2009 LPCTV Awards....

On June 25th, LPCTV held its 4th Annual Awards night, where we recognize the most active producers and volunteers from the past year, as well as those who produced noteworthy programs.

Here are the recipients of the 2009 LPCTV Awards:

Volunteer of the Year: Bruce Perry, for continuous Black River sports coverage

Volunteer Appreciation: Janet Trimboli, for extensive production support in local school programming

Public Access Award: Sam Hensel-Hunter & Susan Whelihan, for "Should You Watch It?"

Best Educational Programming: "Chalk Board", produced by RWSU Superintendent Judy Pullinen

Best Government Programming: Ludlow Transfer Station & George Fairchild, for "Ludlow Recycles"

Best School Program: Mount Holly School 2nd Grade - Ms. Long's class, for "The Flying Wolf & the 3 Active Pigs"

Best Studio Program: the "Wonders of Astronomy" series, produced by "Astro" Al Boudreau

Best Documentary: "Calvin Coolidge: VT Born & Raised", produced by Newt Rose & Noah Schmidt. (The video won 1st place at Vermont History Day and was enetered into the National History Day competition in Washington, DC.)

Best Talk Show: "That Was the Week That Was", produced by Leo Graham & Ralph Pace, which has been in coninuous weekly production for 2 1/2 years. Tune in Thursdays at 3PM on Ch8 (repeats thereafter throughout the week).

Directorial Achievement:  DavidGuerrera, for his short 16mm film, The Bathtub.

Youth Achievement: Brandon Birdsall, for his support & involvement in the video production of the Ludlow After School program.

Rookie of the Year (Best Directorial Debut): Joe Burns, for his production of Fight Nerd TV, a close-up expose on Ultimate Fighting.