Members of St. Andrew’s- Sewanee School’s radio-broadcasting program recently flew to New York City to take part in the annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System conference and award ceremony with the goal of bringing home more trophies home than the one they did last year to display in the WMTN-LP studio.

This year’s competition included nominations from more than 3,000 schools in the IBS’s collegiate and high school divisions. The student DJs for SAS were nominated for eight total awards this year.

Senior Griff Wilson, otherwise known as DJ Wilcon, was first to have his name called in the Best Liner category. This was Griff’s second time winning a Best in the Nation award after claiming the top prize for Best Station ID in 2025.

After going through seven of the categories that WMTN DJs were nominated for, they were holding just one trophy, matching last year’s total.

The final category remaining was for Best Student Station Manager, which senior Sam Weintraub, known by his team as DJ Sam I Am, was nominated for and won to a strong reception from the crowd, according to a press release from the school.

“It was great to see our two senior DJs recognized for all of their hard work,” Stephen Brehm, WMTN’s faculty adviser, said. “Both are very deserving of these awards. Anyone who knows Griff can tell you that he has a great voice for radio. As his teacher, I can tell you that he puts in the hard work to match.

“And DJ Sam I Am is really the heart of our radio program. The amount of time and energy he has invested in WMTN is nothing short of extraordinary. I know that their success motivates our younger DJs, and I hope others are inspired to give radio a try. Having them pull this off in their last semester at SAS? I couldn’t have scripted it any better.”

Residents of Sewanee and surrounding communities can listen to the WMTN-LP station on 93.1 and 103.1 FM as well as online at sasradio.org.

Questions about the radio program at SAS should be directed to Stephen Brehm at sbrehm@sasweb.org.