Western Kentucky University junior Stacie Hewitt placed second in the air personality category of the 2011 Broadcast Education Association National Festival of Media Arts Audio Competition.

Hewitt, a broadcasting (radio/TV operations & management) major and women’s studies minor from Old Hickory, Tenn., is program director and on-air personality at WWHR-FM Revolution 91.7, WKU’s student-run radio station operating from the School of Journalism & Broadcasting.

Hewitt also will serve as program director during the 2011-2012 year. 

Awards in the 2011 BEA Festival of Media Arts were presented during the group’s convention April 9-13 in Las Vegas. The convention was held in conjunction with the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Show.

About WWHR-FM: WWHR-FM delivers a commercial-free mix of progressive music that follows the national charts of the College Music Journal and then expands the rotation to address local tastes. Revolution 91.7 recalls the founding artists of college radio while exposing the contemporary underground. In addition, WWHR-FM features news, sports and genre-specific programming.