GOSHEN, IND. – Goshen College was named the Radio School of the Year by the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters (IASB) on Saturday. Communication students joined 10 other colleges at the Indianapolis Colts’ Gridiron Hall at the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center, for IASB’s annual luncheon and awards presentation, followed by the Indiana Broadcasters Association’s (IBA) spring career fair.
Goshen College received 27 awards, including 4 first place honors across the competition. Goshen College also placed second in the news and sports divisions behind Ball State University and third in the video division.
“The Globe has a long standing history of success at IASB,” said Tyson Miller, a senior journalism major and student station manager. “It feels good to be able to continue that legacy and to keep producing excellent work.”
This is GC’s seventh consecutive year being named Radio School of the Year and 11th time in 14 years. The 11 titles are more than any other school since the competition began in 2005.
“It never gets old, but it never gets easy either,” said Jason Samuel, director of Globe Media. “I’m really impressed with the seniors who led the way … [they] were the difference maker … they made a statement.”
Goshen College students are being recognized for their work with co-curricular programs in the Communication Department: the college’s radio station, 91.1 The Globe, GlobeTV, and video production company, FiveCore Media.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS BREAKDOWN
Radio Division
Alyssa McDonald, student executive producer and a senior from Salt Lake City, Utah; and Joey Paternostro, a sophomore multimedia journalist from Lowell, Indiana, placed first in the radio talk show category. Liliana Herrera, news director and a junior from Santa Clara, California; and Collin Echols, sports director and a senior from Indianapolis, Indiana, placed second in the category.
Seth Smith Kauffman, program director and a senior from Holmes County, Ohio, placed second in the radio air personality category. Eduardo Alvarez-Barrera, chief announcer and a sophomore from Goshen, Indiana, placed third.
Smith Kauffman also placed second in radio interview. Tyson Miller, a senior from Syracuse, Indiana, and student station manager, placed third in the category.
Echols also placed second in radio imaging. Tyson Miller placed second in radio spot production, Alvarez-Barrera placed second in radio copywriting and McDonald placed third in radio copywriting.
Tyson Miller and Smith Kauffman, along with Kate Bodiker, a junior from Holmes County, Ohio; and Mackenzie Miller, music director and a sophomore from Harrisonburg, Virginia, placed third in the radio show category.
Rounding out the division, Ana Alves Machado and Kenna Rohrer, both freshman, placed second in the original radio drama category.
News Division
In the news division, Herrera placed first for her work as a radio news anchor. Herrera, alongside Echols, placed second for video news program.
Mackenzie Miller placed second in the video news package category, McDonald placed second for her work as a radio news anchor and Tyson Miller placed third for a radio news report.
Sports Divison
Echols saw a lot of success in the sports division, placing first in both radio basketball play-by-play, and radio sports update. Echols, along with Tyson Miller, also placed second in radio sporting event broadcast.
The radio sports talk show category saw a lot of GC representation as a group of McDonald, Bodiker and Herrera placed second; while Cormac Koop Liechty, director of play-by-play at The Globe and a senior from Goshen, Indiana; Nathan Anderson, a first-year from Auckland, New Zealand, and Isaac Sawatzky, a senior from Goshen, Indiana, took third place.
Video Division
In the video division, Matija Margetic, a junior production assistant at FiveCore Media from Croatia, placed second in the music video category. McDonald and Bodiker placed second in the video program category for their election coverage.
Ryan Carrillo, a junior production assistant at FiveCore Media, placed second for his work in the corporate video category.
Tyson Miller placed second in the video copywriting category, while Bodiker placed third. Finally, Silas Immanuel, a senior student producer at FiveCore Media; Mike Murrell, a graduated communication student; Bennett Silveus, a senior and student producer at FiveCore; and Joshua Garcia, a graduated film production student; placed third in the video in-depth category.
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