In the New York State Broadcasters Association's (NYSBA) 57th annual Excellence in Broadcasting awards competition, Ithaca College's student-run television and radio stations took first place in the following categories:
- ICTV - Outstanding Public Affairs Program (College Television Division)
- "ICTV Reports" - ICTV's monthly local news magazine
- Episode - "Time of Reform" - 10/26/2022
- Produced by Griffin Homan '25, Inbaayini Anbarasan '24 and Brooke Vogel '24
- ICTV - Outstanding Sportscast (College Television Division)
- "Sports Final" - ICTV's weekly local sports highlight show
- Episode 2/26/2023
- Produced by Bryan Manchester '25, Julia Foster '25 and Ryan Spadafina '24
- ICTV - Outstanding Evening Newscast (College Television Division)
- "Newswatch" - ICTV's weekly local evening newscast
- Episode 11/15/2022
- Produced by Grant Johnson '25, Paige Morrissey '24 and David Teska '23
- ICTV - Outstanding Morning Newscast (College Television Division)
- "Good Day Ithaca" - ICTV's weekly local morning newscast
- Episode 11/18/2022
- Produced by Devon Jezek '25, Roxanne Palladino '23 and Katy Fleming '23
- WICB - Outstanding Promotional Announcement (College Radio Division)
- "Hobo's Lullaby Promo" - Promo for the station's weekly folk, bluegrass and Americana music show
- Produced by Lou Baron '23 and Connor Hibbard '23
- WICB - Outstanding Radio Show (College Radio Division)
- "Homebrew" - WICB's weekly local music show
- Episode 11/22/2022, featuring in-studio interview with Nate Marshall
- Hosted and Produced by Dylan Brown '23 and Shannon Tonetta '26
- WICB - Outstanding Sports Coverage (College Radio Division)
- "Radio Row Review" - WICB's Super Bowl preview sports talk show
- Episode #5 - 2/10/2023
- Hosted and Produced by Nicholas Lubrano '23, Matthew Sosler '23, Jayden Becker '23 and Dane Richardson '23
- WICB - Outstanding Podcast (College Radio Division)
- "How Are You, Actually?" - WICB's mental health podcast for college students
- Episode 3 - 12/19/2022
- Hosted and Produced by Katelyn Smith '26 with additional production by Lou Baron '23
The Excellence in Broadcasting Awards were presented at the New York State Broadcasters Association's Serving NY Regional Award Luncheon held on September 20, 2023 at the Double Tree Hotel in Binghamton, New York.
During the awards ceremony, WICB & VIC Radio also received Serving NY Awards honoring outstanding service to the community. On Saturday, March 25, 2023, members of WICB participated in Ithaca's annual Polar Plunge at Taughannock Falls State Park in support of Special Olympics New York. WICB's team raised $410. In total, the community event raised over $101K for the organization, surpassing the fundraising goal.
The weekend of April 21, 2023, VIC Radio hosted its 36th annual 50 Hour Marathon in support of Advocacy Center of Tompkins County. VIC DJ's Andy Tell '23, Clare Breakell '23, Carly Vallet '23 and Aidan Charde '23 stayed awake and on the air for fifty straight hours playing their favorite indie-alternative tracks. It streamed live on VICRadio.org and was simulcast on WICB and ICTV. VIC exceeded its goal and raised a total of $4,026 for the Advocacy Center. The Marathon was organized by Keenan Griebel '24, VIC's 50 Hour Marathon Coordinator.
