WICB, VIC Radio and ICTV, Ithaca College's student-run radio and television stations, were honored during the College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) annual National Student Production Awards ceremony. The event was held at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, October 21st as the final program of the CBI National Student Media Convention. During the ceremony presentation, CBI noted that the organization received and reviewed nearly 1,000 student entries. CBI honors and recognizes the top four entries in each category.
Below are the award results:
Best Special Broadcast (Audio) - First Place
VIC Radio - "Animals Radio Play"
Joshua Pantano '24 and Emily Barkin '24
Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program (Audio) - Third Place
WICB - "Homebrew 11-22-2022"
Dylan Brown '23 and Shannon Tonetta '26
Best Podcast (Audio) - Third Place
WICB - "How Are You, Actually? - Episode 3"
Katelyn Smith '26 and Lou Baron '23
Best Sports Reporting (Audio) - Second Place
WICB - "Countdown to Kickoff: IC Football's Offensive Line"
Kyle DeSantis '23
Best Sports Play-by-Play (Audio) - Third Place
WICB - "Ithaca v. Cortland Cortaca Jug Football PXP"
Matthew Sosler '23, Dane Richardson '23 and Jayden Becker '23
Best Sports Show (Audio) - Fourth Place
WICB - "Radio Row Review - Episode 5"
Nicholas Lubrano '23, Matthew Sosler '23, Dane Richardson '23 and Jayden Becker '23
Best Newscast (Video) - Second Place
ICTV - "ICTV Reports: A City in Motion 4-26-2023"
Paige Morrissey '24, Riley Garand '23, Griffin Homan '25 and Grant Johnson '25
Best Special Broadcast (Video) - Third Place
ICTV - "ICTV Election Center 2022"
Jordan Broking '23, Julia Davis '23, Tristan Hall '24, Thomas Kerrigan '23, Emily Hung '23 and Molly Sheets '24
Best Sports Reporting (Video) - First Place
ICTV - "Sports Final: Cornell Men's Lacrosse PKG"
Cam Manna '25
Best Live Sports Broadcast (Video) - Third Place
ICTV - "Bombers Live - Liberty League WBB Championship: Ithaca v. Skidmore 2-26-2023"
Gianna Nigro '23, Liam Shields '25, Michael Bueti '23 and Sean Tierney '24
Best Sportscast (Video) - First Place
ICTV - "Next Player Up 4-9-2023"
Matt Kane '23, Cam Manna '25, Elias Chermak '23 and Gia Guido '25
Best Sportscast (Video) - Fourth Place
ICTV - "Sports Final 4-23-2023"
Bryan Manchester '25, Julia Foster '25 and Ryan Spadafina '24
More information about CBI's annual fall convention and awards competition can be found at askcbi.org. The full list of national student production award winners is posted on CBI's website.
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.
VIC Radio is Ithaca College's student-run online radio station. The station broadcasts indie-alternative music daily, plus specialty music shows, weekly sports talk shows and additional news and sports coverage. VIC streams online at vicradio.org and can be heard using the VIC Radio iOS mobile app and through 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.
