1997 ONPA Television year-end contest results

Television Photographer of the Year
1st – Ali Ghanbari, WJW-TV, Cleveland
2nd – Vince Shivers, WFMJ-TV, Youngstown
3rd – Jeff Barnhill, WTOL-TV, Toledo

Sports Photographer of the Year
1st – Ali Ghanbari, WJW-TV, Cleveland

Station of the Year
1st – WJW-TV, Cleveland
2nd – WCMH-TV, Columbus

Editing
1st – Kim Fatica, WOIO/WUAB-TV, Cleveland
2nd – Tim Moushey, WBNS-TV, Columbus
3rd – Vince Shiver, WFMJ-TV, Youngstown
HM – Ali Ghanbari, WJW-TV, Cleveland

Feature
1st – Greg Lockhart, WJW-TV, Cleveland
2nd – Jeff Barnhill, WTOL-TV, Toledo
3rd – Paul Kwapich, WTOL-TV, Toledo
HM – Ali Ghanbari, WJW-TV, Cleveland

General News
1st – Ron Strah, WJW-TV, Cleveland
2nd –
3rd – Jeff Barnhill, WTOL-TV, Toledo
HM – Ali Ghanbari, WJW-TV, Cleveland
HM – Tim Moushey, WBNS-TV, Columbus
HM – Vince Shiver, WFMJ-TV, Youngstown

Magazine Series
1st – Ali Ghanbari, WJW-TV, Cleveland
2nd – Phil Drechsler, WTOL-TV, Toledo

News Feature
1st – Ali Ghanbari, WJW-TV, Cleveland
2nd –
3rd – Tim Moushey, WBNS-TV, Columbus

Personality Profile
1st – Ali Ghanbari, WJW-TV, Cleveland
2nd – Tim Moushey, WBNS-TV, Columbus
3rd –

Sports
1st – Ali Ghanbari, WJW-TV, Cleveland
2nd – Vince Shiver, WFMJ-TV, Youngstown
3rd – Kim Fatica, WOIO/WUAB-TV, Cleveland

Spot News
1st – Vince Shiver, WFMJ-TV, Youngstown
2nd – Phil Drechsler, WTOL-TV, Toledo
3rd – Jeff Barnhill, WTOL-TV, Toledo

Team Entry
1st – Hursh, Bayer, Wuerdeman, WKRC-TV, Cincinnati