Illinois Broadcasters Association 2021 Silver Dome Awards Entry Booklet

RECOGNIZING THE BEST

2021 SILVER DOME AWARDS & STATION OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Sponsored by

www.ilba.org/awards

Proceeds from the Silver Dome Awards help to fund the IBA’s College Multicultural Internship Program.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Call for Entries Rules

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How To Enter

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TV Categories For Chicago Market For Medium Market

Pages 6-7 Pages 8-10

Radio Categories For Chicago Market For Small + Medium Market

Pages 11-12 Pages 13-14

CALL FOR ENTRIES RULES The contest is divided into market competitions: CHICAGO MARKET RADIO & TV Entries are $45 per entry

MEDIUM MARKET All other TV markets and Radio Markets including: Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Decatur, Joliet, Marion-Carbondale, Peoria, Quad Cities, Quincy, Rockford, Springfield Entries are $35 per entry

SMALL MARKET All other radio markets, no Small Market TV. Entries are $25 per entry

Proceeds from the Silver Dome Awards help to fund the IBA’s College Multicultural Internship Program.

Distinguished alumni from this program include anchor Judy Hsu, correspondent Steve Osunsami, sports anchor Ryan Baker, and correspondent Ash-har Quraishi.

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HOW TO ENTER Enter online at:

https://betternewspapercontest.com/IBAwards All entries must be loaded to a file sharing site such as Soundcloud, kiwi6, vimeo or You tube. Entries loaded to the station’s own website must not be password protected, located behind a firewall, or have an expiration date of less than 90 days. The URL is then used for entry at www.betterbnewspapercontest.com/IBAwards.

ENTRY DEADLINE: JUNE 14, 2021 There is no limit to the number of entries submitted in each category or in total. Entry into 10 station categories entitles one entry into the STATION OF THE YEAR Contest at No Charge.

All rules and criteria available at www.ilba.org.

Awards will be presented at a gala IBA Awards Banquet on October 26, 2021 in Normal, Illinois 5

TV CATEGORIES

* all categories may be edited unless noted, but not enhanced in post-production

FOR CHICAGO MARKET Best TV Commercial (:15, :30 or :60)

Best Station Promotion (limit of three of :30 or :60)

Best Use of Graphic Design (3 item limit)

Best PSA (:15, :30, :60)

Produced on behalf of a local advertiser.

A single or series of announcements promoting the station or station event.

Single entry or composite of no more than three projects reflected in one entry. Written brief may be attached.

Local spot created on behalf of a charity, organization or event.

Best TV Newscast (10 min segment)

Best Investigative Report (3 min limit)

Best Spot News - Live Coverage (3 min limit)

Best Hard News Story (3 min)

Give us the best 10 minutes of a newscast, commercials must be removed, can be edited.

A single story or series about a previously unexplored significant story.

Unscheduled single news event coverage

Same-day or on-going coverage of a significant event affecting the community.

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Enter online: https://betternewspapercontest.com/IBAwards

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Best Locally Produced Program, Series or Documentary (5 min limit)

Best Use of Non-Broadcast Media (3 min limit)

Entry may be a single program or series on any one topic of local interest. Great spot for outdoors, educational, political, and health programs.

Entry should highlight use of nonbroadcast media such as web stories, social media, web promotions, or anything outside of regular broadcast.

Best Community Service (3 min limit)

T-5

#WeAreBroadcasters and we are local! Tell us how your station supported your local community with a station sponsored event or coverage. It’s a feel good story of how your station helped the community overcome a tragedy, support a local family or charity, support a local business…the possibilities are endless! Show how important local radio is to the community. Several winners will be chosen. Support materials may be submitted along with entry.

Best Multicultural Reach (3 min limit) Chicago has a diverse listenership and stations today are adopting a “super-serving all ethnicities” approach. Submit your station entry on a broadcast team that worked together to relate to and entertain the diverse audience across broadcast and non-broadcast platforms. Entry could be a story, a broadcast team or event promotion.

Best Continuing Coverage

NEW CATEGORY

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Coverage of current events over an extended number of reports. Entries should include a ten (10) minute composite of your best news coverage of a continuing current event such as the COVID-19 Pandemic, Election 2020, Local Protests, Weather or Storm Damage, or other. Entry may include a maximum 200 word explanation of coverage. Criteria: presentation of facts, thoroughness, story advancement, significance, and delivery.

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TV CATEGORIES

* all categories may be edited unless noted, but not enhanced in post-production

FOR MEDIUM MARKET Best Single Commercial (:60 limit)

Best Single Station Self-Promotion (3 min limit)

Produced on behalf of an advertiser by a TV station. Criteria for judging are creativity and production values.

