Broadcaster of the Year Award

This award honors a television or radio broadcaster in any department, or station as a whole, that has made a significant contribution to Vermont’s broadcast community over the past 12 months (October-September) . Candidates for this award must demonstrate:

  • Extraordinary performance during a situation in the past 12 months (October-September) where the individual or station went above and beyond the call of duty to uplift their station(s) and/or Vermont’s broadcast community and/or the broadcast industry as a whole.
  • This could include but is not limited to; performance during an emergency or natural disaster, going above and beyond the call of duty to make sure viewers/listeners are informed about something serious, or it could be providing help to a fellow broadcaster in need.

Although this award is not given every year, see past recipients below:

2025 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

                                                               WXXX-FM

Vox AM FM Digital2023 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

Vox AM/FM/Digital

2022 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

WFFF-TV & WVNY-TV

2020/2021 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

All of Vermont’s Free Over-the-Air Radio & TV Stations for their collective efforts during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2019 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

Darren Perron
WCAX-TV

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2016 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

Rod Hill
Hall Communications

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2015 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

WPTZ-TV News Team

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2014 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

 Roger Hess
WVNY-TV/WFFF-TV

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2013 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

Jeff Shapiro
Great Eastern Radio

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2012 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

  Judy Leech
WVNR-AM/WNYV-FM

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2011 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

WDEV Radio

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2010 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

WCAX News Team

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2009 BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

Ann Curran
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