CBC Radio One also picks up a Gracies Award and five Gabriel Awards this week
CBC Radio Onewas recognized last night with 25 New York Festivals awards at a ceremony held in New York City. The New York Festivals Awards recognize the best in international radio, whether local, network or independent, from more than 30 countries around the world.
In addition, CBC Radio One’s The Current picked up one previously announced award at The Gracies Awards luncheon held earlier yesterday in New York. The Gracies Awards celebrate and honour exemplary programming created for women, by women and about women.
Later this week, CBC Radio One will pick up five previously announced Gabriel Awards, at a ceremony to be held on Thursday, June 25 in Buffalo, NY. The Gabriel Awards recognize outstanding artistic achievement in programs and series which entertain and enrich with a true vision of humanity and life.
New York Festivals Awards - Announced & Awarded on Monday, June 22, 2015
Gold Radio Winner
(Information/Documentary)
Education: Ideas
A Just Life: The Life and Times of Roderick A. Macdonald
Gold Radio Winner
(Talk Programs)
Best Talk/Interview Special: On the Go
Louis’s Story
Gold Radio Winner
(Talk Programs)
Best Regularly Scheduled Talk Program: Ideas
Enemies & Angels
Gold Radio Winner
(Information/Documentary)
Health/Medical : Ideas
Born That Way?
Gold Radio Winner
(Information/Documentary)
Social Issues: Ideas
Claiming Space
Silver Radio Winner
(Information/Documentary)
Human Relations: The Current
Unfaithful
Silver Radio Winner
(Entertainment)
Best Regularly Scheduled Comedy Program: Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids
Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal episodes
Silver Radio Winner
(Information/Documentary)
History: Ideas
To Heal a Sick Nation
Silver Radio Winner
(Information/Documentary)
Human Relations: Ideas
End of the Dial
Silver Radio Winner
(Information/Documentary)
Environment & Ecology: Quirks & Quarks
The Birds and the Bees - and the Pesticides
Silver Radio Winner
(Information/Documentary)
Health/Medical: The St John’s Morning Show
Downsizing - The Series
Silver Radio Winner
(Information/Documentary)
Business or Consumer Issues: Under The Influence
Nudge: The Persuasive Powers of Whispers
Bronze Radio Winner
(On-Air Talent)
Best Talk Show Host: The Current
Anna Maria Tremonti
Bronze Radio Winner
(Information/Documentary)
Human Relations: Ideas
I’m Sorry: the Art and Artifice of the Apology
Bronze Radio Winner
(Craft)
Best Interview: Ideas
The Secret Lives of Children
United Nations Department of Public Information Award, Bronze
Ideas
Claiming Space
Bronze Radio Winner
(Craft)
Best Editing: WireTap
The Dating Game
Finalist Certificate
(News Programs)
Best Coverage of Breaking News Story: As It Happens
Barbara Winters tries to save Nathan Cirillo
Bronze Radio Winner
(News Programs)
Best Coverage of Breaking News Story: CBC Radio News
Parliament Shooting Special
Finalist Certificate
(News Program)
Best News Documentary or Special: The Current
Diagnosis Dementia
Finalist Certificate
(Information/Documentary)
Science and Technology: Ideas
The Science of Shakespeare
Finalist Certificate
(News Reports/Features)
Best Human Interest Story: Live Through This
Gravity
Finalist Certificate
(Information/Documentary)
Education: The Sunday Edition
Class Struggle
Finalist Certificate
(Information/Documentary)
National or International Affairs: The Sunday Edition
Black Box
Finalist Certificate
(Information/Documentary)
Business or Consumer Issues: Under The Influence
Elevator Pitches
Gracie Awards - Announced Monday, March 4. Awarded on Monday, June 22, 2015
Outstanding Hard News Feature, Radio—Public/Non-Commercial
The Current
: The Trial Was Worse Than The Actual Sexual Assault
Gabriel Awards - Announced on Friday, May 1, 2015. Awarded on Thursday, June 25, 2015
Entertainment category, National or local
release
Day 6
: Disney and Autism
Documentary category, National release
The Sunday Edition
: Black Box
Short Feature, Local release
Ottawa Morning
: Allison’s Brain
Community Awareness and/or PSA, national or local release
The Current
: Diagnosis Dementia, Person-Centred Care
Single News Story Series, National or local release
As It Happens
:
Carol Off Interview with Barbara Winters
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