A single or series of announcements promoting the station. Criteria are creativity and production values.

T-1

T-2

Best Light Feature* (5 min limit) Single or series of stories or commentaries on a subject of state or local concern. Entry should show reporter (s) ability to cover an unusual story or unusual angle of a news story.

Maximum entry length of 5 minutes total.

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T-4

Best Use of Graphic Design Single entry or composite of no more than three projects reflected in one video, no more than :60 seconds in length. Criteria for judging are: 1) design 2) execution. Accompany entry with written creative brief, 100 words or less.

T-3

Best Locally Produced TV Program, Series or Documentary* (May be edited but not exceed 5 minutes) Entry may be a single story or a series of stories on any one topic. Thoroughness of research and reporting are just as important as writing and presentation.

Enter online: https://betternewspapercontest.com/IBAwards

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Best Investigative Report* (May be edited but not exceed 5 minutes) Entry may be a single story or series of stories about a previously unexplored and significant original story. Entry should demonstrate extraordinary research, ground-breaking reporting and results obtained by airing the story.

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Best Sports News - Live Coverage (5 min limit, editing allowed to remove commercials and unrelated news)

Best Sports Story (5 min limit) May be a single story or a series of stories about the same sports topic. Play-by-play is not eligible for this category but rather entered in TV-02.

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Best Hard News Story (5 min limit and may be edited)

Best coverage of an unscheduled single news event. Criteria include significance, presentation of facts, thoroughness, delivery.

Same-day or on-going coverage of a significant event affecting community, investigative report or series. Entry should demonstrate reporter’s ability to cover an unusual story or an unusual angle of a news story.

Best TV Newscast (30 min limit)

Best Continuing Coverage

T-8

Unedited half-hour complete news/sports/weather from any regularly scheduled newscast from any day part. Entry should contain the entire newscast with commercials edited out.

T-10

NEW CATEGORY

T-9

Coverage of current events over an extended number of reports. Entries should include a ten (10) minute composite of your best news coverage of a continuing current event such as the COVID-19 Pandemic, Election 2020, Local Protests, Weather or Storm Damage, or other. Entry may include a maximum 200 word explanation of coverage. Criteria: presentation of facts, thoroughness, story advancement, significance, and delivery.

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Best “Community Service Activity” (5 min limit) A station’s contribution to the community, through participation in a community project via a series of spots or an on-air campaign or “live” participation in (or live remote coverage of) activity. Entry should document activity by way of on-air promotional announcements, remote broadcast of event, documented coverage by other media re-porting on your station’s responsibility for the activity. Entry may contain supporting docs.

Best PSA Produced on behalf of Local Charity/Cause Entries may not exceed :60. Entries are judged on creativity, production, and relevance to charity or cause.

Entries may contain up to a one-page written narrative of campaign effectiveness and value.

Best Use of Interactive Media (10 min limit) Submit your station’s best efforts to utilize new media to supplement on-air broadcasts. New media usage includes website promotions, text messaging, podcasting, listener supplied video, or anything digital used outside of your regular broadcast. A written narrative may accompany entry. Criteria used to judge include creative use of media, how well it supplements on-air story, creativity of delivery and interest of story.

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Best TV Reporter (3 min limit)

Best TV Sportscaster (3 min limit)

Best TV Anchor (5 min limit)

Best Weathercaster (10 min limit)

Entry must relate to coverage of one event or story.

Criteria are delivery, presentation of facts, and impact of story.

Same-day coverage of a sport event/ story. Criteria are significance, presentation of facts, delivery, creativity, and effective use of video.

Enter up to 5 minutes of your best work.

Criteria are delivery, presentation of facts, and how anchor identifies with audience.

Enter your best weathercast! Criteria are presentation, thoroughness, and interest. Entry time limit is one weathercast from the day of your choice.

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TV-02

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T-12 T-14 Best Videographer (5 min limit) How well does your video tell the story? Criteria are production, sound, and creativity to tell the story.

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RADIO CATEGORIES

* all categories may be edited unless noted, but not enhanced in post-production

FOR CHICAGO MARKET Best Single Commercial (:30 or 60)

Best Station Promotion (3 min limit)

Best PSA (:60 max)

Produced on behalf of a local advertiser.

Station or Single event promotion.

Announcement produced on behalf of charity or cause.

Best Light Feature (2 min limit)

Best Hard News Feature (2 min limit)

Best Local Newscast (5 min limit)

Reporter’s coverage of an local story or angle of state news story.

