WITI FOX 6, Tribune’s Milwaukee station, announced it has been awarded 26 awards by the Wisconsin Broadcaster’s Association, including the highest honors of Television Station of the Year and Television News Operation of the Year.
The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association is the only trade association which supports, promotes and represents all radio and television broadcasters in Wisconsin. Each year the WBA honors the best in local journalism. This year, WITI was honored with a total of 26 awards, including 14 First Place, more than any other Milwaukee television station.
“I am very proud of the entire staff. They know how much news matters to our viewers – they work very hard every day to serve them,” said John LaPorte, Vice President of News, WITI. “It is great to have the results of that hard work recognized by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. I am very blessed to work with such a great group of journalists and broadcasters.”
The following are the WBA awards won by WITI:
2013 News Operation Of The Year Award
1st Place: WITI TV
2013 Station Of The Year Award
1st Place: WITI TV
Best Morning Newscast
3rd Place: WITI TV, FOX6 Wakeup News
Best News Writing
1st Place: WITI TV, License to Kill
2nd Place: WITI TV, Faith on a Fault Line
Best Hard News/Investigative
1st Place: WITI TV, High Risk Rent
2nd Place: WITI TV, Azana Salon 911 Protocols
Best Series Or Documentary
1st Place: WITI TV, Dr. Ripoff
3rd Place: WITI TV, Backward or Skyward
Best Feature
1st Place: WITI TV, First Grade Crush
2nd Place: WITI TV, A Legion of Followers
Best Live On-Scene Reporting
1st Place: WITI TV, Brad Hicks
Best Continuing Coverage
1st Place: WITI TV, “Smack” of Reality: Heroin’s Deadly Resurgence
Best Use Of News Video
1st Place: WITI TV, The Million-Mile Man
Best Sports Reporting
1st Place: WITI TV, Circling Back Around
3rd Place: WITI TV, Seeing and Hitting Ͳ Doubles
Best Sportscast
1st Place: WITI TV, Tim Van Vooren
3rd Place: WITI TV, Tom Pipines
Best Use Of Sports Video
1st Place: WITI TV, Sisters in the Saddle
Best Weathercast
1st Place: WITI TV, Vince Condella
2nd Place: WITI TV, Rob Haswell
Best Significant Community Impact
2nd Place: WITI TV, Contact 6
Best Specialty Programming
2nd Place: WITI TV, Packers Family Night Pregame Special
Best Editorial/Commentary
1st Place: WITI TV, “The Teditorial” – December 10, 2013
2nd Place: WITI TV, “The Teditorial” – August 26, 2013
Best Commercial
2nd Place: WITI TV, Milwaukee PC