WTPL's Peter St. James Named Broadcaster of the Year

Peter St. James, host of WTPL-FM’s “NH Wake Up Show,” was named the 2014 Broadcaster of the Year by the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters. The award was presented at the Association’s annual Granite Mikes awards night on Oct. 16, at the Grappone Conference Center.

St. James began his radio career while still in high school working weekends as a board operator for Red Sox games in Norway, Maine. He later helped defray the expense of college by doing a 6PM to 11PM shift at WABI/WBGW in Bangor, Maine.

After graduation, St. James worked at WSKW/WTOS in Skowhegan, Maine and WHOM, Poland Springs before finding his way to New Hampshire in 1974, taking a job at WMOU/WXLQ. He has also worked at WBRL-Berlin, WFTN- Franklin, WEMJ-Laconia, B106, WHOB in Nashua, an almost fifteen year affiliation with Oldies 99.1 - WNNH-Concord and for the last ten years, at 107.7 WTPL in Concord.

He has been recognized for his creative writing and broadcast efforts by the NH Association of Broadcasters, the Ad Club of NH, The Associated Press, the New England Outdoor Writers Association and the Outdoor Writers Association of America.

His on-air work has been acknowledged by such entities as the NH Department of Agriculture (Fred E. Beane Award), the NH Fish and Game Department (Excellence in Communication), the NH Timberland Owners Association, the NH Army National Guard (Distinguished Service Medal) and by Governor John Lynch and the Executive Council with a Proclamation.

Awards

The winners of the night in the Station of the Year category were 95.7 (WZID-FM) and WMUR-TV for radio and television, respectively. 106.1 Q106 (WHDQ-FM) and New Hampshire Public Television were runners up in the Station of the Year category.

Other noted winners this evening were for the best Radio Morning Show Team, where 98.7, The Bay’s (WBYY-FM) Seacoast in the Morning with Dan Lunnie took home first place honors. First place awards for best Public Service Campaign went to the 100.3 WHEB-FM and Rock 101 (WGIR-FM).

WMUR was the night’s biggest winner with ten first place awards. A complete list of winners is below:

Public Affairs/Talk

Radio

MERIT

WUVR-AM

Twin State Journal

FIRST

WTPL-FM

New Hampshire Wake-Up Show

Television

MERIT

WMUR-TV

NH Chronicle: Table for Two with Greg Kretschmar

FIRST

New Hampshire Public Television

Walking Off the War

Spot News

Radio

MERIT

WGIR-AM

Donald Trump Talks Bush’s Immigration Comments

FIRST

WKBK-AM

The Passing of Keene Mayor Mike Blastos

Television

MERIT

WMUR-TV

Lebanon Flooding

FIRST

WMUR-TV

Brentwood Police Shooting & House Explosion

Documentary News

Radio

MERIT

New Hampshire Public Radio

Common Core State Standards

FIRST

WGIR-AM

VA Care

Television

MERIT

New Hampshire Public Television

A Hike Back to WWII

FIRST

New Hampshire Public Television

Counting on Birds

Feature Story

Radio

MERIT

New Hampshire Public Radio

Has New Hampshire Become A ‘Dumping Ground’ For Wolf Dogs?

