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CBC Radio Wins Big at New York Festivals

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The CBC was named “Broadcaster of the Year” and a sizeable number of CBC Radio programs took home medals and other honours at the 2010 New York Festivals International Radio Awards(R) last night in New York City.

“This is truly fantastic. My heartiest congratulations to everyone involved in creating such outstanding radio,” remarked Denise Donlon, general manager of CBC Radio.

“The breadth of programming held up for distinction by these awards is truly remarkable and a wonderful testament to the depth of programming choices that CBC provides to our audiences. We are deeply honoured,” Donlon said.

A total of 17 CBC Radio programs were awarded medals at the 2010 New York Festivals International Radio Awards(R), including the coveted Grand Award gold medal, which went to THE CURRENT for its documentary, “Twice Lost” on a brother and sister’s fractuous relationship. Another six CBC programs received finalist honours.

“With the recent pick up of Q with Jian Ghomeshi on American public radio network PRI and the ongoing success of other CBC Radio programs such as WireTap south of the border, these award wins just further send the message that CBC produces some of the finest programming in the world,” said Kirstine Stewart, interim executive vice-president of CBC. “Our heartfelt thanks to the New York Festivals for the recognition.”

“CBC’s stellar entries impressed our international Grand Jury across the board,” said Rose Anderson, executive director of the New York Festivals. “The breadth and depth of their superior programming is the benchmark for the Broadcaster of the Year Award. Kudos to CBC for being awarded the prestigious title of New York Festivals Broadcaster of the Year for the past four years out of five!”

CBC Literacy Award finalists

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CBC/Radio-Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts and Air Canada’s enRoute magazine are proud to announce the 80 English finalists of the CBC Literary Awards/les Prix littéraires Radio-Canada. They were chosen from more than 6,000 submissions in French and English from across the country, in the Creative Nonfiction, Poetry and Short Story categories.

Literary Awards host Shelagh Rogers will unveil the English-language winners chosen from the 80 finalists at 11 a.m. EST on CBC Radio One’s Q with Jian Ghomeshi. Christiane Charette will announce the French-language winners that same day on La Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada.

Interviews with the winners will air on a special broadcast of The Next Chapter, hosted by Shelagh Rogers on March 22 at 1 p.m. The winning works will be published in Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and read on CBC Radio’s Between the Covers on Sirius Satellite Radio April 12 – 16. They will also be available as a podcast on itunes, the cbc.ca/podcasting page or cbc.ca/books as of April 14.

The CBC Literary Awards / Prix littéraires Radio-Canada are the most significant prizes awarded to unpublished literary work in Canada. They provide visibility for new authors and also help further the careers of more established Canadian writers.

For all information on the Awards / Prix, please visit www.cbc.ca/literaryawards or go to the Awards’ Facebook page.