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Published on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 18:07
This week, the Illinois Broadcasters Association (IBA) announced the finalists for their annual Silver Dome Awards Contest. With the finalists now chosen, judges will listen & watch the entries to decide who gets the honor of being named "Best of State - 2012" in each category.
The IBA Silver Dome Awards are given out for broadcasting quality & excellence, but only for the entries the IBA receives, not for all work produced by all stations statewide. Entries are judged by out-of-state broadcasters.
The Silver Dome Awards are broken down between Radio and Television and then each are broken down between Large Market (Chicago market only), Medium Market (Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Decatur, Joliet, Marion-Carbondale, Peoria, Quad Cities, Quincy, Rockford, and Springfield), and Small Market (every other area in IL).
The finalists themselves entered their work to be judged, along with a fee. The competition is only open to IBA member stations. All of entries must have been produced and broadcast by stations between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011 only. Entries had to be received by the IBA by February 14th, 2012. The fee ($40 per entry for the Chicago market) goes to benefit the IBA's College Endowment and Minority Internship Programs.
Here are the 2012 IBA Silver Dome Finalists for the Chicago Market...
CHICAGO MARKET -- RADIO:
Best Radio Non-Humorous Commercial Finalists:
WGN-AM
Entry: Madball - The Bartman Play
Credit: Jason Skaggs
Best Radio Humorous Commercial Finalists:
WDRV-FM
Entry: Best Seat in the House
Credit: Matt Bisbee, Writer/Producer/Voice
WGN-AM
Entry: Oak Park Natural Pet and Fish
Credit: Jason Skaggs
WILV-FM
Entry: WILV Make Up By Melissa
Credit: John Siuntres
Best Radio Station Self-Promotion Finalists:
WDRV-FM
Entry: Music's Been There Sweeper
Credit: Matt Bisbee, Producer
Best Radio Station Self-promotion Finalists:
WDRV-FM
Entry: The Story of The Rolling Stones
Credit: Matt Bisbee, Writer/Producer
WGN-AM
Entry: Snowmageddon
Credit: Chris Duffy
Best Radio Local Program Finalists:
WBBM-AM
Entry: Mitchell's
Credit: Felicia Middlebrooks
Best Radio Local Program Finalists:
WBBM-AM
Entry: 60
Credit: Bob Roberts
WTMX-FM
Entry: Remembering 9/11 on Mix Matters
Credit: Susan Wiencek
Best Radio Feature Programming Finalists:
WBBM-AM
Entry: Made in Chicago
Credit: Lisa Fielding
WDRV-FM
Entry: The Drive's History of Rock and Roll
Credit: Matt Bisbee Producer
WSCR-AM
Entry: 670 The Score's coverage of the Jerry Sandusky story
Credit: Mitch Rosen program director
Best Radio Local Broadcast Team Finalists:
WGN-AM
Entry: Steve King & Johnnie Putman
Credit: Steve King
Best Radio Local Broadcast Team Finalists:
WGN-AM
Entry: WGN Sports Night
Credit: David Kaplan
WBBM-AM
Entry: Felicia and Pat in the Morning
Credit: Felicia Middlebrooks
Best Radio Sports Story Finalists:
WGN-AM
Entry: John Wiedeman and Troy Murray / Chicago Blackhawks Hockey
Credit: John Wiedeman
WGN-AM
Entry: Dave Eanetn & Ted Albrecht / Northwestern Wildcats Football
Credit: Dave Eanet
WGN-AM
Entry: Pat Hughes & Keith Moreland / Chicago Cubs Baseball
Credit: Pat Hughes
Best Station Live Coverage of an Event Finalists:
WBBM-AM
Entry: Blizzard
Credit: WBBM Newsradio staff
WIQI-FM
Entry: A Governor's Fate
Credit: The FM News Chicago Team
WSCR-AM
Entry: WSCR 670 The Score's live coverage of the 2011 Chicago Marathon
Credit: Mitch Rosen, Program Director
Best Local Radio Newscast Finalists:
WBBM-AM
Entry: 4:00pm newscast - July 12, 2011
Credit: Steve Grzanich
WGN-AM
Entry: Andrea Darlas
Credit: Andrea Darlas
WIQI-FM
Entry: FM News Chicago - Everything All at Once
Credit: The FM News Chicago Team
Best Station Community Service Finalists:
WGN-AM
Entry: John Williams Animal Welfare League fundraising campaign
Credit: John Williams
WBBM-AM
