2021 aUdio WINNERS
​OVERALL AUDIO EXCELLENCE AWARD: KBVU, Buena Vista University

Best Air Personality
1st Place- Wartburg College- KWAR, Della Whittaker
2nd Place- Wartburg College- KWAR, Madison Freeland
3rd Place- Wartburg College- KWAR, Leticia Silva
Hon. Mention- Simpson College- KSTM-FM, Caleb Geer

Best Promo
1st Place- Western Iowa Tech Community College- Cognitive Sound Radio promo, Tyler Thompson
2nd Place- Wartburg College- KWAR, Best of Broadway, Lauren Ulveling
3rd Place- Wartburg College- KWAR, Fright Knight, Madison Freeland
Hon. Mention- Wartburg College- KWAR, No Boundaries, Della Whittaker

Best PSA
1st Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, Vaccine PSA #1, Colin Imhoff, Jadyn Forbes
2nd Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, Summer of Fun: COVID-19 vaccination PSA, Tanner Frost
3rd Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, COVID-19 Vaccine PSA (Spanish), Charisma Mendez
Hon. Mention- Wartburg College- KWAR, Wartburg Choirs,  James  Mossman

Best Newscast
1st Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, The Beaver Bulletin, Colin Imhoff

Best News Programming
1st Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, Buena Vista University Ag News, Joshua Tigges
2nd Place- Wartburg College- KWAR, Wartburg's New Exercise Science Major, Anjela Waterman
3rd Place- Western Iowa Tech Community College- Election Night Wrap, Kristen Barnes, Elliotte Herbst, Cody Gilbertson, John Cronin

Best Show (entertainment)
1st Place- Wartburg College- KWAR, Fright Knight, Madison Freeland
2nd Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, The Untitled Radio Show, Joshua Woolcott, Clayton Van Horn
3rd Place- Wartburg College- KWAR, The Burg Show, Leticia Silva
Hon. Mention- Western Iowa Tech Community College- Oceanography Album Drop, Tyler Thompson

Best Sports Broadcast
1st Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, BVU Softball v. Coe, Austin West
2nd Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, BVU Baseball v. Coe, Daniel Meissner, Austin West

Best Sports Program
1st Place- Wartburg College- KWAR, The Sports Desk, Joshua Hamlyn
2nd Place- Simpson College- KSTM-FM, Sunday Snooze, Ethan Humble, Luke Becker, Caleb Vasconez

Best Audio Feature Package
1st Place- Simpson College- KSTM-FM, Caleb Greer

Best Long-form Audio Package
1st Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, From Drought to Derecho, Morgan Krull
2nd Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, Sports Amid Pandemic, Max Olsan
3rd Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, Mental Health in Storm Lake Community, Charisma Mendez
Hon. Mention- Wartburg College- KWAR, Rumors about Addition to Wartburg's Wellness Center, Henry Hahn

Best Podcast Series
1st Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, The Positive Point, Joshua Tigges
2nd Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, The Sex Talk, Joceline Medina
3rd Place- Buena Vista University- KBVU, Football UNFocused, Austin West, Lavell Harris
Hon. Mention- Wartburg College- KWAR, No Internal Monologue, Morgan Schlichting