 Following the 2024 Appalachian Arts and Entertainment Awards, Mountaintop Media's Assistant Sports Director Brittany Rowe came home with a new award for her shelf for Best Radio Personality. Rowe has spent nearly a decade in radio and I spoke with her about what it means to have her work recognized. Winning Best Radio Personality just shows me that my hard work is really paying off and people are really listening and seeing that I love what I do and hopefully I'm making an impact here in the community and other communities that have our radio stations. There were more men nominated than there were women but I will say myself and another lady were nominated in the top three so that was pretty impressive to me to see that women are impacting this industry and also impacting the sports industry and showing the little girls out there hey you can be in this industry too just because it's male dominated doesn't mean that you can't do what you want to do as well. At Audiology Associates of Prestonsburg you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing with 40 years of being in the hearing care industry you'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. While Rowe has spent many years honing her abilities she stated none of it would have been possible without the community support. So this award is really special to me but I couldn't be here and have gotten this award without the help of a lot of people because I say it takes a village and it truly does take a village so I want to thank my dad my mom my grandparents my aunt's uncles all my family my friends who are always in my corner Cindy for giving me a chance and honestly she took a chance on somebody that she didn't really know a lot about and she has trusted me with a lot and just helped me grow and let me keep growing our sports department and doing what I love and you know big this also goes to TDP you know he I kind of had to step into his role and I couldn't do a lot of things without his impact and how he mentored me last year to be where I am this year so you know this award is also teddies and honestly all of you that just constantly listen to our local radio stations and let me be a part of your kids lives and help expose them in their athletic ability I really appreciate our community I couldn't do it without you guys. Reporting for mountaintop news I'm Brianna Robinson