WMTN 93.1 & 103.1 at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School recently captured two first-place awards at the national competition for high school broadcasting called The Drury Awards.

Winners were announced at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where the competition was held on Nov. 4.  The John Drury High School Radio Awards were created to recognize outstanding excellence in high school radio broadcasting. More than 150 high school stations participated in the contest.

WMTN took home top honors in two categories, Best Radio Drama and Best Podcast. Additionally, the students received second-place honors in the Best Talk Show category.

The win for Best Radio Drama came for the show “The Lodger.”

Students involved in “The Lodger” included Luke Baird, Elliott Boyd, Kendall Elder, Thomas Billups, Charlie Relford, Cameo Smith and Reagan Vaughan.

Best Podcast honors went to Smith and Elder for their podcast titled “Sun & Moon, Episode 2.”

The runner-up distinction for Best Talk Show went to “Ask Elliot-Holiday Edition!” Students involved included Boyd, Elder, Billups and Baird.

Honorable mention also went to Kenneth Simmons for his show “Music out of Time” in the category of Best Specialty Music Show.

For more information about WMTN, visit sasradio.org.