FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
KIMT News 3 Recognized for Best Small Market Newscast
Four first-place honors among 13 total given to KIMT by IBNA.
[Mason City, IA – May 12, 2010] – KIMT News 3’s tradition of award-winning newscasts continues.
The station is being honored by the Iowa Broadcast News Association for having the Best Small Market Newscast in 2009.
“We are greatly honored by this award,” News Director Greg Berry said. “This was a complete team effort and is more gratifying knowing the entire newsroom was involved.”
Honorees were recognized at the IBNA’s annual convention May 1, 2010 in Cedar Rapids for their work during the 2009 calendar year. Winners are selected by peer Broadcast News Associations throughout the country.
Overall, the KIMT news staff was honored with a total of 13 awards – the most-ever and most the IBNA has awarded to a single station in more than a decade.
Fourteen stations are eligible for awards in the Small Market division as well cable outlets throughout the state.
2009 IBNA Awards:
1st Best Newscast – KIMT News 3 Staff “KIMT News 3 at 6”
1st Excellence in Anchoring – Jenna Lee
1st Excellence in Reporting – Brian Scott
1st Sports Coverage – AJ Ellingson/Dale Baer “More Than a Game”
2nd Excellence in Anchoring – Jaime Copley
2nd General Reporting – Rachelle Baillon “Clunkers Go Where?”
2nd News Photography – Dale Baer “Lake Mills Fire”
3rd News Photography – Dale Baer “The Grotto”
3rd Excellence in Weather Coverage
3rd Farm and Agribusiness – Brian Scott “Twilight Harvest”
3rd Feature – Amy Fleming/Dale Baer “Silence to Sound”
3rd Public Affairs – Rachelle Baillon “Future of Healthcare”
3rd Spot News Coverage – KIMT News 3 Staff “Austin Bus Crash”
About New Vision Television
With corporate offices in Atlanta and Los Angeles, New Vision Television and its predecessor companies have owned and operated more than 30 television stations across the country since 1993. New Vision’s current holdings include:
Major Network Affiliates
• KOIN Portland, OR (CBS)
• KBNZ Bend, OR (CBS)
• WIAT Birmingham, AL (CBS)
• KHON Honolulu, HI (FOX)
• Hawaii’s CW 93 Honolulu, HI (CW)
• KSNW Wichita, KS (NBC)
• KTMJ Topeka, KS (FOX)
• KSNT Topeka, KS (NBC)
• WJCL Savannah, GA (ABC)
• WTGS Savannah, GA (FOX)*
• WKBN Youngstown, OH (CBS)
• WYFX Youngstown, OH (FOX)
• WYTV Youngstown, OH (ABC)*
• KIMT Mason City, IA (CBS)
* Stations not licensed to New Vision, but to which New Vision provides services under joint sales and shared services agreements.
Additional non-affiliate stations
• Untamed Sports TV Birmingham, AL
• MyYTV Youngstown, OH
• MyTV Mason City, IA