ATLANTA – The Georgia Association of Broadcasters is pleased to announce the individual finalists for the 2019 GABBY Awards, which will be presented on September 28th at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead. The GABBY Awards banquet is the marquee event of the GAB’s conference, GABCON.
The finalists listed below will receive either a GABBY or Merit award for broadcasting excellence in various categories: (listed alphabetically)
Farm Monitor-TV
(Macon)
Ray D’Alessio
Georgia News Network
(Atlanta)
John Clark
Georgia Public Broadcasting
(Atlanta)
Rickey Bevington
Grant Blankenship
Eric Burns
GPB News Team
Keocia Howard
Andrew MacCartney
William Overall
Danielle Peterson
Sophia Saliby
Carl Zornes
WABE
(Atlanta)
Lisa Hagen
WABE Digital and Closer Look Team
WALB
(Albany)
WALB News Team
WBHF
(Cartersville)
Earnestine Jones
Alan Sanders
WCHM
(Clarkesville)
Kirk Rogers
WCON
(Cornelia)
Chris Black
David Foster
Steven Phillips
WDAK
(Columbus)
Wes Carroll
John Clark
Scott Miller
WDUN
(Gainesville)
Scott Kimbler
WGCL
(Atlanta)
Jonathan Carlson
Eric Carlton
Adam Harding
Eric Sander
Rhiannon Youngbauer
WGCO
(Savannah)
John Marshall
WGJK
(Rome)
Kevin Karel
WJBF
(Augusta)
Barclay Bishop
Scott Elledge
John Hart
Gary Hipps
John Holden
Rex Main
Brad Means
Marlena Wilson
WJCL
(Savannah)
WJCL Staff
WLHR
(Lavonia)
Jacob Bell
Chad Whitworth
WLJA
(Elijay)
Randy Gravley
WMAZ
(Macon)
Ben Jones
Lorra Lynch Jones
Andrew Plaskowsky
13WMAZ Digital Team
WRBL
(Columbus)
Mikhaela Singleton
WRDW
(Augusta)
Meredith Anderson
Jessica Eley
Laura Warren
WRGA
(Rome)
David Crowder
WRJY
(Brunswick)
Joe Willie Sousa
Robin Sousa
WSAV
(Savannah)
Andrew Davis
WSB Radio
(Atlanta)
Shane Backler
Chris Chandler
Pete Combs
Condace Pressley
WSB News Team
WSB- TV
(Atlanta)
Zach Klein
Craig Lucie
Mario Mendez
Brad Nitz
Corey Tatum
Misti Turnbull
WSTR-FM
(Atlanta)
Ron Roberts
WTCQ
(Vidalia)
Zack Fowler
Team at WTCQ
WTOC
(Savannah)
WTOC Staff
WTVM
(Columbus)
Aaron Lee
WUGA
(Athens)
Vicki Michaelis
Allison Salerno
Chris Shupe
WUVG
(Atlanta)
Gianncarlo Cifuentes
Amanda Ramirez
Mariela Romero
WVOP
(Vidalia)
Team at WVOP
WXIA
(Atlanta)
Luke Carter
Joe Henke
Andy Pierrotti
Cheryl Preheim
Jennifer Rigby
WZGC
(Atlanta)
Mike Conti
James Fairey
Jason Longshore
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The Georgia Association of Broadcasters (GAB) is the trade association that represents the interests of Georgia’s over-the-air radio and television licensees who reach more than 95% of Georgia’s population every week. Our membership is comprised of more than 250 radio and television broadcasters. GAB provides technical, regulatory, and advocacy support to our members as well as offering continuing professional enrichment opportunities designed to keep Georgia broadcasters at the forefront of the industry.
Media Contact: McKenzie Lewis
Director of Digital Media and Communications
o:: 770.395.7200
e:: mlewis@gab.org
