Metro Magazine announced the winners of the 2012 Metro Bravo Awards in their July issue, and several CBC personalities and entities won top honors.   This year marked the 13th appearance of the awards.  And the CBC winners are:

REGIONAL TV PERSONALITY
Standing Ovation
David Crabtree, WRAL-TV5
MetroBravo
Kelcey Carlson, WRAL-TV5
Honorable Mention
Bill Leslie, WRAL-TV5

RADIO PERSONALITY
Honorable Mention
Bill Jordan, WRAL-FM
Lynda Loveland, WRAL-FM

WEATHER PERSONALITY
Standing Ovation
Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV5
Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Gardner, WRAL-TV5

TRAFFIC PERSONALITY
MetroBravo
Brian Shrader, WRAL-TV5
Honorable Mention
Bryan Mims, WRAL-TV5

SPORTING EVENT
Honorable Mention
Durham Bulls Baseball, Durham

COMMERCIAL BUILDING
Honorable Mention
American Tobacco Campus, Durham

Several entities near or part of American Tobacco and the Diamond View campus complex in Durham also received recognition on the list.  The Durham Performing Arts Center won a Standing Ovation for Best Theatre Building, Tobacco Road won a MetroBravo for Best Sports Bar, and the Mellow Mushroom, Triangle-wide (with one location at American Tobacco), won an Honorable Mention for Best Outdoor Seating.

• See the entire list of winners here.