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 The Illinois Broadcasters Association presented its
annual Silver Dome Awards for Achievement in Broadcasting at its
2019 convention June 13, in Springfield.
Jackson and Hoffman were recognized with a “Broadcast Excellence
Award” for second place in the category of Best Radio Play-by-Play.
Interestingly, they were placed in the medium market division,
competing against stations in Peoria, Bloomington, Springfield,
Rockford, Quad Cities, Carbondale, and Decatur. In the past, all
college radio competed in small market. The first place winner went
to WCIL in Carbondale.
The nominating committee received over 700 entries in all categories
from Chicago, medium, and small markets throughout Illinois. Jackson
and Hoffman were competing head-on with commercial broadcasters and
were the only college students from a non-commercial educational
station to be nominated in any category. In fact, they were the
first college students to break through in the commercial
competition in the past five years.
"Nik has been the consistent radio voice of Lincoln College
basketball for four consecutive seasons and he'll be back for a
fifth in the fall," Malone said. "That's a milestone that will be
very difficult to top. He has become a top notch play-by-play
broadcaster and will be extremely successful wherever his career
takes him. Adam knows basketball inside and out. His insight and
on-air chemistry with Nik blends together to create a broadcast on
par with any professional play-by-play and color commentary duo
anywhere in the country.”
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Malone also noted that the expanding Radio, Television and New
Media program at Lincoln College added broadcast responsibilities for volleyball
this year and greatly expanded its television coverage.
The Illinois Broadcasters Association honors capped a year of consistent
accolades for the pair and for the Radio, Television, and New Media program at
Lincoln College. In March, they were recognized for Best Radio Play by Play for
men’s basketball among college students nationwide at the Intercollegiate
Broadcast System awards in New York. And, last September, they were honored as
Best Play by Play among college broadcasters in Illinois at the Illinois
Broadcasters Association Student Silver Dome Awards.
Jackson, from Springfield, is entering his final year at Lincoln College.
Hoffman, from Ashland, will be a junior at Lincoln College in 2019-2020.
[Mark Gordon
Public Relations and Media Manager
Lincoln College] |
