{"id":209555,"date":"2023-03-17T13:55:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/?p=209555"},"modified":"2023-03-17T13:55:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:55:22","slug":"wmsc-wins-eight-intercollegiate-broadcasting-system-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/2023\/03\/17\/wmsc-wins-eight-intercollegiate-broadcasting-system-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"WMSC Wins Eight Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montclair State University\u2019s radio station 90.3 WMSC-FM won eight Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) Awards on Saturday, February 25, including three first-place awards and five finalist awards.<\/p>\n<p>The three first-place awards are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Live Music Broadcast:\u00a0\u201cThe Happy Fits \u2013 \u201cHold Me Down\u201d (WMSC Unplugged)\u201d by Jared Tauber<\/li>\n<li>Best Campus\/Community News: \u201cCampus Sexual Assault Protest\u201d by JT Bethea<\/li>\n<li>Best Business Manager, Sabrina Hajsok.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The five finalist awards are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Station in the Nation with Over 10,000 Students \u2013 90.3 WMSC Upper Montclair<\/li>\n<li>Best News Director \u2013 Hannah Cox<\/li>\n<li>Best Program Promotion \u2013 Heavy is the Crown by Kyle Pepitone, Emily McCormack<\/li>\n<li>Best Logo \u2013 Identity Crisis by JT Bethea, Terry Dickerson<\/li>\n<li>Best Radio Drama \u2013 The Golden Record by Chaz Campbell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jared Tauber, Film and Television Major (class of \u201925), is WMSC\u2019s music director. He is the host and producer of WMSC Unplugged, a live music show highlighting local talent. One of the show\u2019s highlights was having The Happy Fits band on the program. \u201cThem being on our show signified a major leap for the music team at WMSC, kickstarting the current incarnation of WMSC Unplugged \u2014 our biggest ongoing project,\u201d said Tauber. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be recognized by IBS this way; I\u2019m so proud of my team and what we\u2019ve been able to accomplish this year. Long live LIVE MUSIC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JT Bethea, whose reporting on students protesting due to a rise of sexual assault cases, was flattered by the award. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly honored,\u201d Bethea said. \u201cIt\u2019s never the mission to win an award but to produce quality work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senior film major Sabrina Hajsok was filming her thesis film and was not present at the ceremony. Station Manager Ben Petruk accepted the Best Business Manager award on her behalf.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI am so honored to have received the award for IBS\u2019s Best Business Director. I would like to thank Anabella Poland and the team for inspiring me and pushing me to be better every single day,\u201d Hajsok said.<\/p>\n<p><b>About the School of Communication and Media:<\/b>\u00a0Founded in 2012, the School of Communication and Media offers a range of dynamic programs in communication and media to a talented and diverse student population of over 1,700. Offering degrees in film and television, social media and public relations, advertising, journalism and digital media, sports communication, animation and visual effects, and an MA in public and organizational relations, the School prepares the next generation of communication and media practitioners and leaders. The School houses award-winning student programs that include\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wmscradio.com\/\">WMSC Radio<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/themontclarion.org\/\">The Montclarion<\/a>\u00a0newspaper,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hawkcomms.com\/\">Hawk Communications<\/a>\u00a0PR Agency, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montclairathletics.com\/sports\/2020\/4\/18\/red-hawk-sports-network.aspx\">Red Hawk Sports Network<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/streamstak.com\/hawkplus\/\">Hawk+<\/a>\u00a0OTT streaming platform, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montclairnewslab.tv\/\">News Lab<\/a>, as well as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/centerforcooperativemedia.org\/\">Center for Cooperative Media<\/a>, which serves the public through working to grow and strengthen local journalism. Recent national School recognitions include an Edward R. Murrow Award, several Marconi Award nominations, and a College Television Award from the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Story by Chaz Campbell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montclair State University\u2019s radio station 90.3 WMSC-FM won eight Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) Awards on Saturday, February 25, including three first-place awards and five finalist awards. The three first-place awards are: Best Live Music Broadcast:\u00a0\u201cThe Happy Fits \u2013 \u201cHold Me Down\u201d (WMSC Unplugged)\u201d by Jared Tauber Best Campus\/Community News: \u201cCampus Sexual Assault Protest\u201d by JT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":209556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209557,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209555\/revisions\/209557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}