WCTV submits two TV shows for national broadcast award
This is not the first time WCTV has submitted entries to such a prestigious award competition.
Last year, WCTV won its first Bronze Telly Award for an episode of “The Buzz,” an entertainment based show.
This year, WCTV members wanted to improve upon last year’s success, but it has not been easy. To enter into the People’s Telly and the Telly Awards, the shows had to be cut down and edited to fit the required format.
“I had to edit down episodes of these shows so they would first fit the requirements,” said general manager of WCTV and junior electronic media major Anthony Conn. “Editing the shows was the most difficult part because we worked so hard on 30-minute shows, and then having to cut it down to a five minute clip but yet still showing what the show is all about was very difficult.”
Once the editing of the shows was complete, Conn submitted the videos online to the Telly Awards and the People’s Telly’s before leaving for spring break. The shows then could be voted upon by the viewers and the judges.
According to www.tellyawards.com, the Telly Awards was founded in 1978 to honor excellence in local, regional and cable TV commercials. Non-broadcast video and TV program categories were soon added.
Today, the Telly is one of the most sought-after awards by industry leaders, from large international firms to local production companies and ad agencies.
The judges of the Telly Awards, who are members of the Silver Telly Council, evaluate entries to recognize distinction in creative work. Entries do not compete against each other; instead, entries are judged against a high standard of merit.
Judges score entries on a performance scale, and winning entries are recognized and awarded as Silver or Bronze Winners based on the combined scoring of the judges who evaluate each entry.
Empowered to uphold the historical standards of the Telly competition, judges may award top honors to more than one entry or even no entries in a particular category.
Something new to this year’s awards are the People’s Telly Awards.
According to www.tellyawards.com, entries in the People’s Telly Awards will be posted to the custom voting page for public viewing.
During the rating periods, any registered Telly Awards user was able to view and rate the videos.
Conn hopes that the videos will do well in the competitions, but more importantly he hopes that Waynesburg University students can support WCTV and vote for the shows.
“Crew members and producers can go online and vote for the shows that they have worked so hard on,” said Conn. “Hopefully it will allow the station to connect to the campus better. Students can vote and see all the work that the crew and producers do for the station.”
Voters can vote on a one- to five-star system, and those who have the highest ratings by the end of the competition will win the award for each category. The voting period ends April 12.
For those who are interested in watching WCTV’s video submissions and voting for the ones they like, go to www.tellyawards.com and click on the People’s Telly Award tab at the top of the screen.