RT Radio Scoops Top Awards at Prestigious New York Festivals

RT Radio Scoops Top Awards at Prestigious New York Festivals 18 June 2013: RT Radio 1 and RT lyric fm were among the big winners once again at the prestigious New York Festivals Awards 2013, with 11 awards across a range of categories.

With nominees representing radio stations from 28 countries, finalists included broadcasters from Australia, Canada, France, India, Spain, the United Kingdom and the USA, among others. RT was honoured with a total of 11 awards.

RT Radio 1's acclaimed Documentary on One series received six awards, with wins in the Health/Medical documentary category, in the Sports & Recreation documentary category, in the Best Narration category, in the Social Issues category, the History category and the Profiles/Community Portraits category. In addition, the Documentary on One received three finalists nomination certificates. RT Radio 1's Drama on 1, received two awards in the Best Writing and Best Director category, while also receiving two finalist certificates.

RTE lyric fm collected awards for The Lyric Concert, The Lyric Feature, and the programme Sonnets for the Cradle'.

Jim Jennings, Acting Managing Director, RT Radio, said: To be recognised at an International level, across a multitude of genres, is testament to the enduring quality of RT Radio 1 and lyric fm. RT remains committed to producing exceptional programming. When that programming is award-winning, it is doubly satisfying.

RT Radio was named New York Festivals International Broadcaster of the Year in 2011 and 2012.

Winning RT Radio programmes at the 2013 New York Festivals Radio Awards:

GOLD:

1) Documentary On One, Superdog - in the Health/Medical documentary category (Aoife Stokes and Ciaran Cassidy)

2) Documentary On One, Fire and Water in the Sports & Recreation documentary category (P l Conghaile and Sarah Blake)

3) Documentary On One, Seen from a distance in the Best Narration category (Zoe Comyns and Sarah Blake)

4) Documentary On One, Take No More in the Social Issues category. (Grey Heron Media Production for the DocOnOne)

SILVER:

1) Documentary On One, Message in a Bottle in the History category (Peter Mulryan and Liam OBrien)

2) The Lyric Concert - Kundraan and the Arctic Light' in the Craft category for Best Live Sound

3) The Lyric Feature Out With Paganism' in the Religious programmes category

BRONZE:

1) Documentary On One, The Secret Chicken Society, in the Profiles/Community Portraits category (Liam OBrien)

2) RT lyric fm Sonnets for the Cradle', Best Music Special

3) Drama On One - The Dreaming of Roger Casement, written and directed by Patrick Mason, in the Best Director category

4) Drama On One - Doping Games, by Hugo Plowden, in the Best Writing category

FINALIST CERTIFICATES:

1) Documentary On One, A Knock on the Door, in the Human Relations category (Ciaran Cassidy/Joe Duffy/Liam OBrien).

2) Documentary On One, From Belief to Unbelief, in the Religious Programs category (Joe Armstrong and Nicoline Greer)

3) Documentary On One, M ne Bean U Chrib n - My Granny, in the Social Issues category (Bl ith n de Burca and Ronan Kelly)

4) Drama On One - The Dreaming of Roger Casement, written and directed by Patrick Mason, in the Best Actor category - for Ciar n Hinds

5) Drama On One - The Disappeared, by John A. Connolly, in the Best Regularly Scheduled Drama Progam category

LINK:	http://www.rte.ie/about/en/press-office/press-releases/2013/0618/45725...
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