Atlanta, Ga– The Georgia Association of Broadcasters is pleased to announce the individual finalists for the 2020 GABBY Awards. This year’s awards will be presented virtually on Saturday, October 24th at 7:00 p.m. More information about the live stream will be announced soon. The finalists listed below will either receive a GABBY or Merit award for broadcasting excellence in various categories. Finalists are listed alphabetically by market.
Radio Finalists
WRFC (Athens)
David Johnston
Dan Ricci
WUGA (Athens)
Chris Shupe
Jimmy Sanders
Vicki Michaelis
WABE (Atlanta)
Emma Hurt
Stephannie Stokes
WSB Radio (Atlanta)
Robyn Walensky
WSB Radio News Team
WSTR (Atlanta)
Mike Kannon
WZGC (Atlanta)
Steve Holman
Mike Conti
Miller Pope
James Fairey
WRJY, WSSI, WXMK (Brunswick)
Joe Willie Sousa
WBTR, WCKS, WWGA, WKNG, and WLBB (Carrollton)
Mitch Gray
Aaron Sones
Casey Bass
Seth Cain
Doyle Johnson
Colin Worthington
Joel Brock
WBHF (Cartersville)
Alan Sanders
WDAK (Columbus)
Scott Miller
Wes Carroll
WCON (Cornelia)
Joel Williams
WLJA (Ellijay)
Asa Jones
WDUN (Gainesville)
Bo Wilson
Caleb Hutchins
Bryan Pirkle
WJUL (Hiawassee)
Steven Phillips
WYUM (Mount Vernon)
Chester Proctor
WRGA (Rome)
Tony McIntosh
WGCO (Savannah)
Stacy Scott
Georgia News Network (Statewide)
Scott Kimbler
Tommy Palmer
Georgia Public Broadcasting (Statewide)
Sean Powers
Chuck Reece
Josephine Bennett
Shane Mitchell
WVOP (Vidalia)
Zack Fowler
WJBB (Winder)
Christopher Rude
Blake McCarrin
David Willard
Tim Rose
Jeff Batten
TV Finalists
WALB (Albany)
John Barron
Whitney Argenbright
Mike Leach
Bruce Austin
Michael Leach
Jim Bernhardt
WGCL (Atlanta)
Adam Murphy
Eric Carlton
Erin Coker
WSB (Atlanta)
Brad Stone
WUVG (Atlanta)
Eddy Elguezabal
Gianncarlo Cifuentes
WXIA (Atlanta)
Brendan Keefe
Matt Pearl
Robbin Steed
WJBF (Augusta)
Jenna Kelley
Nikki Wilder
John Hart
Scott Elledge
John Holden
Savannah Barron
WRDW (Augusta)
Ciara Cummings
Meredith Anderson
Richard Rogers
Drew Thomas
Meredith Anderson
WRBL (Columbus)
Bob Jeswald
Cody Nickel
Kevin Roble
WTVM (Columbus)
Brian Correll
Michael Scott
Derek Kinkade
WGXA (Macon)
Jeff Cox
WMAZ (Macon)
Andrew Plaskowsky
Erica Carr
Thais Ackerman
Taylor Drake
Ben Jones
Jesse Horton
Ben Jones
13WMAZ Digital Team
WJCL (Savannah)
Jackson Kurtz
WTOC (Savannah)
Wright Gazaway
Farm Monitor TV (Statewide)
Ray D’Alessio
Georgia Public Broadcasting (Statewide)
Jon Nelson
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
