2008 Vollie Awards
Community Media Center Presents Vollie Awards for
Outstanding Television Production
Nearly 100 people filled the Scott Auditorium on Friday, April 11th to be a part of the Community Media Center's 2008 Vollie Awards presentation. Since 1991, this event has recognized the efforts of Carroll County's community television producers and their counterparts in the Board of Education and Carroll County Government who operate local television channels.
Awards were presented to producers of exceptional television programming that aired between January 2006 and December 2007 on Carroll's public, education and government (PEG) cable channels 18, 19, 21, 23, and 24. The following winners were chosen by a panel of independent judges.
This year's winners are:
Best Performance Program
Barley Juice
Ken Birnie
Best Programming For or By Youth
Remedy
Matthew Roe
Best Talk Interview Program
The League Presents: Voting in Carroll County
Carroll County League of Women Voters
Best On-Camera Talent
Mick Kipp
Eat My Stuff with Mick the Pirate
Best Community Program
This is George Greenleaf
Bob Brink
Best Informational/Instructional Program
Rescue Tails
Tina Richardson
Best Religious Program
The Orthodox Church: Christianity's Best Kept Secret
Pete Nickolas
Best Documentary
Eldersburg: Boondock Suburbia
Scott Lowe
Best PEG Program (One-Time Project)
Union Bridge Depot Days
Community Media Center
Best PEG Studio Series
Focus on Education Student Edition
Carroll Educational Television
Best PEG Field Series
Newsmakers: On the Positive Side
Carroll Educational Television
Best PEG PSA
Carroll County's Most Wanted
Carroll County Government Television
Best Municipal Program
William Henry Rinehart: Union Bridge Native Son
Town of Union Bridge
Special awards were presented to the CMC's "Volunteer of the Year," Rod Boudreaux, "Board Member of the Year," Dr. Jim Ball, and to Pat Flaherty for "Lifetime Achievement."
Winning programs will be rebroadcast throughout the next month on Carroll's Channel 19.