WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011
Mt. SAC’s KSAK Wins Three Golden Mikes
WALNUT, Calif.––– Mt. San Antonio College’s radio station, 90.1 KSAK, won three Golden Mike awards at the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California’s annual awards ceremony held Jan. 22 at the Universal Hilton in Hollywood.Student Claudia Amezcua (Pomona) and KSAK operations coordinator Cason Smith (Rowland Heights) shared two Golden Mikes for Best Entertainment Reporting and Best Use of Sound in division B for radio stations with fewer than six full-time staff. The duo won for their piece on the opening of the 2010 Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire. Smith also won the division B Best Individual Writing award for the Pleasure Faire segment.
KSAK newscast students Chris Jones (Glendora), Nelson Aguilar (Covina), Jenelle Vasquez (Chino Hills), Laura Romo (West Covina), Jeff Bowe (San Dimas) Leilani Mabrie (Chino), Karlo Sy Su (Walnut), and Amezcua were also nominated for a Golden Mike in the Best Newscast Under 15 Minutes category in competition against radio stations KABC Los Angeles and KVTA Ventura.
“Going head-to-head against major market stations, it’s very impressive that Mt. SAC’s radio station can consistently win Golden Mike awards year after year,” said Smith, who has been the operations coordinator at KSAK for nine years and teaches broadcasting at Mt. SAC.
The Mt. SAC radio station has won 19 Golden Mikes in the past six years.
The Radio and Television News Association of Southern California annually honors the best in radio and television, ranging from the major networks to college stations.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011
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Mt. SAC Flying Team Advances to National Competition
WALNUT, Calif.–––With a second-place finish at the recent regional airmeet, the Mt. San Antonio College Flying Team advances to the National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s national competition and claimed its 20th consecutive regional community college award.“After a tough regional contest, we now bump up the competition and ready ourselves for the national airmeet,” said Mt. SAC Flying Team Advisor and Aeronautics Professor Robert Rogus.
With 192 points, Mt. SAC placed second behind first-place Embry-Riddle Aeronautic University from Arizona and ahead of third-place San Diego Christian College. Ninety-five students from six colleges competed at the 2011 Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON), a competition for university and community college flying teams.
In additional to the Top Two-Year School Award, the Mt. SAC team won the tournament’s Sportsmanship Award. Mt. SAC students also won a total 29 individual awards, including Kate Darwin’s (San Dimas) Top Female Pilot Award, David Calleros’s (Montclair) first place in the aircraft preflight inspection, Rick Palkovic’s (Glendora) first place in the flight simulator competition, and Darwin and Ian Doolittle’s (Moreno Valley) first-place win in the crew resource management event.
Other squads competing at the regional airmeet were the U. S. Air Force Academy, San Jose State University, and Cypress College.
The national SAFECON airmeet will be hosted by Ohio State University on May 16-21.
Over the years, the Mt. SAC Flying Team has consistently earned top honors as one of the best collegiate flying teams in the country. The team has won the Top Community College trophy at the regional competition every year since 1991. Mt. SAC also won the Top U. S. Community College award at the national airmeet in 1984, 1985, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2007.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 07, 2011
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