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ARRL 2002 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award Winners Named
 Assistant News Director Jill Valley and News
Director Greg Schieferstein, of KPAX-TV in Missoula, Montana. |
NEWINGTON, CT, Jan 23, 2003--The ARRL 2002
Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award honors a group project. The
winners are Assistant News Director Jill Valley and News Director Greg
Schieferstein of KPAX-TV in Missoula, Montana. The Leonard award is given
annually to a professional journalist (or group) for outstanding coverage of
Amateur Radio in TV, radio, print or multimedia. The winners will receive an
engraved plaque and a check for $500.
KPAX-TV's winning submission was a news
segment featuring Jenna Rettenmayer, KD7MAD, a Missoula high school senior on
the air making a moonbounce (EME) contact. Rettenmayer decided to get her
Amateur Radio license as her senior project.
Members of the ARRL's Public Relations
Committee, who judge the nominations each year, said they were especially
impressed with the KPAX-TV piece. Not only did it feature a young woman who is
interested in Amateur Radio, it captured a moonbounce contact--a communication
mode that's outside the mainstream of typical hamming.
The ARRL Board of Directors ratified the PR
Committee's decision this week. Nine other nominations were received for the
2002 award.
In Amateur Radio circles, Bill Leonard is
perhaps best remembered for his 1958 contribution to Sports Illustrated, "The
Battle of the Hams," which describes the "sport of DXing." In November of 1996,
Leonard was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.
Leonard died in 1994.
Nominations are now being accepted for the
2003 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award. The deadline for entries is
December 5, 2003. For more information, including rules for entry and
nomination forms, contact ARRL Manager of Media Relations Jennifer Hagy, jhagy@arrl.org; 860-594-0328.
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