Bryan Barrett and Jon Dinkins of WGNS Sports have been named finalists in two categories for the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Excellence in Broadcasting Awards.
They have been named a finalists for "Best Local Sports Coverage" and "Best Local Use of Digital or Social Media Platforms" in the small market category. Radio stations across the entire state of Tennessee were eligible to enter in various news, sports and talk show categories.
Finalists will be named at the awards presentation August 21st at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville during the TAB annual meeting and awards dinner.
Bryan and Jon have been working together doing sports for WGNS since 1997. Bryan started covering games in 1994 with Jeff Jordan and Jon joined them three years later. Bryan and Jon have been doing football together since 2002 and after Jeff's retirement in 2009, continued the tradition of broadcasting nearly 170 local high school football, basketball, baseball and softball games plus coaches shows per year.
WGNS would like to congratulate Bryan and Jon on being finalists in this year's TAB Excellence in Broadcasting Awards and thank them for their many years of covering high school sports in Rutherford County.
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