Radio station competes with the pros, brings back first-place honors
WMLU student staffers (from left) Ashley Bowles, Brigid Hokana, Keenan Crump, Ben Maitland and Nathan Epstein accepted two awards the station received from the Virginia Association of Broadcasters.
Longwood campus radio station WMLU received two first-place awards from the Virginia Association of Broadcasters (VAB) in June 2011. The station captured top honors for Outstanding Sports Coverage and for Best Station Promotion/Contest for a non-commercial/public radio station.
This was the third consecutive year that WMLU received the first-place award for sports coverage. In 2010, WMLU received the second-place award for the best station promotion.
“Longwood is the only college or university to receive an award from the VAB for three consecutive years,” said Jeff Halliday, assistant professor of communication studies, who is co-adviser to the station. The sports award was for overall coverage, and the other award was for a 60-second promotion for Bandfest, sponsored by WMLU and held the Friday of Spring Weekend.
WMLU (www.wmlu.org), a 250-watt station that started in 1981, does live streaming of music and student programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
