| Media & Personality |
Best local news
WIS
Honorable
Mention: WLTX
Best TV anchorperson
Susan
Audé
HM: Steve Crocker
Best TV weatherperson
Ben
Tanner
HM:
Jim Gandy
Best TV sportscaster
Rick
Henry
HM: Mark quinn
Best hair
Keith
Lawhorn
HM:
Susan Audé
Best local radio personality
Jonathan
Rush
HM:
Jodi Page
Best music radio station
WARQ
93.5 FM
HM:
WNOK 104.7 FM
Best talk radio station
WVOC
560AM
HM: WLTR 91.3 FM
Best local writer
William
Price Fox
HM: Michael
Graham
Best local politician
Joe
Wilson
HM:
Gov. Jim Hodges
Scariest local politician
Strom
Thurmond
HM:
Jake Knotts
Most overexposed person
Joe
Pinner
HM:
Maurice Bessinger
Sexiest man in Columbia
Kevin
Brewer
HM:
Andre Bauer
Sexiest woman in Columbia
Sarah
Wooten
HM:
Dawn Mercer
Best local athlete (tie)
Ryan
Brewer
Phil Petty
Best use of public funds
Education
Biggest waste of public funds
Trolleys
HM:
Green Diamond
Best activist group
Stepdaughters of the Confederacy
Best activist individual
Leslie
Minerd
HM:
Maurice Bessinger
Biggest political faux pas
Confederate Flag
Best thing about Columbia (tie)
The
people
USC Gamecocks
Biggest gripe about Columbia
The
traffic
HM: Bad drivers
Biggest thing to happen to Columbia in past year
USC Gamecocks’ football success
Best neighborhood
Shandon
HM: Forest Acres
Most dangerous traffic area
1-20
& 1-26 (Malfunction Junction)
HM:
Harbison Boulevard
Most annoying traffic light
Harden
& Rosewood
HM: ASSEMBLY
& GERVAIS