WLTL Radio earns national recognition :::
WLTL Radio was named the “Best Radio Station in the Nation,” at the 2009 John Drury High School Radio Awards, earlier this month at North Central College in Naperville. This is the fourth time WLTL has taken home the top honor, also winning in 2002, 2004 and 2008. In order to win this award, stations must enter their programs in several different categories involving promotions, drama, news, sports and public service, and based on “point totals” from those entries, the station with the most points wins the top honor of Best Radio Station.
This year, WLTL has 16 nominations in seven different categories, and WLTL took home the following individual honors:
Best Newscast
3rd Place: M. Nauheimer 2010 (WLTL News Update)
Best Pubic Affairs
3rd Place: A. Boyd 2009, D. Galin 2009, J. Spataro 2009 (WLTL News Special: Democratic
National Convention)
2nd Place: A. Boyd 2009, D. Galin 2009, J. Spataro 2009, A. Schuler 2009, A. Kouba 2009, T. Moran 2011, (Election Night 2008)
Best Sports Play-by-Play
1st Place: J. Spataro 2009, M. McAndrews 2009, N. Miller 2009, (Hinsdale Central vs. LT
boy’s basketball)
Best Sportstalk Program
2nd Place: J. Spataro 2009, M. Lamperillo 2009, J. Fabiano 2010, (Chi-Town Rundown)
Best Radio Drama – Original
3rd Place: M. Nauheimer 2010, G. Fillipitch 2010, M. Dorris 2009, J. Spataro 2009, B.
Kabialis 2009, (Walk the Plank sketch comedy program)
2nd Place: B. Kabialis 2009, B. Tucker 2008, (Eddie LaMonte – Episode 2)
1st Place: B. Kabialis 2009, B. Tucker 2008, (Eddie LaMonte – Episode 1)
Best Radio Drama – Adaptation
3rd Place: A. Denlinger 2008, (Alice in Wonderland - Episode 2)
2nd Place: A. Denlinger 2008, (Alice in Wonderland - Episode 1)
With these awards in hand, WLTL secured enough points to once again be named Best Radio Station
in the Nation, beating nine other nominated stations from New York, Washington state, Iowa,
Michigan, and Illinois.