Alabama Associated Press 2009 broadcast award winners

The Alabama Associated Press 2009 broadcast award winners were announced last week.

Birmingham radio stations swept 14 of the 16 awards in their category, nine won by WBHM (90.3 FM). Birmingham TV stations took home 13 awards, with Fox 6 winning six awards.

AP News Cooperation award

Radio

• WERC

Television

• ABC 33/40
• WHNT
• WSFA

Radio

Note: All radio awards won by Birmingham stations, except for Nos. 7 and 15.

1. Most Outstanding News Operation: WBHM
2. Best Regularly Scheduled Newscast: WZZK, Don Dailey
3. Extraordinary Coverage of a Scheduled Event: WBHM, Tanya Ott and Andrew Yeager, “Larry Langford Trial”
4. Best Coverage of a Spot News Story: WERC, Neal Vickers
5. Best General Sports: WBHM, Andrew Yeager and Tanya Ott, “Tide Flu” and “Greening the Green”
6. Best Public Affairs/Documentary: WERC, “Strokes”
7. Best Investigative Reporting: Alabama Public Radio, Brett Tannehill, “The Case of Bridget Lee”
8. Best Hard-News Feature Story: WBHM, Tanya Ott
9. Best Soft-News Feature Story: WBHM, Andrew Yeager, “Silly Bands”
10. Best Reporter: WBHM, Andrew Yeager
11. Best Anchor: WZZK, Don Dailey
12. Best Commentator/Editorialist: WBHM, Marie Sutton, “Gay Marriage”
13. Best Sports Reporter: WBHM, Andrew Yeager
14. Best Sports Anchor: WERC, Tom Morgan
15. Best Specialized Reporter: Alabama Public Radio, Alisa Beckwith-Ayilliath, “Health Coverage”
16. Best Use of Tape: WBHM, Tanya Ott, “Grocery Auction”

WBHM posted its award-winning stories on its site.

Television

Note: Birmingham winners in bold.

1. Most Outstanding News Operation:

• TV A: Fox 6 WBRC
• TV AA: WHNT News 19
• TV AAA: WTVY News 4

2. Best Regularly Scheduled Newscast

• TV A: CBS 42, 5 pm News
• TV AA: WHNT-TV, Tiffany Golden, Preston Benson, Denise Vickers, David Williams
• TV AAA: WVUA-TV , Lynn Brooks, Terri Brewer, Wes Wyatt, Gary Harris, Jerome Davis, Jennifer Hamner, Jonathan Newman, Clare Stewart

3. Best Documentary

• TV A: CBS 42, Cynthia Gould, Larry Ragan, Scott McDowell, John Johnson, Bill Payer, Bill Ballard, “Poison In The Air”
• TV AA: WAFF 48, Jeff Castle, Kim Essex, Daniel Farmer, Kim Hester, Daniel Hopkin, Liz Hurley, Ben Isenhower, Amanda Jarrett, Blake Mann, Remeisha Shade, Mark Thornhill, Brad Travis, Todd Wade, “20 Years Later: The Twister That Changed It All”
• TV AAA: WTVY, Denise Bradberry, “Surviving The Storm”

4. Best Series

• TV A: ABC 33/40, Yenu Wodajo, Bruce Nix, and Bill Castle, “Jobless”
• TV AA: WHNT-TV, Carson Clark and David Wood, “Murder in the Snow”
• TV AAA: WVUA-TV, Terri Brewer and Jerome Davis, “Justice for Bridget”

5. Best Investigative Reporting

• TV A: Fox 6 WBRC, Ronda Robinson, “Davita Dialysis”
• TV AA: WHNT-TV, Wendy Halloran, Shane Hays, Denise Vickers, Joe Glotzbach, Jacob Greene, Breach of Trust”
• TV AAA: WTVY-News 4, Skylar Zwick and Jason Wright, “Uninformed Security”

6. Best Spot News Story

• TV A: ABC 33/40, Ainsley Bruister, Jon Pinnick, Melissa Riopka, Chris Reid, Bill Castle, Jerry Wade, Pam Huff, Tracy Haynes, Wyatt Caruthers, Teresa Tolson, Kim Roy, Angie Ephrom, “Officer Shot”
• TV AA: WSFA 12 News, “May Montgomery Floods”
• TV AAA: WVUA-TV, Alex Joseph, “Cows on Interstate”

