Best of WSUM
The archive for award winning submissions and audio that has transmitted over WSUM airwaves
Episodes
A compilation of some of the promos and imaging that won awards as a part of the 2026 award cycle.
First is the winner of the Best Imaging award at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Student Awards
Second is a finalist for Best Show Intro at the Intercollegiate Broadcasters Association Student Awards
Third is the winner of the Best Promo at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Student Awards
And finally, A...
This audio won second place for Best general News Story at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of the La Follette Line, a show available wherever you listen to podcasts and is hosted by Jasper Bernstein and Whitman Bottari
For more, listen here: The La Follette Line
This audio won the award for Best Public Affairs Talk Show at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of the La Follette Line, a show available wherever you listen to podcasts and is hosted by Jasper Bernstein and Whitman Bottari
For more, listen here: The La Follette Line
This audio won the Best New Series at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of the La Follette Line, a show available wherever you listen to podcasts and is hosted by Jasper Bernstein and Whitman Bottari
For more, listen here: The La Follette Line
This audio won Best Hockey Play by Play at the Intercollegiate Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of a WSUM Sports broadcast of Men's hockey where the Wisconsin Badgers took on the Michigan Wolverines on January 24th, 2025.
For more broadcasts, check out WSUM Sports during Badger gamedays for play-by-play insights and full broadcasts of over 100 Wisconsin games.
This audio was submitted by Johnny Raider, who was named a finalist for Best On-Air Personality at the Intercollegiate Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. Johnny is a part of several shows on WSUM including Toss the Mic and Rockin' in the Nighttime which are hosted at 7pm and 8pm on Mondays on WSUM 91.7 FM. He is also the Production Director and, in his role, has made many of the PSAs and Underwritings that a...
This audio was a finalist for Best Morning Show at the Intercollegiate Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of the Percolator, hosted by Daniel Stein and Taylor Wilmot on Sundays from 10 am to 12 P.M on WSUM 91.7 FM
This audio won the Best Newscast at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of our daily newscasts which you can catch on WSUM 91.7 FM everyday from Mondays to Thursdays at 5pm and 6pm along with replays on podcast platforms.
Listen to more newscasts here: WSUM Daily Newscast
This audio won the Boyd Huppert Excellence in Radio Writing Award at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of an episode of On Wisconsin, WSUM's weekly news show.
For On Wisconsin, check out or links here: On Wisconsin
This audio won second place for Best Newscast at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of our daily newscasts which you can catch on WSUM 91.7 FM everyday from Mondays to Thursdays at 5pm and 6pm along with replays on podcast platforms.
Listen to more newscasts here: WSUM Daily Newscast
This audio won second place for Best Podcast at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of an episode of Toss the Mic, a sports show that airs on Mondays at 7 PM and is hosted by Chris Coolidge and Johnny Raider
Listen to their show here: Toss the Mic
This audio won second place for Best Sports Play by Play at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of a broadcast of the Wisconsin Badgers as they took on the UNC Tar Heels at the Field House on December 5th, 2025 with broadcasters Aidan Michaels and Caroline McGartland
This audio won second place for Best Sports Story at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of an episode of We Sleep in May, a college basketball show that airs from midnight to 1 A.M on WSUM 91.7 FM and is hosted by Joey Bonadonna and Jeremy Schneider
This audio won third place for Best Sports Show at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of an episode of the Madison Science Mystery Tour, a science podcast hosted by Nalina Cherr presented by WSUM
Find the links to full episodes here: Madison Science Mystery Tour
This audio won third place for Best Sports Show at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of an episode of From the Bench, 9pm on Thursdays on WSUM 91.7 FM hosted by Sean Duffy, Ben Lindsley and Caroline McGartland
This audio won third place for Best Sports Story at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student awards for 2026. This was a part of an episode of On Wisconsin, WSUM's weekly news show.
For On Wisconsin, check out or links here: On Wisconsin
WSUM, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student radio station, has been named Best College Station in the Nation by Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS).
WSUM students were presented with this award at the IBS conference in New York City on Saturday, February 21, 2026. The following day, WSUM celebrated its 24th year on the air.
WSUM was first recognized as Best College/University Station of schools with more than 1...
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