Awards BEST LIVE ON SCENE REPORTING st EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY 1 Place: WSAW-TV, Amy Pflugshaupt 2nd Place: WKBT-TV, Lou Hillman: 1st Place: WQOW-TV, Free & Easy Tornado Coverage 2nd Place: WEAU-TV, Packin’ for Perfection rd 3 Place: WSAW-TV, Liz Hayes PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT BEST CONTINUING COVERAGE st 1 Place: WKBT-TV, Winter Commitment 1st Place: WKBT-TV, In Search Of: 2nd Place: WQOW-TV, Mobile Site Weather 2011 Service and Sacrifice 3rd Place: WSAW-TV, NewsChannel 7 Mobile 2nd Place: WSAW-TV, Merrill Tornado Technology 3rd Place: WAOW-TV, Fleet Farm Bell Ringers PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT BEST USE OF NEWS VIDEO st 1 Place: WXOW-TV, La Crosse Sports Commission 1st Place: WKBT-TV, One Last Shot Golf Show 2011 2nd Place: WKBT-TV, Restoring History and Faith 2nd Place: WKBT-TV, Big Muddy Run 3rd Place: WQOW-TV, The Con Con 3rd Place: WSAW-TV, Vote SPORTS REPORTING BEST COMMERCIAL 1st Place: WKBT-TV, Seneca: Winning after 1st Place: WKBT-TV, Sue Kolve’s Holiday 2011 Tires Heartbreaking Loss 2nd Place: WKBT-TV, CP Association Skilled 30 2nd Place: WKBT-TV, Schultz Takes Long Road to 3rd Place: WXOW-TV, Piggy’s – Closed Course Softball Success rd MADISON MADNESS 3 Place: WAOW-TV, Natalie Decker NASCAR st 1 Place: WQOW-TV, Madison Protests SPORTSCAST nd 2 Place: WEAU-TV, Capitol in Crisis 1st Place: WSAW-TV, NewsChannel 7 Sports – 3rd Place: WSAW-TV, Madison Madness: A Central Dale Ryman Wisconsin Perspective 2nd Place: WKBT-TV, News 8 Sports – 3/6/2011 3rd Place: WEAU-TV, Sportscast – 3/1/2011 BEST USE OF SPORTS VIDEO 1st Place: WKBT-TV, Behind Enemy Lines 2nd Place: WSAW-TV, Ultimate Fighting Brothers 3rd Place: WSAW-TV, Gone in 10 Seconds – Heartbeat of a Champion News and Talk Radio Award Winners HARD NEWS/INVESTIGATIVE Large Market Radio - News and Talk 1st Place: WUWM-FM, Project Milwaukee: Southern SPOT NEWS Connections (Newsroom