2003 Media & Personality

Best local news:
WIS-TV
Honorable Mention: WLTX-TV

Best TV anchorperson:
Susan Audé
Honorable Mention: Dawn Mercer

Best TV weatherperson:
Ben Tanner
Honorable Mention: Jim Gandy

Best TV sportscaster:
Rick Henry

Best local radio personality:
Jonathan Rush, WNOK-FM
Honorable Mention: Dave Stewart, WARQ-FM

Best music radio station:
WARQ-FM
Honorable Mention: WUSC-FM

Best talk radio station:
WVOC-AM

Best local writer:
William Price Fox
Honorable Mention: Alex Riley, Country Chronicle

Best Free Times story/past year:
God Save Chris Bickel, by Kevin Foster Langston
Honorable Mention: No Land to Call Home, by Raymond Thibodeaux, with Not in My Town by David Axe.

Best local politician:
Bob Coble
Honorable Mention: Mark Sanford

Scariest local politician (tie):
André Bauer and Jake Knotts

Most overexposed person:
Lou Holtz
Honorable Mention: Joe Pinner.

Best local athlete:
Demetrius Summers

Best activist group:
NORML
Honorable Mention: GLPM

Best activist individual:
Brett Bursey
Honorable Mention: Johnny Gardiner ("the anti-abortion guy")

Biggest political faux pas:
Andre Bauer's speeding ticket
Honorable Mention: Jake Knotts' locking his dog in his car