DELMARVA - CoastTV is celebrating major recognition this awards season, earning 17 nominations in the 2025 Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards, along with several top honors in the Delaware Press Association’s annual contest for television and online content.
Across the Draper Media family, a combined 39 nominations were received in this year’s AP competition. Sister stations WBOC and the Delmarva Sports Network also earned nominations in multiple categories. In the Delaware Press Association contest, WBOC and DSN won in a category each as well.
In the Delaware Press Association contest, CoastTV was honored in six different categories, including several first-place finishes:
First Place: Best Newscast
First Place: On-the-scene report
Second Place: On-the-scene report
Second Place: Prepared Report
Honorable Mention: Prepared Report
First Place: Online Publication
Second Place: Special Programming
First Place: Social Media Presence
Honorable Mention: Electronic Newsletter
CoastTV will know the placing of nominations from the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards in June.