Local Abby Awards Winners

Each year the Alabama Broadcasters Association presents awards to stations around the state for excellance in Broadcasting. Several local winners again this year!

Small Market Sportscaster was Van Riggs with WKKR-FM

Small Market Regularly Scheduled Newscast was WANI News with Julie Burns with WANI-AM

Small Market Talk Show was “Auburn Opelika This Morning” on WANI-AM

Judges Award of Merit 2013 for Regularly Scheduled Newscast on “April 27” was WVTM-TV

Regularly Scheduled Newscast on “WSFA 12 News at 6” on WSFA-TV

and Finally TV Station of the Year was WSFA-TV

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on March 28, 2013. View the original page.

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