For the second time in the 2024-25 academic year, a Purdue B1G+ broadcast earned national accolades last week.
The College Sports Media Awards honored the Purdue crew for the Best Non-Event Live Broadcast of the year. The winning production was the pregame show for the B1G+ broadcast of the Purdue vs. Marshall men's basketball game on November 23, 2024.
To win the award, the Boilermaker broadcasters beat out seven other finalists from Louisville, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Kennesaw State, St. Cloud State and Elon. This is the first College Sports Media Awards win for Purdue's broadcast team, though they have advanced to the finals in multiple categories over the past two years.
This marks the second national award garnered by the Purdue program this year, adding to the Broadcast Educators Association "Best Live Production" award at the 2025 Media Arts Festival.
The Purdue B1G+ program is a very unique partnership between Purdue Athletics, the B1G Network and the Department of Film & Video within the Rueff School of Design, Art and Performance. Undergraduate students at Purdue oversee every aspect of live, multi-camera productions that air on the B1G Network's digital platform. The winning broadcast featured 13 students enrolled in FLM 322 and FLM 422, filling every position from play-by-play announcer and camera operators to director and producer. The program is overseen by Cory Palm, Purdue's Director of Broadcast Services, and McCarty Cummings, the Associate Director of Broadcast Services.
"Being a part of the B1G+ program at Purdue has given me a platform to develop my voice, build confidence and work alongside passionate peers and mentors," said Craig Combs, a senior in the program and the play-by-play voice on the winning broadcast. "The hands-on experience and real-world pressure has prepared me for the industry in ways a classroom never could."
The College Sports Media Awards honored the Purdue crew for the Best Non-Event Live Broadcast of the year. The winning production was the pregame show for the B1G+ broadcast of the Purdue vs. Marshall men's basketball game on November 23, 2024.
To win the award, the Boilermaker broadcasters beat out seven other finalists from Louisville, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Kennesaw State, St. Cloud State and Elon. This is the first College Sports Media Awards win for Purdue's broadcast team, though they have advanced to the finals in multiple categories over the past two years.
This marks the second national award garnered by the Purdue program this year, adding to the Broadcast Educators Association "Best Live Production" award at the 2025 Media Arts Festival.
The Purdue B1G+ program is a very unique partnership between Purdue Athletics, the B1G Network and the Department of Film & Video within the Rueff School of Design, Art and Performance. Undergraduate students at Purdue oversee every aspect of live, multi-camera productions that air on the B1G Network's digital platform. The winning broadcast featured 13 students enrolled in FLM 322 and FLM 422, filling every position from play-by-play announcer and camera operators to director and producer. The program is overseen by Cory Palm, Purdue's Director of Broadcast Services, and McCarty Cummings, the Associate Director of Broadcast Services.
"Being a part of the B1G+ program at Purdue has given me a platform to develop my voice, build confidence and work alongside passionate peers and mentors," said Craig Combs, a senior in the program and the play-by-play voice on the winning broadcast. "The hands-on experience and real-world pressure has prepared me for the industry in ways a classroom never could."