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.
Mark your calendars, the 2023 Prestige Awards will be held Friday, March 24th, 2023 at the Marriott in Baton Rouge, LA.
You can now submit entries through RockOurAwards.com! Login using an existing account or create a new account to submit, there’s no fee. Be sure to review our Categories & Criteria below before submitting.
2023 Categories and Criteria
View our Categories and Criteria booklet for complete details on eligibility, category details, entry instructions and more. Entries open November 1st through RockOurAwards.com.
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 |
2023 Award Entry Guidelines
ENTRY DEADLINE
Entries must be submitted electronically through the RockOurAwards.com website no later than 5:00pm on Friday, January 27th, 2023.
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, 2022 to December 31, 2022. 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 EXCEPT Student Broadcaster of the Year. An entry can only be entered in one category.
LAB Member stations must be in good standing and have paid their 2022 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.
2022 Prestige Awards
The 2022 Prestige Awards took place on March 17th, 2022 at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to all of our winners, keep making Louisiana proud!
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You can watch a recording of the 2022 Prestige Awards courtesy of KARD/KTVE-TV below
2022 Prestige Award Recipients
| Hall of Fame Judith Meriwether, KRVS-FM Lafayette, La. Tom Galloway, Communications Corporation of America Lafayette, La. | Hall of Fame George Sells, WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La. Paul White, KTBS-TV Shreveport, La. |
| Lifetime Achievement – Radio Bob Murphy, KRVE-FM Baton Rouge, La. | Lifetime Achievement – Television Margaret Orr, WDSU-TV New Orleans, La. |
| Young Professional of the Year-Radio Abby Leigh, WTGE-FM Baton Rouge, La. | Young Professional of the Year-TV Scottie Hunter, WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La. |
| Broadcast Engineer of the Year Phil Osborne, WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La. | Student Broadcaster of the Year – Radio Hannah Adams, KLWB-FM Lafayette, La. |
| Student Broadcaster of the Year – Television Allison Kadlubar, Tiger TV Baton Rouge, La. | Broadcaster of the Year Mark McKay, KTAL-TV Shreveport, La. |
| Best Podcast-Radio WEMX-FM Baton Rouge, La. -large market | |
| Best Use of Digital Media –Television KPLC-TV Lake Charles, La. -small market KSLA-TV Shreveport, La. -large market | Best Use of Digital Media – Radio WWOZ-FM New Orleans, La. -large market |
| Election Coverage – Television KALB-TV Alexandria, La. -small market WWL-TV New Orleans, La. -large market | Election Coverage – Radio WBRP-FM Baton Rouge, La. -large market |
| Best Morning Show-Television KNOE-TV Monroe, La. -small market WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La. -large market | Best Morning Show – Radio KRRV-FM Alexandria, La. -small market KRVE-FM Baton Rouge, La. -large market |
| Best Newscast – Television KTVE-TV Monroe, La. -small market WDSU-TV New Orleans, La. – large market | Best Interview – Radio KQID-FM Alexandria, La. -small market WRNO-FM New Orleans, La. -large market |
| Best Series or Documentary – Television KNOE-TV Monroe, La. -small market KATC-TV Lafayette, La. -large market | Best Live On-Site Remote – Radio WNXX-FM Baton Rouge, La.-large market |
| Best Sports Show – Television KPLC-TV Lake Charles, La.- small market KTBS-TV Shreveport, La. – large market | Best Sports Show – Radio KMLB-FM Monroe, La. -small market WNXX-FM Baton Rouge, La. -large market |
| Best Weathercast – Television KPLC-TV Lake Charles, La. -small market WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge, La. -large market | Best Personality/Team – Radio KQID-FM Alexandria, La. -small market WWOZ-FM New Orleans, La. -large market |
| Breaking News – Television KALB-TV Alexandria, La. -small market WWL-TV New Orleans, La. -large market | Community Service – Radio KQID-FM Alexandria, La. -small market WNXX-FM Baton Rouge, La. -large market |
| Community Service – Television KTVE-TV West Monroe, La. -small market KTAL-TV Shreveport, La. -large market | Promotion of the Year – Radio KXRR-FM Monroe, La. -small market WNOE-FM New Orleans, La. -large market |
| Promotion of the Year-Television KTVE-TV West Monroe, La. -small market KLFY-TV Lafayette, La. -large market | Investigative Report – Television KALB-TV Alexandria, La. -small market WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge, La. -large market |
| Multimedia Journalist of the Year – Television Andrea Robinson, KPLC-TV Lake Charles, La. -small market Raychelle Riley, WGMB-TV Baton Rouge, La. -large market | Uniquely Louisiana – Radio KVPI-FM Ville Platte, La. -small market WWOZ-FM New Orleans, La. -large market |
| Uniquely Louisiana – Television KALB-TV Alexandria, La. -small market WYES-TV New Orleans, La. -large market | Reporter of the Year – Television Rick Boone KARD-TV Alexandria, La.- small market Johnston von Springer WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge, La. – large market |
| Station of the Year – Radio KQID-FM Alexandria, La. -small market WNXX-FM Baton Rouge, La. -large market | Station of the Year – Television KTVE-TV West Monroe, La. -small market WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La. -large market |
| LAB Scholarship Maria Pham, Louisiana State University Taylor Nettle, Southeastern Louisiana University | Thomas E. Metz Engineering Scholarship Destney Johnson, Grambling State University Railyn Rhodes, Grambling State University |