For the past five years, ‘Real Florida Magazine’ has solicited readers of their print magazine, along with fans of the ‘Real Florida Magazine’ website and over 13,000 Facebook subscribers, to nominate their choice for the best local provider in several categories of goods, services, entertainment and events.
The winners are declared ‘People’s Choice- Best of The Real Florida’, with bragging rights and local notoriety, and the latest results were announced on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, for the areas encompassing Holmes, Washington, Jackson and Bay County, Florida as well as some of Southeast Alabama, with many businesses in these areas providing services to the Florida Panhandle.
Those categories relating to broadcast, online and print media are in constant flux, due to the demise of traditional newspapers, the proliferation of online media and the disregard of traditional broadcast radio and television.
However, all those various media continue to exist, at least for the present, and the results are reflected in the various media categories of ‘The Best of The Real Florida’ competition, the results of which were recently announced, as shown below.
Cable/Internet Provider: Spectrum (formerly Bright House) (Chipley)
2nd Place- Comcast (Marianna)
News Service/Online: Foster Folly News (Chipley)
2nd Place- Rickey Stokes News (Dothan, AL)
News Service/Newspaper: News Herald (Panama City)
2nd Place- Jackson County Times (Marianna)
Radio Station: WPAP-FM (Panama City)
2nd Place- WOOF-FM (Dothan, AL)
Television Station: WTVY-TV (Dothan, AL)
2nd Place WMBB-TV (Panama City)
Congratulations to all the winners in these respective categories.
