The GABBY Awards Finalists Announced Ahead of GABCON 2017

The final list for the The Georgia Association of Broadcasters 55th annual GABBY Awards finalists has been announced.

Narrowing down a list from over 500 entries, the entries came from radio and television stations from all throughout Georgia. The GABBY Awards will take place during the summer conference GABCON, and will be held on August 4th-6th at the Jekyll Island Convention Center.

See below for the list of finalists, all of whom will either receive a GABBY or Merit award for broadcasting excellence in their respective categories:

Georgia Public Broadcasting (Atlanta)

• Bill Nigut

• Jenny Ament

• Emily Jones

• Bradley George

• Grant Blankenship

• GPB News Staff

WATC-TV (Atlanta)

• Greg West

• Patricia Mathis

• Paul Johnson

WAFS-AM (Atlanta)

• Adam Wattenbarger

• Tiana Bogino

WCLK-FM (Atlanta)

• Wendy Williams

• Morris Baxter

• Marquis Lofton

• Shed Jackson

• Tammy Nobles

• Rob Maynard

WCFO (Atlanta)

• Jeff Davis

• Don Nicholson

• Marshall Parker

• Raj Verma

• Steve Cole

WGCL-TV (Atlanta)

• Sally Sears

• Eric Carlton

• Fred Kalil

• Nick Morgan

• Adam Murphy

WMLB (Atlanta)

• Stephen Key

WPBA-TV (Atlanta)

• Jason Evans

• Jack Walsh

• Gordon Ray

WSB-AM (Atlanta)

• News Team

• Sabrina Cupit

WSB-TV (Atlanta)

• Mike Dreaden

• Brad Stone

• Josh Wade

• Lori Geary

• Kimberly Page

• Sharleta Stamps

• James Reed

• Sheila Schutt

• Glenn Burns

• Adrianne Klabik

• Corey Tatum

• Del Koushyar

• Craig Lucie

• Lisa Spivack

• Jovita Moore

• WSB Staff

WVEE-FM (Atlanta)

• Chris DiTuri

WXIA-TV (Atlanta)

• Jennifer Rigby

• Brendan Keefe

• Jaye Watson

• Jon Samuels

• Laura Headlee

• Kristine Johnson

• Jeremy Campbell

• Erin Gutierrez

• Matt Livingston

• Jeff Hullinger

• Kim Smith

• Thomas Goodhew

• Chris Holcomb

• Jamie King

• Ben Dongarra

• Lea Anne Jackson

• WXIA Staff

WYAY-FM (Atlanta)

• Scott Kimbler

WZGC-FM (Atlanta)

• Steve Holman

• Mike Conti

WALB-TV (Albany)

• Jim Wilcox

• Jim Bernhardt

• Catherine Patterson

• Wes Keaton

• Mike Fussell

WUGA-FM (Athens)

• Martin Matheny

• Alexia Ridley

• Michael Cardin

WJBF-TV (Augusta)

• Bill Stewart

• Scott Elledge

• Brad Means

• Marlena Wilson

WRJY-FM (Brunswick)

• Bill Young

• Nick Diakun

• Joe Willie Sousa

• Daniel Kent

WBHF-AM (Cartersville)

• Matt Santini

• Lee Burger

• Earnestine Jones

• Kevin Pate

WCHM (Clarkesville)

• Lori Duke Jones

• Kyle Franks

• Jay Stephens

• Laurence London

WJRB (Clarkesville)

• Jeff Batten

• Steven Phillips

WCGQ-FM (Columbus)

• Morgan Taylor

WDAK-AM (Columbus)

• Wes Caroll

• Scott Miller

• Joey Williams

• Rob Carter

WLTZ-TV (Columbus)

• Cullen Bryant

• Holly Sutherland

• Drew Rhodes

WRBL-TV (Columbus)

• Bob Jeswald

• Carmen Rose

• Cody Nickel

• Arthur Shipp

WTVM-TV (Columbus)

• Jason Dennis

• Aaron Lee

• Shawn Reynolds

• Brian Correll

• Mike Scott

• News Staff

WSGC (Elberton)

• Scott Smith

• Steven Bentley

WDUN (Gainesville)

• Joel Williams

• Mitch Clarke

• Joe Kelly

• B.J Williams

• Access WDUN News Team

• WDUN News Team

WGGA (Gainesville)

• Brian Stewart

• Gene Anderson

• Caleb Hutchins

WLHR-FM (Lavonia)

• Andrew Hornick

WGXA-TV (Macon)

• Eric Mock

WMAZ-TV (Macon)

• Suzanne Lawler

• Lorra Lynch Jones

• Ciara Campbell

• Chris Collinsworth

• Brian Garcia

• Frank Malloy

• Jeff Vinton

• Ben Jones

• Matt Daniel

• Sport Team

• News Team

WQIL-FM (Macon)

• Kyle Jones

MBC-TV4 (Milledgeville)

• Stacey Lumley

• Chris Brown

• Brittiny Johnson

WRDW-TV (North Augusta)

• Meredith Anderson

• Estelle Parsley

• Dylan Smith

• Laura Warren

• Lauren Hoar

• Joey Gill

• News Team

WRBF (Rome)

• Leeanne Foster

• Howard Toole

• Julie Steele

WRGA-AM (Rome)

• Kim Jarrett

• Randy Quick

• Howard Toole

• David Crowder

• Tony McIntosh

WFXH-FM (Savannah)

• Ryan Koch

WTOC-TV (Savannah)

• Elizabeth Rawlins

• Craig Harney

• Clinton Hinely

• Nic Bell

• Tedi Rountree

• News Staff

WUBB-FM (Savannah)

• Tim Leary

• Karen "Red" Daiss

• Claire Beverly

WXXY-FM (Savannah)

• Mark Ediss

• Mia Amini

WTCQ-FM (Vidalia)

• Zack Fowler

WVOP-FM (Vidalia)

• Zack Fowler

Farm Bureau (Statewide)

• Ray D' Alessio

• Michael Edmondson

• Kenny Burgamy

• Andy Lucas

Georgia News Network (Statewide)

• John Clark

• John Wetherbee