Reporter(s) coverage of a serious news story with profound impact on the community.

Up to 5 minutes of a regularly scheduled newscast. Commercials must be edited out.

R-1

R-4

R-3

Best News Reporter (3 min limit)

Best Local Broadcast Team (2 min limit)

Compile up to 3 minutes of news reports from either single broadcast or compilation.

Regardless of daypart, onair talents of two or more persons.

RA-01

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R-9

R-12 R-10

Best Radio Personality (2 min limit)

Best Sportscaster (2 min limit)

Submit 2 minutes of your best on-air.

Single story or sports segment of newscast on a single sports topic.

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RA-02

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Best Use of Non-Broadcast Media (3 min limit) Entry highlights use of non-broadcast media such as podcast, social media, web-based story or promotions outside of regular broadcast.

Best Community Service (3 min limit) #WeAreBroadcasters and we are local! Tell us how your station supported your local community with a station sponsored event or coverage. It’s a feel good story of how your station helped the community overcome a tragedy, support a local family or charity, support a local business…the possibilities are endless! Show how important local radio is to the community. Several winners will be chosen. Support materials may be submitted along with entry.

Best Multicultural Reach (3 min limit) Chicago has a diverse listenership and stations today are adopting a “super-serving all ethnicities” approach. Submit your station entry on a broadcast team that worked together to relate to and entertain the diverse audience across broadcast and non-broadcast platforms. Entry could be a story, a broadcast team or event promotion.

Best Continuing Coverage

NEW CATEGORY

Coverage of current events over an extended number of reports. Entries should include a ten (10) minute composite of your best news coverage of a continuing current event such as the COVID-19 Pandemic, Election 2020, Local Protests, Weather or Storm Damage, or other. Entry may include a maximum 200 word explanation of coverage. Criteria: presentation of facts, thoroughness, story advancement, significance, and delivery.

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Enter online: https://betternewspapercontest.com/IBAwards

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RADIO CATEGORIES

* all categories may be edited unless noted, but not enhanced in post-production

FOR SMALL + MEDIUM MARKET Best Single Commercial (:30 or 60) Produced on behalf of a local advertiser.

R-1

Best PSA (:60 limit)

Best Humorous Commercial (:30 or 60) Creative and Humor content for local advertiser.

R-2

Best Light Feature (2 min limit)

Best Station Promotion (:60 limit) Station or Single event promotion.

R-3

Best Series or Documentary Program (3 min limit)

Announcement produced on behalf of charity or cause.

Reporter’s coverage of an local story or angle of state news story.

Best Spot News (3 min limit)

Best Hard News Feature (2 min limit)

Best Local Newscast (5 min limit)

Coverage of an unscheduled single news event.

Reporter(s) coverage of a serious news story with profound impact on the community.

Up to 5 minutes of a regularly scheduled newscast. Commercials must be edited out.

R-12 R-8

R-4 R-9

R-5

A single story or segments of a series of stories on any one topic.

R-10

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Best News Reporter (3 min limit)

Best Local Broadcast Team (2 min limit)

Compile up to 3 minutes of news reports from either single broadcast or compilation.

Regardless of daypart, on-air talents of two or more persons.

RA-01

RA-6

Best Use of Non-Broadcast Media (3 min limit)

Best Radio Personality (2 min limit) Submit 2 minutes of your best on-air.

RA-03

Best Play-by-Play (3 min limit)

Best Sportscaster (2 min limit)

Single announcer or broadcast team, playby-play of a single game. Entry may be edited.

Single story or sports segment of newscast on a single sports topic.

R-7

Entry highlights use of non-broadcast media such as podcast, social media, web-based story or promotions outside of regular broadcast.

Best Community Service (3 min limit) #WeAreBroadcasters and we are local! Tell us how your station supported your local community with a station sponsored event or coverage. It’s a feel good story of how your station helped the community overcome a tragedy, support a local family or charity, support a local business…the possibilities are endless! Show how important local radio is to the community. Several winners will be chosen. Support materials may be submitted along with entry.

Best Continuing Coverage

NEW CATEGORY

RA-02

R-14 R-11 R-16

Coverage of current events over an extended number of reports. Entries should include a ten (10) minute composite of your best news coverage of a continuing current event such as the COVID-19 Pandemic, Election 2020, Local Protests, Weather or Storm Damage, or other. Entry may include a maximum 200 word explanation of coverage. Criteria: presentation of facts, thoroughness, story advancement, significance, and delivery.

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Enter online: https://betternewspapercontest.com/IBAwards