Entry: The WBBM Good Neighbor Radiothon
Credit: WBBM Staff
WTMX-FM
Entry: The 12th Annual Eric and Kathy 36 Radiothon
Credit: Eric Ferguson
Best Station Local Website Finalists:
WGN-AM
Entry: WGNRadio.com
Credit: Dave Marzullo
WBBM-AM
Entry: CBSChicago.com
Credit: CBS Chicago digital staff
WDRV-FM
Entry: The Drive's website - WDRV.com
Credit: Jeff Buti, Producer
Best Station Use of New Media Finalists:
WGN-AM
Entry: 60 Seconds with videos
Credit: John Williams
WTMX-FM
Entry: Eric All Access
Credit: Eric Ferguson
WTMX-FM
Entry: Eric & Kathy's 60 Seconds of the Show
Credit: Eric Ferguson
Best News Reporter Finalists:
WGN-AM
Justin Swain
WBBM-AM
Lisa Fielding
WBBM-AM
Bernie Tafoya
Best Sportscaster Finalists:
WGN-AM
Entry: Dave Eanet
WGN-AM
Entry: David Kaplan
WBBM-AM
Entry: Josh Liss
Best Radio Personality Finalists:
WGN-AM
Entry: Mike McConnell
WILV-FM
Entry: WILV Murphy In The Morning
Credit: Robert Murphy, Host
WTMX-FM
Entry: Cara Carriveau - Middays
101.9 WTMX, The Mix
CHICAGO MARKET -- TELEVISION:
Best TV Single Commercial Finalists:
WCIU-TV
Entry: Panda Express Free Day
Credit: Chris Cangilla
WMAQ-TV
Entry: WMAQ - Caribou Coffee
Credit: Mark Cassidy
Best TV Station Self-Promotion Finalists:
WMAQ-TV
Entry: WMAQ - Green Week
Credit: Jay Wadhwa
WMAQ-TV
Entry: WMAQ - Halloween Image Promotion
Credit: Mark Cassidy
WMAQ-TV
Entry: WMAQ - Station Image Promotion
Credit: Mark Cassidy
Best TV Use of Graphic Design Finalists:
WLS-TV
Entry: ABC 7 Design Composite
Credit: ABC 7 Design Department
Best Locally Produced TV Program or Series Finalists:
WLS-TV
Entry: Chicago's Mayor - The Daley Years
WLS-TV
Entry: 190 North
Credit: Janet Davies
WMAQ-TV
Entry: NBC 5 Presents the 2011 Chicago Auto Show
Credit: Matt Piacente, Geoff Glick, Jan Golden, Ed Mann, Trisha Hockings, Carol Cooling, and the entire NBC 5 Auto Show team
Best Public Affairs Program Finalists:
WLS-TV
Entry: Heart Soul
Credit: Karen Jordan Host
WLS-TV
Entry: The Beat
Credit: Theresa Gutierrez, Host/Producer
WLS-TV
Entry: Asian Influences Focused on the Future
Credit: Linda Yu, Host/Producer
Best Newscast Finalists:
WGN-TV
Entry: February 2, 2011 - Chicago Blizzard Coverage
Credit: WGN News Team
WLS-TV
Entry: Blagojevich Verdict - June 27, 2011
Credit: ABC7 Staff
WMAQ-TV
Entry: Blizzard of 2011
Credit: Joe Kolina, Executive Producer
Best TV Hard News Story Finalists:
WGN-TV
Entry: Marathon Cheaters
Credit: Julie Unruh
WGN-TV
Entry: A Soldier's Story
Credit: Katharin Czink
WMAQ-TV
Entry: Keyless Ignition Eyed In Three Deaths
Credit: Lisa Parker, Reporter
Best Station Community Service Finalists:
WMAQ-TV
Entry: Running for Charity on NBC 5 Chicago
Credit: Matt Piacente, Carol Cooling, Geoff Glick, and the entire NBC5 and Chicago Marathon teams
Best Station Produced PSA Finalists:
WCIU-TV
Entry: Vintage Anti-Smoking
Credit: Chris Cangilla
WMAQ-TV
Entry: Black History Month 2011
Credit: Jay Wadhwa
WMAQ-TV
Entry: WMAQ - 2011 Hispanic Heritage Month PSAs
Credit: Jay Wadhwa
Best Station Local Website Finalists:
WGN-TV
Entry: WGNTV.com
Credit: Elyse Russo
WMAQ-TV
Entry: NBCChicago.com
Credit: Andrew Greiner
Best Station Use of New Media Finalists:
WMAQ-TV
Entry: Chicago Marathon Social Livestream
Credit: Andrew Greiner
Best TV Anchor Finalists:
WGN-TV
Entry: Larry Potash
Best TV Weathercaster Finalists:
WGN-TV
Entry: Tom Skilling
For those of you keeping score, the total nominations are as follows:
WGN-AM: 16
WMAQ-TV: 12
WBBM-AM: 11
WLS-TV: 7
WGN-TV: 6
WTMX-FM: 5
WDRV-FM: 5
WIQI-FM: 2
WILV-FM: 2
WSCR-AM: 2
WCIU-TV: 2
Again, these are not the winners, but simply the nominees. The entire list of nominees, including the Medium & Small Markets for Radio & Television can be seen
HERE. The Illinois Broadcasters Association will announce and award the winners on June 20th at the IBA2012 Silver Dome Awards Banquet, held at the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Normal, IL. Ticket information can be found at this link
HERE.
