Pro Media Students Take Top Honors at OBEA Competition
Liberal Arts News and Events
March 25, 2024
UCO dominated the state’s newscasts — in TV and audio — as pro media students earned 22 awards at the Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association annual student broadcast competition.
Pro media students swept the Audio Newscast category for a second consecutive year and clinched first in TV Newscast against 12 Oklahoma colleges and universities. Overall, Central students received 10 first-place finishes for student-produced audio and video broadcasts.
“This may be one of our best showings in the state competition. We are proud that our student’s work is being recognized,” said David Nelson, professor and OBEA representative for UCO.
Radio
Hannah Wager, Bailey Brown and Kilian Parsons swept “Audio Newscast,” placing first, second and third respectively, with their UCentral Radio newscast and UCentral News Entertainment update submissions.
In the radio categories, pro media students earned 17 awards overall.
Radio Commercial: Phil Rodriguez and Alex Taylor, first and second for “Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder” and “BlewChew.”
Entertainment Talk: Cameron Storck, first, “Okie Talk,” podcast. Rodriguez, third, “American Past Time: The New York Yankees,” podcast.
Public Service Announcement: Eden Jones, first, “Peer Pressure.” Jordan Pritchard and Lena Buchanan, second, “Texting and Driving.” Taylor and Rodriguez, third, “Normal.org.”
Personality Reel: Mark Lowe and Emma Nickels won first and third place, respectively, for their performance on UCentral Radio.
Promo: Jones, first, “89.9 The Beat.”
Sports Play-by-Play: Trevor Heath, first, and Lowe, third, “UCO Bronchos vs. Washburn” football game.
Narrative: Nelson’s Radio Drama class, first, “The Missing Necklace.”
Sports Magazine/Talk Program: Nelson’s Sports Announcing class, first, “The Broncho Report.”
TV
Under the direction of Associate Professor Mark Scott, UCentral News placed first under the leadership of Lowe and Jake Ramsey in “TV Newscast,” and Lowe placed third in “Hard News Story” with his entry, “OKC Memorial” and third in “Personality Talent Reel.” In “Narrative: Short Form,” Kaleb Gonzalez placed second for “Drowning.”
In “Documentary Series/Long Form” Christopher Craig won second for “MaryJane: A Theatre Doc,” under the instruction of Assistant Professor Milos Ajdinovic.
Image of UCentral Newscast Fall 2023 with President Todd Lamb