EIU Media Relations

WEIU Radio & TV would like to congratulate the following students for being named award winners for the 2024 Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Awards.

Best TV Newscast

First Place
Eastern Illinois
Entry: WEIU News Watch
Credits:  WEIU TV Staff

Best TV Sports Package

First Place
Eastern Illinois
Entry: EIU Pickleball Club
Credits:  Andrew Spaid

Best TV Photojournalism

Third Place
Eastern Illinois
Entry: A Sailor Killed in the Pearl Harbor Attack is Finally Home
Credits:  Matt Williamson

Best TV Weather

First Place
Eastern Illinois
Entry: Sky Watch Weather November 1, 2023
Credits:  Will Redden

Second Place
Eastern Illinois
Entry: Sky Watch Weather April 29, 2024
Credits:  Ben Whitney

Third Place
Eastern Illinois
Entry: Sky Watch Weather April 18, 2024
Credits:  Emily Davis

Best Radio PSA – 2^nd Place

Eastern Illinois

Entry: Media Literacy

Credits:  John Wills, Alonna Baisden, Ryan Bevers, Mitchell Cox

Best Radio News Story- 2^nd Place

Eastern Illinois

Entry: SBL Vistor Policy

Credits:  Drew Coffey

Best Radio Longform Entertainment Programming – 3^rd Place

Eastern Illinois

Entry: The Haunting of Hit-Mix Manor

Credits:  John Wills