Sunflower Broadcasting, headquartered in Wichita, Kan., won 21 awards in the Kansas Association of Broadcasters 2010 contest.
KWCH-TV, in Wichita, won seven awards including six firsts and one second, in the Large Market category. KBSH-TV, in Hays, won six awards including three firsts, two seconds and an honorable mention and was named the Station Of The Year in the Non Metro Television Market category. KBSD-TV, in Dodge City, won eight awards including two firsts, three seconds and three honorable mentions in the Non Metro category.
The KWCH-TV first place winners were: Prime Newscast, won by the Eyewitness News Staff; News Feature/Enterprise Story, won by Megan Strader and Brian Gordon; Weathercast, won by Ross Janssen; Station Promotion Announcement, won by Shawn Hilferty, Stephanie Huff, Annette Lawless, Eddie Gilmore and Michelle Loss; Station Promotion Campaign, again win by Hilferty, Huff, Lawless, Gilmore and Loss; and Station Web site, won by Hilferty, Keli McDonough, Dan Rivers, John Boyd, Chris Durden, James Luce and Anthony Smith. The second place award came in the Station Promotion Announcement Category and was again won by the team of Hilferty, Huff, Lawless, Gilmore and Loss.
Grant Meech won three of the KBSH-TV awards, a first and a second in the News Feature/Enterprise category and a first in the In-Depth News Reporting category. Skyler Butler almost made a complete sweep of the Commercial, Any Length category for KBSH-TV by taking a first, a tie for second and an honorable mention.
Trista Hall and Pat Graf won seven of the eight KBSD-TV awards.
Hall took a first in the Single Topic Event News Coverage; a second and an honorable mention in the In-Depth News Reporting category and another honorable mention in the News Feature/Enterprise Story category.
Graf took a first and a second in the Commercial Series category and teamed with Kerri Baker to take second in the Commercial, Any Length category.
Molly Cummings gave KBSD-TV a complete sweep in the Commercial Series category by taking an honorable mention.
KWCH-TV, in Wichita, won seven awards including six firsts and one second, in the Large Market category. KBSH-TV, in Hays, won six awards including three firsts, two seconds and an honorable mention and was named the Station Of The Year in the Non Metro Television Market category. KBSD-TV, in Dodge City, won eight awards including two firsts, three seconds and three honorable mentions in the Non Metro category.
The KWCH-TV first place winners were: Prime Newscast, won by the Eyewitness News Staff; News Feature/Enterprise Story, won by Megan Strader and Brian Gordon; Weathercast, won by Ross Janssen; Station Promotion Announcement, won by Shawn Hilferty, Stephanie Huff, Annette Lawless, Eddie Gilmore and Michelle Loss; Station Promotion Campaign, again win by Hilferty, Huff, Lawless, Gilmore and Loss; and Station Web site, won by Hilferty, Keli McDonough, Dan Rivers, John Boyd, Chris Durden, James Luce and Anthony Smith. The second place award came in the Station Promotion Announcement Category and was again won by the team of Hilferty, Huff, Lawless, Gilmore and Loss.
Grant Meech won three of the KBSH-TV awards, a first and a second in the News Feature/Enterprise category and a first in the In-Depth News Reporting category. Skyler Butler almost made a complete sweep of the Commercial, Any Length category for KBSH-TV by taking a first, a tie for second and an honorable mention.
Trista Hall and Pat Graf won seven of the eight KBSD-TV awards.
Hall took a first in the Single Topic Event News Coverage; a second and an honorable mention in the In-Depth News Reporting category and another honorable mention in the News Feature/Enterprise Story category.
Graf took a first and a second in the Commercial Series category and teamed with Kerri Baker to take second in the Commercial, Any Length category.
Molly Cummings gave KBSD-TV a complete sweep in the Commercial Series category by taking an honorable mention.
