The Prestige Awards is sponsored annually by the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters to recognize outstanding achievements by Louisiana radio and television broadcasters.This competition was established to encourage the highest standards of reporting, community service and production creativity.
Join the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters in celebrating local radio and television stations' successes on March 21st for the 2019 Annual Prestige Awards Luncheon held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Lafayette, LA. Award Submissions are now open and close February 1st, 2019.
In addition to the awards luncheon, national speaker, Derron Steenbergen will be presenting "Rising Above the Distracted and Overwhelmed Salesforce" before the awards luncheon. Registration is required to attend either or both of these events.
Sales Seminar Speaker
"This interactive sales session will begin by focusing on an industry riddle that
everyone is trying to solve. We will identify it and help you establish an approach
to successfully maneuver it.
Today’s salesforce is terribly distracted and extremely overwhelmed. If this sounds
like you or your team you will not want to miss this session."
-Derron Steenbergen
2019 Award Entry Guidelines
ELIGIBILITY
The Prestige Awards is open to LAB member stations which have a primary audience in Louisiana.
Entries must have been produced and broadcast during the period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. Entries must be totally created and produced by the station. Material produced with outside advertising or production agency assistance is not eligible. Entries are limited to one per station in each of the categories. An entry can only be
entered in one category.
LAB Member stations must be in good standing and have paid their 2019 dues.
All entries must have :30 second video with sound for the award presentation. If your submission doesn’t have this, your submission will be disqualified.
ENTRY FEE
There is no entry fee to participate in this contest.
LIABILITY
If it is determined an entry is not fully locally produced and/or is entered with false documentation, the station and ownership of that station will not be permitted to submit for that award for a period of two years.
As in any contest, conflicts may arise. Issues involving
judging of entries will be resolved by the judges; their
decisions will be final. Issues involving interpretation of the rules and procedures of the LAB Prestige Awards will be settled by the Executive Staff of the LAB and, if deemed necessary by the Executive Staff, in consultation with the LAB Awards Committee. Their decisions will be final.
JUDGING
To insure objectivity, judging is conducted by a panel of broadcast experts from outside the state of Louisiana. They will evaluate all entries based on the criteria listed in the “Awards Categories” sections on the following pages. There will be one winner in each category. If the judges think an entry was submitted in the wrong category, they may move it to the proper category. The decision of the judges will be final.
AWARDS MARKETS
TELEVISION Large Market Baton Rouge, New Orleans/Metairie, Shreveport/Bossier City
Small Market All others
RADIO Major Market Baton Rouge, New Orleans/Metairie, Shreveport/Bossier City
Large Market Alexandria/Pineville, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe/W. Monroe
Medium Market Hammond, Houma, Ruston, Morgan City, New Iberia
Small Market All others
HOW TO ENTER
Below are directions for preparing and submitting entries. If you have questions, please contact the LAB office at (225) 267-4522 or via email to Angela Chirico at angela@broadcasters.org
CONTENT GUIDELINES
A.) GO TO WWW.ROCKOURAWARDS.COM
Create your account in seconds.
B.) Click “Submit Entry” from your station page and fill in the blanks.
C.) Acceptable file types for entries include:
.mp3, .mp4, .avi, .mov, .wmv, .doc, .pdf, .png, and .jpg
D.) Video entries must use a link from YouTube, Vimeo or other video hosting sites.
Audio: Upload to RockOurAwards.com
Video: www.vimeo.com
www.youtube.com or other hosting site
Important: Check URL’s to make sure they are correct, and they work. If password protected, you must provide username/password in the Comments section of your entry. Judges may disqualify your entry if work samples are inaccessible.
ENTRY DEADLINES
Entries must be submitted electronically through the RockOurAwards.com website no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, February 1, 2019.
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2018 PRESTIGE AWARD RECIPIENTS
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Best Use of Social Media –Radio
KHXT-FM Lafayette, La.
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Best Use of Social Media - Television
WWL-TV New Orleans, LA
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Community Service – Radio
KTDY-FM Lafayette, La.
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Community Service – Television
WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La.
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Uniquely Louisiana – Radio
WTGE-FM Baton Rouge, La.
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Uniquely Louisiana – Television
WLPB-TV Baton Rouge, La.
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Election Coverage – Radio
WWL AM/FM New Orleans, La.
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Election Coverage – Television
KTBS-TV Shreveport, La.
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Best Sports Show – Radio
WNXX-FM Baton Rouge, LA
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Best Sports Show – Television
KNOE-TV Monroe, La.
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Best Live On-Site Remote - Radio
KPEL-FM Lafayette, La.
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Best Weathercast - Television
WVLA-TV Baton Rouge, La.
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Best Morning Show - Radio
KRVE-FM Baton Rouge, La.
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Best Morning Show-Television
WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La.
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Best Interview - Radio
WWL AM/FM New Orleans, La.
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Investigative Reporting - Television
WVUE-TV New Orleans, La.
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Best Personality/Team - Radio
KQID-FM Alexandria, La.
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Breaking News – Television
WVUE-TV New Orleans, La.
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Promotion of the Year – Radio
KLFY-TV-FM Lafayette, La.
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Promotion of the Year – Television
WTGE-FM Baton Rouge, La.
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Station of the Year – Small Market Radio
KVPI-FM Ville Platte, LA
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Reporter of the Year – Television
Doug Warner, KSLA-TV
Shreveport, La.
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Station of the Year – Medium Market Radio
KXKZ-FM Ruston, LA
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Best Series or Documentary – Television
KTBS-TV Shreveport, La.
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Station of the Year – Large Market Radio
KHXT-FM Lafayette, La.
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Photojournalist of the Year – Television
Rick Rowe, KTBS-TV
Shreveport, La.
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Station of the Year – Major Market Radio
WWOZ-FM New Orleans, La.
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Station of the Year – Small Market Television
KATC-TV Lafayette, La.
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Best Newscast – Television
WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La.
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Station of the Year – Large Market Television
WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La.
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LAB Scholarship
Amanda Kitch, Southeastern Louisiana University
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LAB Scholarship
Katelynn Sprague, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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Student Broadcaster of the Year
Wesley Boone, The Southeastern Channel
Hammond, La.
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Lifetime Achievement – Radio
Scotty Drake, Guaranty Media
Baton Rouge, La.
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Broadcast Engineer of the Year
Andrew Cannatella, WDSU-TV
New Orleans, La.
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Lifetime Achievement – Television
Sylvia Weatherspoon, WBRZ-TV
Baton Rouge, La.
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Broadcaster of the Year
Joel Vilmenay, WDSU-TV
New Orleans, La.
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Contact:
Laura Smith
Manager of Business Development
laura@broadcasters.org
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