The Prestige Awards is sponsored annually by the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters to recognize outstanding achievements by Louisiana radio and television broadcasters. This competition was established to encourage the highest standards of reporting, community service and production creativity.
2021 Virtual Award Presentation
The 2021 Prestige Awards premiered as a live virtual event on our YouTube Channel on March 18, 2021 at 12 p.m. CT.
You can watch the whole show in the video embedded below.
Categories & Criteria Booklet
The 2021 Prestige Awards Categories & Criteria booklet contains any information and guidelines you may need and can be downloaded below.
2021 Award Entry Guidelines
ENTRY DEADLINE
Entries must be submitted electronically through the RockOurAwards.com website no later than 5:00pm on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
ELIGIBILITY
The Prestige Awards is open to LAB member stations which have a primary audience in Louisiana.
Entries must have been produced and broadcasted during the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. Entries must be totally created and produced by the station. Material produced with outside advertising or production agency assistance is not eligible. Entries are limited to one per station in each of the categories. An entry can only be entered in one category.
LAB Member stations must be in good standing and have paid their 2021 dues.
All entries must have :30 second video with sound for the award presentation. If your submission doesn’t have this, your submission will be disqualified.
ENTRY FEE
There is no entry fee to participate in this contest.
LIABILITY
If it is determined an entry is not fully locally produced and/or is entered with false documentation, the station and ownership of that station will not be permitted to submit for that award for a period of two years.
As in any contest, conflicts may arise. Issues involving judging of entries will be resolved by the judges; their
decisions will be final. Issues involving interpretation of the rules and procedures of the LAB Prestige Awards will be settled by the Executive Staff of the LAB and, if deemed necessary by the Executive Staff, in consultation with the LAB Awards Committee. Their decisions will be final.
JUDGING
To insure objectivity, judging is conducted by a panel of broadcast experts from outside the state of Louisiana. They will evaluate all entries based on the criteria listed in the “Awards Categories” sections on the following pages. There will be one winner in each category. If the judges think an entry was submitted in the wrong category, they may move it to the proper category. The decision of the judges will be final.
Award Markets
| TELEVISION | Large Market | Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Orleans/Metairie, Shreveport/Bossier City |
| Small Market | All others | |
| RADIO | Large Market | Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Orleans/Metairie, Shreveport/Bossier City |
| Small Market | All others |
Take a look at the 2021 Annual Prestige Awards below
2021 Prestige Award Recipients
| Hall of Fame – Radio Alton “Richard” Petty, iHeart Media Jim Soileau, KVPI-FM | Hall of Fame – Television Diane Deaton, WAFB-TV |
| Lifetime Achievement – Radio James Gilmore, Guaranty Broadcasting Baton Rouge, La. | Lifetime Achievement – Television Randy Stone, KARD-TV Monroe, La. |
| Young Professional of the Year-Television Jillian Corder, KPLC-TV Lake Charles, La. | Broadcast Engineer of the Year Damond Jacob, WWOZ-FM New Orleans, La. |
| Student Broadcaster of the Year – Radio Troy Brashear Jr, KLWB-FM Lafayette, La. | Student Broadcaster of the Year – Television Raychelle Riley, The Southeastern Channel Hammond, La. |
| Broadcaster of the Year John Ware, KPLC-TV Lake Charles, La. | Best Podcast-Radio WNXX-FM Baton Rouge, La-large market |
| Best Use of Digital Media –Television KPLC-TV Lake Charles, La.-small market WVLA/WGMB-TV Baton Rouge, La.-large market | Best Use of Digital Media – Radio KOGM-FM Lafayette, La.-large market |
| Election Coverage – Television KNOE-TV Monroe, La.-small market WDSU-TV New Orleans, La.-large market | Best Morning Show-Television KALB-TV Alexandria, La-small market WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La.- large market |
| Best Morning Show – Radio KQID-FM Alexandria, La.-small market KRVE-FM Baton Rouge, La.-large market | Best Newscast – Television KTVE-TV West Monroe, La.-small market WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La- large market |
| Best Interview – Radio KRRV-FM Alexandria, La.-small market WRNO-FM New Orleans, La.-large market | Best Series or Documentary – Television KNOE-TV Monroe, La.-small market WLPB-TV Baton Rouge, La.-large market |
| Best Sports Show – Television KALB-TV Alexandria, La.-small mkt WDSU-TV New Orleans, La.- lg mkt | Best Sports Show – Radio KMLB-FM Monroe, La.-small market WNXX-FM Baton Rouge, La- large market |
| Best Weathercast – Television KTVE-TV Monroe, La.-small market WVLA-TV Baton Rouge, La.-large market | Best Personality/Team – Radio KRRV-FM Alexandria, La.-small market WDGL-FM Baton Rouge, La.- large market |
| Breaking News – Television KALB-TV Alexandria, La-small market KATC-TV Lafayette, La.-large market | Community Service – Radio KQID-FM Alexandria, La.-small market Cumulus Media-Lafayette, La.- large market |
| Community Service – Television KALB-TV Alexandria, La.-small market WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge, LA-large market | Promotion of the Year – Radio KZRZ-FM Monroe, La-small market WNOE-FM New Orleans, La-large market |
| Promotion of the Year-Television KPLC-TV-Lake Charles, La.-small market WBRZ-TV-Baton Rouge, La.-large market | Investigative Report – Television KNOE-TV Monroe, La.-small market WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge, La.-large market |
| Multimedia Journalist of the Year – Television Javonti Thomas, KALB-TV Alexandria, La.-small market Kennedi Walker, WVLA-TV Baton Rouge, La-large market | Uniquely Louisiana – Radio KVPI-FM Ville Platte, La-small market KSLO-FM Lafayette, La.-large market |
| Uniquely Louisiana – Television KPLC-TV-TV Lake Charles, La.-small market WVUE-TV New Orleans, La.-large market | Reporter of the Year – Television KALB-TV Alexandria, La-small market WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge, La-large market |
| Station of the Year – Radio KQID-FM Alexandria, La-small market WWOZ-FM New Orleans, La.-large market | Station of the Year – Television KPLC-TV Lake Charles, La. -small market WDSU-TV New Orleans, La.-large market |
| LAB Scholarship Allison Kadlubar, Louisiana State University Jillian Oddo, Loyola University | Carley Ann McCord Scholarship Abbigail Alonzo, Louisiana State University Jessica Speziale, Louisiana State University |