UCO ProMedia Students Win Big at State Broadcast Showcase

April 5, 2023

Media Contact: Kyla Carter, Communications and Marketing Coordinator, UCO University Communications, 405-974-2127, kcarter25@uco.edu

UCO ProMedia Students Win Big at State Broadcast Showcase

The Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association (OBEA) recently honored University of Central Oklahoma professional media students at its annual student broadcast competition with 24 awards for student-produced audio/radio, video/television and new media broadcasts. 

“We had another great showing, and we are proud of our student’s work,” said David Nelson, Ed.D., professor of mass communication and OBEA president. 

In the audio category under the direction of Nelson, Central students won the following awards.

Radio News

• First place – Kevin Blair (Guthrie, Oklahoma) 
• Second place – Kelly Merka (Mustang, Oklahoma) 
• Third place – Georgia Jones (Edmond, Oklahoma)

Entertainment/Talk

• First place – Adam Thomas (Owasso, Oklahoma) with the podcast “Stage and Screen”

Radio Personality

• First place – Majia Cottrell (Oklahoma City)
• Third place – Emily Grim (Perry, Oklahoma) with the radio show “Women in Music”

Audio Sports Magazine/Talk

• First place – Bradie Gray (Enid, Oklahoma) and Jackson Rowbottom (Tuttle, Oklahoma) with the podcast “The Long Ball”

Audio Promo

• First place – Logan Gassett (Bethany, Oklahoma) with “Fly on the Wall Podcast Promo”
• Second place – Jocelyn Schifferdecker (Tulsa, Oklahoma) with “Don’t Stick to the Status Quo”

Personality Talent Reel

• Third place – Jocelyn Schifferdecker

Audio Narrative

• Third place – Logan Gassett with “Dig, Dig”

In the interactive media category, under the direction of Desiree Hill, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication at UCO, Central students won the following awards.

Multimedia Journalism

• First place – UCentral News with “Snow Storm”
• Second place (tied) – Kendall Walton (Choctaw, Oklahoma) with “Power Outage”
• Second place (tied) – Eden Jones (San Antonio) with “Oklahoma Hospitals and Abortion”

  Hard News

• Second place – Jonathan Richardson (Edmond, Oklahoma) with “OKC Fire”
• Third place – Eden Jones with “Abortion in Oklahoma”

Directing

• First place – Ben Anderson (Edmond, Oklahoma) and Trey Guzman (Tulsa, Oklahoma) with “UCentral Election 2022”

Newscast

• Second place – Miracle Garrett (Tulsa, Oklahoma) and Dylan Steiber (Chandler, Oklahoma) with “UCentral News”

Station Programming

• Third place – UCentral News

In the video category, under the direction of Milos Ajdinovic, assistant professor of mass communication at UCO, and Mark Scott, assistant professor of mass communication at UCO, Central students won the following awards.

Documentary Long

• First place – Kaleb Gonzales (Blair, Oklahoma) with “Ayudame”

Documentary Short

• First place – Kaleb Gonzales with “Val the Boxer”
• Third place – Kelly Merka with “Second Responder”

Informational Video

• Third place – Chris Lomelin (Laredo, Texas) and Collin Carpenter (Edmond, Oklahoma) with “Wings”

Sports Magazine/Talk 

• Second place – Trystan Pipkin (Choctaw, Oklahoma) and Payton Scott (Sand Springs, Oklahoma) with “Inside Broncho Basketball with Coach Bob Hoffman”

Several Oklahoma universities and colleges participated in the OBEA student competition, which generated nearly 230 entries and was judged by media professionals from the Oklahoma City, Tulsa and surrounding regional media markets. Award recipients were recognized at the annual OBEA conference at the River Spirit Casino Resort in Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 30.

For more information, contact Nelson at 405-974-2584 or dnelson7@uco.edu.

To learn more about UCO’s Department of Mass Communication, visit uco.edu/cla/departments/mass-communication/.

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Cutline: The Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association (OBEA) recently honored University of Central Oklahoma professional media students at its annual student broadcast competition with 24 awards for student-produced audio/radio, video/television and new media broadcasts. Pictured, from left to right, Jamie Hammock, a professional media major from Moore, Oklahoma; Maddie Fisher, a professional media major from Oklahoma City; Kevin Blair, a professional media major for Guthrie, Oklahoma; Hayden Smith, a professional media major from Edmond, Oklahoma; Lauren Henry, a professional media major from Yukon, Oklahoma; Jocelyn Schifferdecker, a professional media major from Tulsa, Oklahoma; Eden Jones, a professional media major from San Antonio; Logan Wood, a professional media major from Stillwater, Oklahoma; Tedarius Jones, a professional media major from Moore, Oklahoma; Micah Chandler, a professional media major from Edmond, Oklahoma; and, Isabel Contreras, a professional media major from Duncan, Oklahoma.