User blog:BJFRacing14/A preview of the Spirit of ABN Awards nominees is out

ABN earlier today put out the preliminary list of Spirit of ABN Awards nominees. Here is what you will be expecting at the Spirit of ABN Awards in Amarillo on November 19th at 7:00 PM Central (8:00 PM Eastern). The event will be broadcast on ABN.com.

Hooper Ratings
All-Time Hooper Rated Show
 * UMC Monday Battlezone
 * Hot in SoCal
 * Vanessa and Vittel
 * 66 Rock
 * Ashley

Best ABN Comedy
 * 66 Rock
 * Ashley
 * Hot in SoCal
 * Jet City
 * 60 Seconds to Mercury

Best ABN Drama
 * Vanessa and Vittel
 * Cross
 * Rogue Agents
 * Navy NCIS Rockport
 * Saints of Carcer

Best ABN Daytime Game Show
 * Second Chance
 * Ultra GUTS
 * Ultra Password
 * Ultra Pyramid
 * The Jewel Match Game

Best ABN Daytime Soap Opera
 * Timeless
 * My Family
 * Saints of Carcer
 * Love Riders
 * Code Black Extreme ER

Best ABN Sports Series
 * Saturday Football Showcase, college football
 * Sunday Night Griffball, pro griffball
 * Thursday Night Hockey, pro hockey
 * IMSA on ABN, auto racing
 * UMC Monday Night Battlezone, mixed martial arts

Best Late Night Series
 * The Late Show with VInce Laverty
 * The Midnight Show with Bruce Simms

Best Daytime Talk Series
 * The Kaylah Higgins Show
 * The Scene

Best Syndicated Lifestyle Series
 * XR Hollywood Tonite
 * Pop City
 * Grille City USA
 * U Style Makeover Extreme
 * The Digital Movie Theater

Best News and Documentary Program
 * ABN Evening News with Scott Hunter
 * ABN News Sunday Edition
 * America 360
 * Sunrise America
 * ABN Unsolved Mysteries

Broadcasting Innovations
Best Innovative Broadcast Facilities - Television
 * KANX Amarillo, TX
 * WLIX Liberty City, LY
 * WXTR Huntsville, AL
 * WPAE Ponyville-Appleloosa, EQ
 * WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul and Wilmar, MN

Best Innovative Broadcast Facilities - Radio
 * KGCT Amarillo, TX
 * KCMS Missoula, MT
 * WXTR Huntsville, AL
 * WPAE Ponyville-Appleloosa, EQ
 * WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul and Wilmar, MN

ABN Affiliate Personnel
ABN Best News Director of the Year
 * Bob Stratford, KANX Amarillo
 * Terrance Fowler, KMSL Missoula
 * James Holleran, KCLA Los Angeles
 * Derick Bradshaw, DNRDO Riverdale
 * Vincent Pedroias, WMAX Miami

ABN Best Sports Director of the Year
 * Mark Reynolds, KMSL Missoula
 * Cory Wilkins, KANX Amarillo
 * Chase McLaren, KCLA Los Angeles
 * Curtis Docken, WXTR Huntsville
 * Marc Lucroy, WNYC New York

ABN Forecaster of the Year
 * Rick Lindsay, KMSL Missoula
 * Augusta Rose, KANX Amarillo
 * Landon Perry, WXTR Huntsville
 * Sunny Shae, WPAE Ponyville-Appleloosa
 * Michael Chapman, WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul

ABN Newscaster of the Year
 * Morgan Wilson, KANX Amarillo
 * Gary Foster, WPAE Ponyville-Appleloosa
 * Bill Hamill, WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul
 * Vince Arden, KCLA Los Angeles
 * Derick Bradshaw, DNRDO Riverdale

ABN Sportscaster of the Year
 * Fred Holliday, WNYC New York
 * Steve Addison, WXLB Birmingham-Tuscaloosa-Anniston
 * Michael Elliston, KTLV Las Venturas
 * Jim Boulder, KUBE Dallas-Fort Worth
 * Evan Lowery, WMAX Miami-Fort Lauderdale

Top Entertainers
ABN Entertainer of the Year - Primetime
 * Ashley Jones, Ashley
 * John Silverstein, Cross
 * Nancy Young, Vanessa and Vittel
 * Allen Beckwood, 66 Rock
 * Chris Kensington, 60 Seconds to Mercury

ABN Entertainer of the Year - Daytime
 * Jim Taylor, Timeless
 * Joey Jefferson, My Family
 * Serena Bacherro and Mike O'Malley, Ultra GUTS
 * Tom Slater, Second Chance
 * J.B. Dallas, Ultra Password

ABN Entertainer of the Year - Late Night
 * Vince Laverty, The Late Show with Vince Laverty
 * Bruce Simms, The Midnight Show with Bruce Simms

Best Male Group - ABN Hot Summer Nights Music Series
 * Boys of Equestria
 * Liberty's Kings
 * Jeff Fox and the Firehounds
 * XIP
 * Fuego Unidos (United Flame)

Best Male Single Artist - ABN Hot Summer Nights Music Series
 * Tikwan Coger
 * Billy Haymen
 * Max Coughlin
 * Ottis Deacon Earvin
 * Lucas Bigall

Best Female Group - ABN Hot Summer Nights Music Series
 * LoliRock
 * Blank Stare
 * Girlz of Carcer
 * The Dreamettes
 * Queen's Royalty

Best Female Single Artist - ABN Hot Summer Nights Music Series
 * Kasumi Hart
 * Ashley Jones
 * Nicole Renee-Haymen
 * Kelly Perez-Fox
 * Krystal Nicole