On Tuesday, October 31, 2023, the College Media Association (CMA) named WICB-FM an Honorable Mention in its 2023 Radio Station of the Year Pinnacle Awards competition. Ithaca college's student-run radio station was previously named one of five finalists for the award within Division II, including institutions with 3,000 - 9,999 undergraduates. The announcement was made during the ACP/CMA Fall National College Media Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Connor Hibbard '23 served as WICB Station Manager during the 2022-2023 academic year.
This is the fourth time WICB has placed in the CMA Pinnacle Awards competition in the last five years. WICB won CMA's 2020 Station of the Year Pinnacle Award, was named a 2021 honorable mention and placed third in 2018.
Per collegemedia.org, CMA's Pinnacle Awards honor the best college media organizations and individual work. The contest is open to student work produced for any college media organization, including print, broadcast and online outlets, during an academic year.
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 with local community focused music, news and sports programming. WICB also streams online at wicb.org and can be heard using the 92 WICB iOS mobile app and through iHeartRadio and TuneIn Radio.
