New York Festivals Radio Awards: RTÉ Ireland Broadcaster Of The Year, TBI Media UK, Production Company Of The Year

Tom McGuire, Head of RTÉ Radio 1

NEW YORK FESTIVALS International Radio Program Awards unveiled this year’s award-winners at the annual Radio Awards Gala at NEW YORK CITY’s MANHATTAN PENTHOUSE. The 2018 Grand Jury honored RTÉ IRELAND with the title of Broadcaster of Year and TBI MEDIA UK with Production Company of the Year. The BBC, CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA and TBI Media each earned the NEW YORK FESTIVALS Grand Award.

“As the radio landscape evolves to accommodate the shift in the way individuals consume audio, NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDS is at the forefront celebrating all popular forms of audio content available today,” NEW YORK FESTIVALS VP/Executive Director ROSE ANDERSON said. 

RTÉ Head of Content JIM JENNINGS said, “I am delighted that RTÉ has been named NEW YORK FESTIVALS’ Radio Broadcaster of the Year three times in the past four past years. The international competition is exceptional and those who have entered are all experts in their fields which makes this particular achievement a great honour for everyone in RTÉ. This is extremely important to us as a public service broadcaster. Across the board, from the acclaimed Documentary on One and Drama on One, to our Factual, Current Affairs, Arts, Music and Entertainment programs and Lyric fm, our production teams have demonstrated their capacity to compete and win against some of the largest and best of the world's broadcasters."

See all the winners here.

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