More than 370 supporters attended the 36th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards on October 20th at the San Diego Hall of Champions in Balboa Park.  They enjoyed tastings from 22 stellar restaurants, wines from Temecula Valley, beer from Karl Strauss and Tika Water.

They also saw an impressive group of winners receive their plaques and certificates, including staffers at SDRBA member stations:
 
RADIO – Breaking News
1st Cliff Albert, KOGO News Team – “F-18 Crash” KOGO Judge comment: Great blend of first person reports and professional reporting provided a comprehensive view of an unfolding story, beginning just seconds after impact

RADIO – Series
1st Phil Farrar  – “Black America: San Diego Style” KOGO Judge comment: High energy and entertaining. Especially appreciate the multilayered documentary style.
 
RADIO – Feature
1st Phil Farrar  – “Moody’s Mood for Music” KOGO Judge comment: Loved the engaging VO, nice documentary-style editing and writing in this story that showed the influence of Moody’s music through the years.

RADIO – Use of Sound
1st Kevin Finnerty  – “Paul Newman Remembered” KOGO Judge comment: Good use of clips from Newman’s movies and interviews support the narrative nicely, creating a nice package.

RADIO – Talk/Interview/Call-in Programs
2nd Jon Elliott, Norman Ellis-Flint, Mike Von der Kret  – “This is America with Jon Elliott:Epilepsy” San Diego 1700 AM Judge comment: Well done with good production values and pace. Lots of valuable information is packed into the show

RADIO – Reviews
1st Pat Launer – “Killer Joe/Threepenny Opera” KSDS 88.3 FM Judge comment: Launer’s engaging, high-energy voice, the well-paced script and excellently chosen sound clips made these reviews a pleasure to listen to.
3rd Pat Launer -  “Yank!” KSDS 88.3 FM Judge comment: See above. I want to see this show!

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SD1700AM is bringing personality Joe Bauer back to morning weekday radio to co-host a new show called A Conversation with San Diego. Neil Senturia, a long time radio personality and CEO of the brand new SDNN.com will co-host. The show will feature a variety of San Diego guests and experts. Sportscaster Lee “Hacksaw” Hamilton will share his thoughts and opinions on Tuesdays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Broadcast Company of the Americas (BCA) announced the retirement of its Vice President of Programming, Hal Brown effective June 30, 2009. Brown is a veteran programming executive with a career spanning 40 years.

John Lynch, President and CEO of BCA, had these thoughts, “Hal Brown is a great broadcaster and has had an illustrious career. He also served his country with a career of distinction in the Navy. We will miss him and wish him all that is good in life.”

Joining BCA is Jack Evans. Evans will oversee radio content as Vice President of Programming and Operations for the San Diego–based company. Evans brings twenty-five years of radio programming experience to the position, six of those years in San Diego.

Evans fine-tuned his programming acumen over the past two decades with JACOR Communications and then with Clear Channel Communications, where he served as the company’s Senior Vice President for the Midwest and Rocky Mountain Regions.

Broadcast Company of The Americas owns and operates Double X Sports Radio (1090 AM), The Walrus (105.7 FM), and San Diego News Network (1700 AM).

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