Winners of the inaugural Paul Carson Broadcast & Media Awards were announced Thursday January 26th, recognizing excellence in sports broadcast and journalism in the Vancouver marketplace across nine categories of radio, television and print.
The 2012 finalists were named from a list of nominees compiled by a multi-media panel assembled by “Friends of Paul Carson” and The Sport Market on TEAM 1040 and teamradio.ca. Voting was done by a cross-section of more than 100 broadcasters, journalists and media management and production professionals residing or working in Vancouver.
Winners were announced January 26th in the following categories:
1. Sports Reporter
Lowell Ullrich The Province
2. Sports Columnist
Iain MacIntyre The Vancouver Sun
3. Sports Radio Talk Show Host (tie)
Barry Macdonald TEAM 1040
Dan Russell CKNW 980
4. Sports Radio News Anchor
Rick Quinton CKNW 980
5. Sports Radio Reporter
Jeff Paterson TEAM 1040
6. Sports Television News Anchor
Don Taylor Sportsnet
7. Sports Television News Reporter
Farhan Lalji TSN
8. Broadcast Play-by-Play
Jim Hughson CBC
9. Broadcast Colour Commentary
Ray Ferraro TSN