Saturday, April 1, 2017
Charleston Marriott • Charleston, WV 3
Radio Division
The WVBA radio awards are divided into two market size categories - RANKED and UNRANKED.
RANKED include all stations licensed to designated Metro Counties of any Neilson rated radio market. In West Virginia those include (1) Wheeling, (2) Parkersburg, (3) Huntington, (4) Charleston, (5) Morgantown-Fairmont- Clarksburg, (6) Beckley and (7) Bluefield. All stations whose city of license does not fall into a metro county of the seven rated markets compete in the UNRANKED category.
Radio Station of the Year Categories
Country: Any station that plays any form of country music including bluegrass, classic country and/or modern mainstream country.
CHR: Contemporary Hit Radio—both pop and rhythmic—hip-hop, rap and straight top forty radio.
AC/Oldies: All types of adult contemporary radio— including both hot and soft AC—as well as AAA, smooth jazz, contemporary Christian and oldies based formats other than rock and country—including 60’s oldies, music of your life, adult standards, classic hits, 70’s and 80’s oldies.
Rock: All genres of the rock format including classic rock, active rock, mainstream rock or alternative.
News/Talk/Sports: All stations that have a spoken word format such as all news, all talk and all sports—or a combination of news, sports and talk.
A station entrant must submit a document, maximum 250- words, that describes what the station has accomplished in audience ratings (if available), community involvement, promotions and public service. Submitter shall also provide an Mp3 file that does not exceed three-minutes in length along with an entry form.
Individual Radio Awards
Best Newscast: Best single, locally originated
newscast.
Best Sportscast: Best single, locally originated sportscast.
Best Play-by-Play: Submit only actual play-by-play highlights of a specific game, any sport...no interviews, halftime programs or production.
Best Talk Show: Best single, locally originated talk show.
Best Morning Show: This can be an individual or an ensemble that appears on the radio regularly between 5AM and 10AM. Can be one single show or a compilation