7. Best Feature Story

• TV A: WKRG, Alan Sealls, “Hurricane Fastball”
• TV AA: WHNT-TV, David Wood and Dan Satterfield, “Dan in Space”
• TV AAA: WVUA-TV, Terri Brewer abd Jerome Davis, “Behind the Badge: Self Defense”

8. Best Sports Story

• TV A: WALA Fox 10, Cary Chow and Kevin Sullivan, “Taylor Haugen’s Legacy”
• TV AA: WAFF, Scott Thiesen and Blake Mann, “Running Wild”
• TV AAA: WTVY-News 4, Denise Bradberry and Chris Harris, “The Last Football Game at EHS”

9. Best Sports Feature

• TV A: ABC 33/40, Jeff Speegle and Todd Dewey, “The Game Goes On”
• TV AA: WAKA-TV, Dee Jackson, Stu McCann, and Stephen Carter, “The Game That Changed Auburn”
• TV AAA: WTVY News 4, Brad Sherwood, “Ultimate Frisbee”

10. Best Sports Program

• TV A: Fox 6 WBRC, Rick Karle, Mike Dubberly, Brian Pope, Rob Davis, Fox 6 Photography Team, “Sideline 2009”
• TV AA: WAFF-TV, Scott Thiesen, Carl Prather, Eric Sollman, WAFF Photography Staff, WAFF Production Staff, “Friday Night Fever”
• TV AAA: WVUA TV , Gary Harris, Rodney Orr, John Huddleston, Todd Hoyer,Jonathan Newman, Jennifer Hamner, Scott Spence,Ron Hamner, Keith Dobbins, Lynn Brooks, “Tider Insider TV Recruiting Special”

11. Extraordinary Coverage of a Planned Event

• T VA: Fox 6 WBRC, Scott Richards, Janet Hall, Jonathan Hardison, Ashley Nix, Anthony Moore, Jamie Johnston, Perry Dawson, Neal Posey, Lloyd Alford, “Larry Langford Guilty”
• TV AA: WHNT-TV, Denise Vickers, David Williams, Jerry Hayes, Allison Duff, Tiffany Golden, Shane Hays, David Wood, Carson Clark, Andrew Wilkins, “Tornado 89: Then and Now”
• TV AAA: WVUA-TV, Lynn Brooks, Terry Saban, Keith Dobbins, Amy Eifler, Jennifer Hamner, Jonathan Newman, Scott Spence, Roy Clem, Clare Stewart, Terri Brewer, John Huddleston, “UA Homecoming Parade”

12. Victor Irving Best Staff Photography

• TV A: WALA Fox 10, Kevin Sullivan, Rob Lehocky, Franz Barraza
• TV AA: WHNT-TV, Gregg Stone, Shane Hays, David Wood, Andrew Wilkins
• TV AAA: WVUA-TV, Jerome Davis, Parrish Alleman, Todd Hoyer, John Huddleston, Alex Joseph

13. Best Web Journalism

• TV A: CBS 42, Bill Payer and Chris Mitchell
• TV AA: WHNT-TV, Claire Aiello
• TV AAA: WTVY News 4, Toygar Ayla, News 4 Staff

14. Best Reporter

• TV A: WPMI, Andrea Ramey
• TV AA: WSFA 12 News, Cody Holyoke
• TV AAA: WVUA-TV , Tyler Morton

15. Stan Tarilton Best Photographer

• TV A: WALA Fox 10, Kevin Sullivan
• TV AA: WHNT-TV, David Wood
• TV AAA: WTVY News 4, Erica Proffer

16. Best News Anchor

• TV A: WPMI, Greg Peterson
• TV AA: WAKA-TV, Stefanie Hicks
• TV AAA: WTVY News 4, Skylar Zwick

17. Best Weather Anchor

• TV A: ABC 33/40, James Spann
• TV AA: WAKA-TV , Chris Bailey
• TV AAA: WVUA-TV, Wes Wyatt

18. Best Sports Anchor

• TV A: Fox 6, Rick Karle
• TV AA: WAKA-TV, Dee Jackson
• TV AAA: WVUA-TV, Gary Harris

19. Best Specialized Reporter

• TV A: Fox 6, Ronda Robinson
• TV AA: WHNT-TV, Wendy Halloran
• TV AAA: WVUA-TV, Terri Brewer

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