The Indiana Associated Press Broadcasters Association has announced its winners for the 2008 broadcast awards for television and radio. WSBT received top awards in many categories. Here are a few of the winners.

TV Awards

WSBT received first place awards in the categories of: Outstanding weather operation - Local Television; Best producer - Local Television, Jodie Moser; Best spot news reporting - Local Television; Best enterprise story - Local Television; Best continuous coverage of single event - Local Television; Best investigative report - Local Television; and Best feature - Local Television.

Second place honors were awarded for Best community impact - Local Television; Best producer - Local Television, Leslie Wells; Best investigative report - Local Television; Best station photojournalism - Local Television; and Best web site - Local Television.

Honorable mentions were given to Jim Pinkerton, DeMarco Brown, Chad Damp, Mark Honaker and Isaiah Cooks for Best news series - Local Television and the WSBT News staff for Outstanding news operation - Local Television.

Radio Awards

The WSBT Radio News team won second place for best continuous coverage of a single event - Metro Radio. They also tied for first place in the categories of outstanding news operation - Metro Radio, and Best spot news reporting - Metro Radio.

They received second place for best continuous coverage of a single event - Metro Radio.


For the complete list of Indiana Associated Press Broadcasters Association winners, click here.