For the second year in a row, ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊβs TV2 has taken top honors in the College Media Associationβs (CMA) Pinnacle Awards, earning the 2013 TV Station of the Year award at the CMA National College Media Convention in New Orleans. TV2 is ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ Stateβs nationally award-winning, high-definition digital TV station.
The Agenda, TV2βs topical comedy-satire show, also won Best TV Entertainment Program.
Overall, TV2 was a finalist in four of five TV categories in the 2013 national competition, including Best Sportscast and Best Newscast. In 2012, TV2 also won Station of the Year and Best Sportscast.
βThe Pinnacle is an extraordinary honor and well-deserved recognition of our studentsβ hard work,β said John Butte, practitioner-in-residence at ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ Stateβs School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and TV2 advisor. βWinning two years in a row confirms the very high standards our students set for themselves and attain.β
TV2 general manager and senior electronic media major Katy Coduto credits the stationβs continued success in national competitions to the strong work ethic of the TV2 team.
βIβm incredibly proud of our station and the work weβve done over the past year,β Coduto said. βIt is an honor to be the college television Station of the Year again, and Iβm glad we were able to represent our entire staff so well in New Orleans. Everyone in TV2 should be proud of themselves and the hard work weβve done because this is truly a team effort each and every day.β
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