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CBC Radio Communications, August 18, 2003
CBC Radio wins prestigious industry awards
CBC RADIO in Vancouver has recently been recognized at three major industry competitions, the only B.C. station to win awards at these prestigious international events. CBC RADIO won awards for broadcasting excellence at the 2003 International Radio Festival of New York, the 2002 Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) of Canada Awards and the 2003 Webby Awards.
"At CBC Radio, we are committed to bringing high-quality, relevant programming to our audience," says Joan Andersen, Regional Director of CBC Radio in British Columbia. "These awards reflect the talent, dedication and integrity of our journalists and the work that they are doing here at the CBC. Being recognized for these efforts by the international radio community is a tremendous honour for the CBC Radio team in Vancouver."
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Anne Penman, Executive Producer for CBC Radio’s Sounds Like Canada, won two awards this year at the 2003 International Radio Festival in New York. Anne's compelling piece, A Voice of Warning, won the Gold World Medal in the Educational category and also garnered the Grand Award in the Best Information Program category — one of only four Grand Award recipients chosen at the festival. A Voice of Warning tells the story of Jade Bell and his ex-girlfriend Trish Wilson who re-built their friendship after Jade’s tragic street drug overdose and now together they deliver a powerful anti-drug message to Vancouver’s youth.
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Tetsuro Shigematsu, Radio Reporter and Commentator for CBC Radio’s The Afternoon Show, won the 2002 Sam Ross Award for Best Editorial/Opinion at the 2002 RTNDA Regional and National Awards for his piece Saddam vs. Bush.
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Regional Web Developer Quentin Rogers and Web Journalist Duncan Speight won the 2002 Web Site Award in the Television category for CBC Television — Canada Now at the 2002 RTNDA Regional and National Awards for their work on the Web site www.vancouver.cbc.ca.
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CBC Radio 3 won the People’s Voice Award and the Webby Award in the Broadband category, and the People's Voice Award in the Radio category at the 2003 Webby Awards for the groundbreaking Web site www.cbcradio3.com. Hailed as "the online Oscars" by Time Magazine, the Webby Awards are the leading international honours for consumer web sites and individual achievement in technology and creativity. With 24 international nominees representing countries such as Japan, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Italy, France, The Netherlands and Germany, as well as many more nominees from within the U.S., CBC Radio 3 was the only Canadian winner in any of the 30 categories.
All of the above award winners welcome the opportunity to discuss their documentary or web site work further, for information contact:
Carolyn Egerszegi
Program Marketing Coordinator - Radio
CBC Radio Communications
Vancouver 604-662-6601
carolyn_egerszegi@cbc.ca
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