BHSD Radio Students
Win Nine John Drury
High School Radio Awards

WBFH Wins First Place,
Best High School Station

Pete Bowers Wins First Place,
Best Radio Station Advisor

Naperville, Illinois-Bloomfield Hills School District radio broadcasting students and staff won a total of eleven awards in seven categories at the Fourth Annual John Drury High School Radio Awards ceremony held October 8, 2005 on the campus of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.
     The John Drury High School Radio Awards were created to recognize excellence in high school radio broadcasting.  These awards were named in honor of award-winning ABC-Chicago news anchor, John Drury.  The awards were presented by North Central College and their student radio station WONC-FM.
     WBFH students were nominated for fourteen awards, the most of any high school entering this national competition.  WBFH students won three 1st Place awards, two 2nd Place awards and four 3rd Place awards:

     Best Newscast, 1st Place:  Wade Fink, Andover junior
     Best Public Service Announcement, 1st Place:  Ryan Fishman, Andover senior
     Best Promotional Announcement, 1st Place:  Ryan Fishman, Andover senior
     Best Newscast, 2nd Place:  Ryan Fishman, Andover senior
     Best Newscast, 3rd Place:  Rachel Fishman, Lahser senior
     Best News Feature Story, 3rd Place:  Ryan Fishman, Andover senior
     Best Sportscast, 2nd Place:  Ryan Fishman, Andover senior
     Best Sportscast, 3rd Place:  Wade Fink, Andover junior
     Best Public Service Announcement, 3rd Place: 
                        Lauren Edelman, Andover senior, Rachel Fishman, Lahser senior, and Erin Kashawlic, Andover senior

     WBFH Station Manager Pete Bowers was nominated for Best Radio Station Advisor and won 1st Place.  The award was based on a 500-word essay and three supporting letters.
     The Best High School Radio Station award was based on the number of awards won by students from high school radio stations in the United States.  WBFH won 1st Place this year after taking 3rd Place last year. WGBK of Glenview, Illinois took 2nd Place.
     "This was the second year we sent entries to the John Drury Awards," said Bowers.  "I'm very proud of the students who won and for WBFH finishing first for Best High School Radio Station."
     Andover senior and WBFH Operations Manager Ryan Fishman won a total of five Drury awards and made the trip to Naperville to accept his awards.  "It was definitely worth the trip", said Fishman. 
     WBFH, also known as The Biff, is a non-commercial, educational radio station broadcasting at 88.1 on the FM dial and online at www.wbfh.fm.  The WBFH management team consists of Bowers, Assistant Manager/Chief Engineer Randy Carr and Remote Supervisor Ron Wittebols.