Awards

Annual Broadcast Awards Call For Nominations

Entries due April 10, 2009!  

The VAB is seeking nominations for the following awards, which will be presented at the 72nd Annual Summer Convention on Friday night, June 26 in Virginia Beach at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel.  

NEW this Year – The Broadcast Advertising Hall of Fame Award!  The Broadcast Advertising Hall of Fame Award recognizes a Virginia Ad Man, Ad Women or direct advertiser whose leadership, creative contributions and support of broadcast advertising helped lead to their success.  Nominations should include a brief description of why your nominee deserves this award.  

C. T. Lucy Distinguished Service Award
Named for the founder of the VAB, this award honors a broadcaster who spent a significant part of his or her career at one or more Virginia broadcast properties.  Candidate should be an individual who has a reputation as an experienced broadcaster and has been a leader in the broadcast industry in Virginia, an active participant in the VAB, and involved in community and/or political service.

Nominations for the C.T. Lucy Award should include a description of why your nominee deserves the award.  For example, how has he or she been a leader in the broadcast industry in Virginia?  How many years has this person been involved in the VAB?  Has he or she been a Director or a member of the Executive Committee?  How is the person involved in the community or political service?  What has this person contributed back?  Your nominee could have not been an active member of the VAB, but through his or her station and efforts, contributed millions of dollars to a local charity in the local community.

George A. Bowles Jr. Award for Distinguished Performance in Broadcast News
Presented to a broadcast reporter or news director who is distinguished in the field of broadcast news.  Candidate must have longevity in Virginia broadcasting and be respected by his or her peers and the local community.  This broadcast reporter or news director should exhibit enthusiasm for his or her work, have a commitment to his or her community and have a depth of knowledge & insight apparent in his or her work.

Nominations for the George A. Bowles Jr. Award should include a description of why your nominee deserves the award.  For example, is this person well known on-air in the local market?  Does your community connect with this person because of his or her longevity and presence in the market?  Why?  Is your nominee committed to his or her community and how?

J. J. Freeman Engineering Achievement Award
Candidate must be or have been an owner, officer, or employee of any company, subsidiary, or division of a VAB member radio or television station or have been directly in support of broadcasting, including employees of the federal government directly engaged in broadcast engineering work and contract engineers serving VAB member stations.  Criteria:  technical knowledge, dedication, dependability, minimum 10 years experience in broadcasting, leadership in broadcast engineering affairs and outstanding contribution to broadcasting.

Nominations for the J.J. Freeman Engineering Award should include a description of why your nominee deserves the award.  

Please send your nominations and supporting material to Amy Shaw via fax, 434-979-2439 or via email, amy.shaw@easterassociates.com.  

Lawrence E. Richardson Award

The Virginia Association of Broadcasters has presented the 2008 Laurence E. Richardson Community Service Award to WVBW-FM 92.9 The Wave, a Max Media station.  The annual award was presented on January 21 at the VAB Legislative Gala in recognition of the station’s Wave Goodbye to Kids Cancer Radiothon.
 
WVBW donated on-air, online, and on-site promotional support for the two-day fundraising event last March that raised over $80,000 for the Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters, a 186 non-profit children’s hospital located in Norfolk, Virginia.
 
“This is our opportunity to give back to the children and their parents who have been dealing with the devastating effects of childhood cancer and provide hope for the future,” says Dick Lamb, host of The Morning Wave and Vice-President of Radio Operations for Max Media.
 
The award is a perpetual trophy presented in the name of Laurence E. Richardson, a past president of the Virginia Association of Broadcasters, who set an impressive example of community service for all broadcasters.  The trophy is given to the Virginia station that is judged, through its community service efforts, to have created the greatest resulting benefit to the local community during the past year.  In determining the winner, impartial judges use specific criteria, including supporting documents from local organizations. The judges this year were from the National Association of Broadcasters.  
 
A very special thank you to all twelve stations that submitted entries this year for their continued service to their community!

Distinguished Virginian and Broadcasting Awards

Each year, the Virginia Association of Broadcasters recognizes Virginians who have contributed to the industry of broadcasting and to the Commonwealth. For the 2008 Award winners, please click here.

71st Annual Virginia Broadcasting Awards

The 71st Annual Virginia Broadcasting Awards took place at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel Thursday, June 26 - Saturday, June 28.

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2007 BROADCASTING AWARD RESULTS

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