ICTV and WICB, Ithaca College's student-run television and radio stations, were honored during the Syracuse Press Club's annual Professional Recognition Awards competition. The announcement was made on Saturday, May 6th during an awards dinner and ceremony at the Collegian Hotel & Suites in Syracuse, New York.
Per SPC's website, the contest is open to journalists working in and published within the following 21 counties of New York State: Onondaga, Madison, Cortland, Cayuga, Oswego, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Lewis, Herkimer, Oneida, Otsego, Delaware, Chenango, Broome, Tompkins and Seneca; and as far west as State Route 14 in Tioga, Chemung, Wayne, Schuyler and Yates counties.
Below are the award results:
Best Radio/Podcast News Feature Story (Student Competition)
First Place - Jay Bradley '22 - WICB
"Electric Vehicles for Earth Day"
Best Radio/Podcast Sports Story (Student Competition)
Second Place - Nicholas Lubrano '23 - WICB
"Countdown to Kickoff: 63rd Annual Cortaca Jug Game Open"
Best Television/Video News Story (Student Competition)
First Place - Grant Johnson '25 - ICTV
"Ithaca is Gorges, But Dangerous"
Best Television/Video News Story (Student Competition)
Honorable Mention - Emily Hung '23 - ICTV
"Ithaca Starbucks Employees Campaign to Unionize"
More information about Syracuse Press Club's Professional Recognition Awards competition can be found on https://syracusepressclub.org/rules-eligibility/.
The full list of 2022-23 award winners can be found here.
The winning packages produced by Grant Johnson and Emily Hung both aired during "ICTV Reports," ICTV's monthly news magazine exploring important stories and issues in Ithaca and Tompkins County. Jay Bradley's radio story aired during "Ithaca Now," WICB's weekly local radio news magazine featuring community stories and interviews. Nicholas Lubrano's game open aired prior to WICB's live play-by-play coverage of the Ithaca v. Cortland "Cortaca Jug" Football Game played at Yankee Stadium on November 12, 2022.
WICB is Ithaca College's FCC licensed radio station, heard locally at 91.7 FM. The station is on the air 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week, 365-days-a-year. WICB also streams online at wicb.org and can be heard using the 92 WICB iOS mobile app and through iHeartRadio and TuneIn Radio.
Ithaca College Television (ICTV) is Ithaca College's student-operated television production organization serving 26,000 Tompkins County cable households with a variety of community oriented programming. The station's programming airs locally on Spectrum Channel 16 and also streams at ictv.org.