Awards

wrst AWARDS

Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Awards

2023

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Sports Play-By-Play
Award: First Place
Title: “University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh vs. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater February 16, 2022” 
Credits: Calvin Leverenz and Brady Meyer

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Air Check
Award: First Place
Title: Flashback Fridays 
Credits: Chandler Brindley

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Website
Award: First Place
Title: Flashback Fridays 
Credits: Miles Schmidt & Teagan Tolley

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Long Form Production
Award: Second Place
Title: WRCO’s Rockin’ Saturday Nights 
Credits: Chandler Brindley

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Air Check
Award: Third Place
Title: The Shuffle 
Credits: Becca Hawbaker

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Social Media
Award: Third Place
Title: 90.3 WRST-FM Social Media
Credits: Teagan Tolley

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Long Form Production
Award: Third Place
Title: Collegiate Wrestler
Credits: Cory Sparks

2022

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Sports Play-by-Play 
Award: Second Place
Title: UWO vs. N.C. College Men’s BB 12/11/21
Credits: Jonathon Samp and Deven Michalak
Comments: Great call of the game, despite probably wearing masks. Very entertaining!

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Air Check (Radio)
Award: First Place
Title: Cody Buechel, The Shuffle, 12/7/21
Credits: Cody Buechel

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Air Check
Award: Second Place
Title: Michael Stensland, The Shuffle, 12/6/21
Credits: Michael Stensland

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Air Check
Award: Third Place
Title: Taycee Zach, The Jazz Wire, 10/15/21
Credits: Taycee Zach

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Episodic Entertainment Program
Award: First Place
Title: Script to Screen 10/26/21
Credits: Gideon Patrick and Max Fredrick

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Episodic Entertainment Program
Award: Second Place
Title: Script to Screen 11/17/21
Credits: Gideon Patrick and Max Fredrick

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Special Programming
Award: First Place
Title: Now Hear This
Credits: Cody Barnes, Matthew Frea, Andrew Hansen, Jacob Lewis, Brady Meyer, and Jonathan Samp

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Long Form Production
Award: First Place
Title: Santa’s Supply Chain
Credits: Matthew Frea

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Long Form Production 
Award: Second Place
Title: Covid’s Impact On Teaching
Credits: Brady Meyer

College Broadcasters Inc. Awards

2022

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Sports Play-By-Play
Award: First Place
Title: “University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh vs. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater February 16, 2022” 
Credits: Calvin Leverenz and Brady Meyer

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Student Media Website
Award: Second Place
Title: “wrst.org”
Credits: Miles Schmidt

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Station Imagine
Award: Second Place
Title: ”The Jazz Wire Imaging Package”
Credits: Andrew Hansen

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Award: Fourth Place
Title: “The Shuffle”
Credits: Bryce Holtman

2021

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Student Media Website
Award: Second Place
Title: “WRST.org”

2020

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Hard News Reporting
Award: Second Place
Title: “Bald Eagles Return”

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Special Broadcast
Award: Third Place
Title: “Barista Bellyaches”

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program
Award: Third Place
Title: “Script to Screen”

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Podcast
Award: Fourth Place
Title: “Week In Review”

2019

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Sportscast
Award: First Place
Title: “The Sports Page – December 3, 2018”

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program
Award: Third Place
Title: “Script to Screen”

Milkwaukee PRess Club Awards

2021

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Pandemic Story in Audio
Award: Gold
Title: COVID and First Responders
Credits: Cody Barnes

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Pandemic Story in Audio
Award: Silver
Title: COVID Impact on Teachers
Credits: Brady Meyer

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Pandemic Story in Audio
Award: Bronze
Title: Justice Denied Is Justice Delayed
Credits: Jacob Lewis

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Feature Story
Award: Gold
Title: Santa’s Supply Chain
Credits: Matthew Frea

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Sports Story
Award: Silver
Title: Oshkosh Student Athletes
Credits: Brady Meyer

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Website Design
Award: Gold
Title: WRST.org
Credits: Casper Holden, Andrew Haese, Abby Bullard, & Miles Schmidt

2020

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best News Story Single or Ongoing 
Award: Bronze
Title: Bald Eagles Return
Credits: Patrick Caine

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Feature Story
Award: Gold
Title: A Kwick Pandemic
Credits: Andrew Haese

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Feature Story
Award: Silver
Title: History of KFIZ
Credits: Patrick Caine

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Feature Story
Award: Bronze
Title: Learning is Hard
Credits: Jalen Dixon

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Podcast
Award: Silver
Title: Week In Review April 24, 2020
Credits: Joe Schultz

2019

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best News Story Single or Ongoing 
Award: Gold
Title: UWO Red Zone Initiative

Credits: Joe Schultz

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best News Story Single or Ongoing 
Award: Bronze
Title: Script to Screen

Credits: Max Fredrick & Gideon Patrick

2018

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best News Story Single or Ongoing 
Award: Silver
Title: UWO Crime Statistics

Credits: Joe Schultz

School: WRST (UW-Oshkosh)
Category: Best Feature Story 
Award: Bronze
Title: Rich the Barber

Credits: Dylon Klubertanz