•March 16, 2016•

Millikin University’s student-run radio station 89.5 WJMU The Quad received its first Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) Award at the 76th annual IBS Conference held March 4-6 in New York.

Millikin graduate Mallory Wiedenkeller, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication in December 2015, won the IBS Award for Best Radio Documentary for her “Online Friendship” production. Senior Eric Shafer, a communication major from Springfield, Ill., was an IBS Awards finalist in the Best Show Promo category for his “90s on Tap” promotional segment piece.

IBS Awards finalists represent the top three to five percent of work submitted in their category to the National IBS from the previous year. This is the third consecutive year that WJMU has been represented by a finalist nominee and the first win for WJMU in the station’s 45-year history.

“When we create programming that can get nominated for awards it says a lot about the students and how efficient they are with their work,” said Sam Meister, lecturer of communication and WJMU faculty advisor. “We’ve had a great executive board for the last three years, and once those executive board students know their jobs then we can further develop the quality of production. We’ve got a lot of great resources and great support from the administration.”      Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.