Rep. Tina Pickett (top, right) and House Education Committee Chairman Stan Saylor (top, left) have congratulated Sayre-based radio stations WATS/WAVR on the 35th anniversary of their award-winning Scholarship Challenge radio competition. The representatives also expressed their best wishes to all the teams that have competed in this year’s milestone contest.
The Scholarship Challenge was created by Carver, who is co-owner of WATS/WAVR Radio and host of the competition, which allows area high school seniors an opportunity to win a significant monetary grand prize for their school.
In total, 24 teams represent schools in eight counties straddling the Pennsylvania-New York border. The teams face off against one another in rounds of competition, concluding in a final live broadcast event.
This year’s final championship round is set for Saturday, March 21, in the Patterson Auditorium on the Guthrie Health Care Sayre campus. The winning school will receive $3,000. To date, more than $180,000 in prize money has been given away via the annual contest..
The 23 teams competing this year are: Athens, Blue Ridge, Canton, Cowanesque Valley, Elk Lake, Montrose, Mountain View, Northeast Bradford, North Rome Christian, Sayre, Sullivan County, Troy, Towanda, Wellsboro and Wyalusing for Pennsylvania; and Newark Valley, Elmira, Notre Dame, Owego, Spencer Van-Etten, Tioga Central, Waverly and Whitney Point for New York.
Over the course of its 35-year history, the contest has been honored 27 times as the “Best Program for Youth.” In addition, it has earned the title of “Best Radio Station Sponsored Event” in both Pennsylvania and New York.
For more information, visit www.choice102.com/scholarshipchallenge.php.