HOMETOWN AWARD WINNERS

Waycross Community Media was honored at the 2010 Hometown Awards Ceremony, held on Friday, July 9th as part of the Alliance for Community Media's National Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.

Volunteers and staff from Waycross received an award for the program "OHSAA D2 State Semi-final Football - Winton Woods vs Marion-Franklin", in the category of Sports Event Coverage. Congratulations and thanks to the crew that traveled to Centerville, OH for their commitment to this production - Jonathan Palmer, Butch Culbreath, Matt Steele, Alex Bergquist, Adam Schrand, Tom Bruckmann, Andy Sanzotta, and Jacob Williams.

Steve Coaston Jr., a community producer who has produced programming through Waycross since January, 2000, received a Hometown Award for his program "Doctors in the Kitchen", in the Informational Feature category. Way to go Steve!

The Hometown Awards honor the best in community programming from throughout the US and Canada. This year, over 1250 entries were judged at sites throughout the US.

The Alliance for Community Media is a nonprofit, national membership organization founded in 1976. The Alliance represents over 3,000 Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access organizations and community media centers throughout the country. It also represents the interests of millions of people, schools, and governments who use PEG access to communicate with their memberships and the community as a whole.