Results of the Recent WSTU-AM/WPSL-AM Radio PSA Contest!

Each year, The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids sponsors Kick Butts Day, a day of activism that empowers youth to take action against tobacco use at more than 2,000 events from coast to coast. This year, Kick Butts Day will take place on March 24, 2010.

To recognize this event, the Quit Doc Research and Education Foundation partnered with WSTU-AM and WPSL-AM to sponsor a youth contest to create anti-tobacco Public Service Announcements.

The contest was open to all Middle School and High School students in Martin County. Students submitted rough recordings or scripts for 30-second anti-tobacco radio spots. Local radio station personalities and tobacco control experts selected four finalists. The finalists were then ranked by the Tampa Bay Ray television and radio broadcasters.

On March 23, 2010, the finalists participated in a one-hour interview of the Coach's Corner radio program, which airs weekly on WSTU-AM 1450 in Stuart. The shows host, Coach Rick MacGuire, announced the winners as selected by the Rays brodcast teams live on the air. The winning entries were also played during the show. The winners included:

• First Place: “How Smoking Makes You Cool”, by Jason Leong of Martin County High School.

• Second Place: “Don’t Use Tobacco” by Jessica Colletti of Martin County High School. 

• Third Place (Tie): “Smoker’s Cough” submitted by Juan Ramos and Magdalena Cardona, SWAT members from Indiantown Middle School; “The Smoker’s Rap”, submitted by Hidden Oaks Middle School SWAT Members Jade Sziros, Ruth Bennett, Sarah Behr, and Christopher Spampani.

 

The interview segments are available to download here:

• Coach's Corner Segment 1: Juan Ramos and Magdalena Cardona, Indiantown Middle School

• Coachs Corner Segment 2: Jade Sziros, Ruth Bennett, Sarah Behr, and Christopher Spampani, Hidden Oaks Middle School SWAT

• Coach's Corner Segment 3: Dr. Barry Hummel

• Coach's Corner Segment 4: Jessica Colletti, Martin County High School

• Coach's Corner Segment 5: Jessica Colletti, Martin County High School; Jade Sziros, Ruth Bennett, Sarah Behr, and Christopher Spampani, Hidden Oaks Middle School SWAT

 

Congratulations to all of our winners!