Thursday, March 23, 2023

Sounds of success

Student radio station named as Audio Station of the Year 

Students at 88.1 The Park celebrate their win as Audio Station
of the Year along with 16 other awards the Plymouth-Canton
Community Schools radio station was awarded.  
The Plymouth Canton student radio station, 88.1 The Park, was named as 2023 High School Audio Station of the Year last week during the Great Lakes Media Show in Lansing.

This is the sixth consecutive year the student operated station has received the award. WSDP has been recognized as the High School Station of the Year 12 times since 2001.

The student staff also received 16 of the 29 individual awards in the high school audio competition. This included sweeping the On Air Personality of Team and Sports Play-by-Play categories. The students also received seven First Place awards.

Student Awards include: Current Event Story

First Place - Anuya Shetty (Canton junior)

Second Place - Emma Johnston (Plymouth 2022 graduate)

Daily Newscast/News Feature

First Place - Anuya Shetty (Canton junior), Avneet Pandher (Salem junior) and Leo Popp (Salem sophomore)

On Air Personality or Team

First Place - Anuya Shetty (Canton junior) and Avneet Pandher (Salem junior)

Second Place - Emma Johnston (Plymouth 2022 graduate)

Honorable Mention - Ariel Ooms (Plymouth senior)

Promotional Announcement

Second Place - Daniel Schoenherr (Salem 2022 graduate) and Emma Johnson (Plymouth 2022 graduate)

Honorable Mention - Ariel Ooms (Plymouth senior)

Public Service Announcement

First Place - Simon Oszust (Plymouth senior) and Nadia Halim (Plymouth junior)

Second Place - Simon Oszust (Plymouth senior)

Public Service Announcement OK2SAY

First Place - Nadia Halim (Plymouth junior), Nathaniel Behrens (Plymouth sophomore) and Akshayapriya Saravanan (Plymouth junior)

Sports Public Service Announcement

Second Place - Simon Oszust (Plymouth senior), Mady Bajorek (Salem senior) and Ariel Ooms (Plymouth senior)

Sports Announcing Team

First Place - Andy McLaren (Plymouth junior) and Leo Popp (Salem sophomore)

Second Place - Andy McLaren (Plymouth junior) and Brody Klein (Plymouth junior)

Honorable Mention - Ben Vertin (Plymouth 2022 graduate) and Andy McLaren (Plymouth junior)

Use of Social Media

First Place - Mady Bajorek (Salem senior), Alia Mulbagal (Salem junior) and Simon Oszust (Plymouth senior).

The school district radio station has been in operation since Feb. 14, 1972 and is managed by  Bill Keith.