FIRST

WOKQ-FM

Lucy’s Love Bus

Television

MERIT

New Hampshire Public Television

Eye on Outdoors

FIRST

New Hampshire Public Television

Quiet Waters

Newscast

Radio

MERIT

Binnie Media

NH1 Morning News 8:30am May 22, 2014

FIRST

Binnie Media

NH1 Afternoon News-3pm June 3rd, 2014

Television

MERIT

WMUR-TV

6PM: Officer Arkell Funeral

FIRST

WMUR-TV

6PM: Brentwood Officer Shooting & Home Explosion

Play-by-Play

Radio

MERIT

WGAM-AM

Central vs. Memorial Division 1 Semi-Finals

FIRST

WGIR-AM

Manchester Monarchs v. Norfolk Admirals

Television

FIRST

WBIN-TV

UMass Lowell - Valentine’s Day Buzzer Beater

Sports Feature

Radio

MERIT

WEMJ-AM

World Championship Sled Dog Derby

FIRST

WGAM-AM

Safe Sport Network Social

Television

MERIT

WMUR-TV

NH Chronicle: Muji Karim

FIRST

WMUR-TV

NH Chronicle: Monarchs Job Swap

Air Personality

Radio

MERIT

WZID-FM

Heather Bishop

FIRST

New Hampshire Public Radio

Rick Ganley, Morning Edition Host

Television

MERIT

WMUR-TV

Fritz Wetherbee

FIRST

WMUR-TV

Sean McDonald

Morning Show Team

Radio

MERIT

WKNE-FM

Steve and Teri in the Morning

FIRST

WBYY-FM

Seacoast in the Morning with Dan Lunnie

Station Promotional Announcement

Radio

MERIT

WGXL-FM

“I Love The 90’s” Weekend

FIRST

WOKQ-FM

Morning Waking Crew “Bark Week”

Television

MERIT

WMUR-TV

Spring Weather Image 2014

FIRST

WMUR-TV

Live Streaming “Shoes”

Individual Commercial

Radio

MERIT

WFRD-FM

Moe’s Southwest Grill Halloween

FIRST

WUVR-AM

The Goose That Brewed The Perfect Ale

Television

MERIT

WBIN-TV

The Beach Plum - 78 Reasons to Smile

FIRST

WBIN-TV

Woof Meow - In the Doghouse

Commercial Campaign

Radio

MERIT

WJYY-FM, WNHW-FM, WLNH-FM, WNNH-FM, WEMJ-AM, WFNQ-FM, WXLF-FM & WZLF-FM

Grappone Automotive Group

FIRST

WXXK-FM, WGXL-FM, WWOD-FM, WHDQ-FM & WTSL-AM

Lebanon Village Pizza - L-V-P Man

Television

MERIT

WBIN-TV

Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant

FIRST

WNNE-TV

New Hampshire Open MRI

Best Use of Digital Media

Radio

MERIT

WHEB-FM & WGIR-FM

The Morning Buzz Gerber Dental Mouth Makeover

FIRST

WJYY-FM

WJYY.COM

Television

FIRST

WMUR-TV

WMUR Everywhere 2014

Local Special Program/Event

Radio

MERIT

WGIR-AM

Honoring CC Vets on Veterans Day

FIRST

WHDQ-FM

Upper Valley Humane Society Radiothon

Television

MERIT

WMUR-TV

WMUR: Sixty Years...and Counting

FIRST

WMUR-TV

NH Chronicle: Christmas at the Rocking Horse Studio

Best Station Promotion

Radio

MERIT

New Hampshire Public Radio

Word of Mouth Love Song

FIRST

WHDQ-FM

Valentine’s Day Bailout

Television

MERIT

WBIN-TV

Cash for the Holidays

FIRST

New Hampshire Public Television

Home-Katie Lessard

Public Service Announcement

Radio

MERIT

WGAM-AM

Jordan’s Walk for Wishes

FIRST

WLNH-FM

The Circle Program

Television

MERIT

WMUR-TV

An Evening Of Inspiration

FIRST

WMUR-TV

Play Ball For CHaD

Public Service Campaign of the Year

Radio

MERIT

WOKQ-FM, WPKQ-FM, WSHK-FM & WSAK-FM

Dover Youth to Youth

FIRST

WHEB-FM & WGIR-FM

The Morning Buzz Lend A Helping Can 2013

Television

FIRST

WMUR-TV

New Hampshire Tackles Hunger

“Above and Beyond” Award

Chris Verdi

Chief Engineer

Great Eastern Radio

Station of the Year

Radio

MERIT

WHDQ-FM

FIRST

WZID-FM

Television

MERIT

New Hampshire Public Television

FIRST

WMUR-TV

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