US wins 13 golds at Radio Programming and Promotions Awards
The US walked away with the majority of Gold World Medals Monday at New York Festivals' 23rd Annual International Radio Programming and Promotions Awards. Although it took only one of the four Grand Awards, which are awarded to the best of the best Gold World Medal winners. The UK won two Grand Awards and Canada won the fourth before an international audience of radio executives and talent from 32 countries from around the globe.
One of the highlights of the evening at the China Club, where the ceremony took place, was when Al Franken (pictured, with WMAL-AM DC GM Chris Berry) spoke after he was honored with the IRPP's first "World Achievement Award for Breakthrough Radio" for his perspective and commentary on his daily Air America show. The Chairman of the International Board of Judges and Advisors for the IRPP event, Chris Berry, president and general manager of the ABC Radio's WMAL-AM DC, said, "The New York Festival's International Radio and Programming Awards is one of the oldest radio competitions and is very well respected internationally. We honor a very comprehensive list of categories and take pride in our rigorous judging process, which is excellence-driven rather than a popularity contest. What also makes this competition unique is that United States radio programming not only competes domestically, but with other countries."
The Grand Awards were selected from the highest scoring Gold World Medal winners. The 2005 recipients of the Grand Awards are:
ENGLAND BEST NEWS PROGRAM
"The 2004 FA Cup Final"
(105.4 Century FM)
ENGLAND BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Tertiary Phase: Life, the Universe and Everything
(Above the Title Productions)
USA BEST INFORMATION PROGRAM
"Leonard Bernstein: An American Life"
(Culture Works)
CANADA BEST PROMO SPOT
MIX 99.9 Retrosexual Weekend
(Standard Broadcasting)
The United States took the majority of Gold World Medals, receiving 13. Notable Gold Medal winners include:
CANADA BEST PERSONALITY:
Network/Syndicated DiscDrive in Whitehorse
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
ENGLAND BEST HUMOR PERSONALITY:
Local Tim Shaw
(Kerrang! Radio)
USA BEST SPECIAL REPORT
"Bulletin: The Death of Ronald Reagan"
(ABC News Radio)
CANADA BEST BREAKING NEWS
(Longform) Tsunami
(Canadian Broadcasting Company)
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