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WVBA Award Winners

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Anyone have a full list of winners from this weekend's WVBA Awards Dinner? Please share!

WVBA has yet to post anything to its site - no surprise.
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You mean the West Virginia Radio Awards banquet?
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It would be nice for the awards dinner to be held at other locations, such as Wheeling or Parkersburg. Oglebay and the White Palace in Wheeling are two places that come to mind. Parkersburg has a couple of locations that could accomodate everyone as well, and there are new hotels as well. Heck, the Blennerhassett Hotel might even work. Anyhoo, other areas should be considered to perhaps blunt the effect of certain entities corralling the majority of the awards year after year. Allegedly, broadcasting associations from surrounding states do the judging, yet the same stations seem to get to the brass ring.

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And this year, that brass ring went to Bluefield. Congratulations to those stations, who once again proved that it's necessary to enter to win. However, entering the contest is not as easy as whining about how you can't win.
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WVBA has posted the 2014 Excellence in Broadcasting Awards winners list on its website.
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I was afraid that my post would be considered as 'whining,' and I did hesitate to respond. However, I reread the second half, and a reasonable person might come up with that opinion. For that, I heartily apologize, because that takes away from the effort required to earn such honors. It just seemed that the people going to the stage were running out of things to say, since they made quite a few trips. Perhaps reviewing the winners may change that perception.

I will never knowingly denigrate a group that deserves to win and that does win. I was merely suggesting that an alternate location could be considered to begin to erase any negative perceptions. Heck, Seven Ranges won in a category a while back, so 'whining' isn't an element. If each association has set requirements that are similar to each other, then transparency can be better assured. If the criteria is understood by submitting stations and groups, everyone can then be comfortable with the results, forcing everyone to work even harder, with the listener/consumer always the TRUE winner.

Flatwoods is in the geographic center of the state. It has amenities, and could be considered as another site thrown into the mix.
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I don't know why we even have a broadcasters association. Can anyone honestly say their station has benefited from membership in any way? The only benefit my station received when we were members was the privilege of airing their PSAs. :|
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The purpose of the WVBA is to lobby the legislature to prevent passage of
bills like the recent tries to outlaw or restrict "Non-Competes" in contracts.
Ant keep taxes low for owners, of course.
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How many stations in the state actually use non-competes in their contracts?
I suspect only the TV stations and then only maybe 4 or 5 will do that.
The upside to that is the bill for the lobbying is spread out over a lot of radio
stations that don't use contracts. Maybe the nifty website is what the radio stations use?
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