Alliance For Woman In Media, Southern California To Honor Local Program Director The Alliance for Women in Media (formerly American Women in Radio & Television) Southern California Chapter will honor CBS RADIO Sophie@103.7 San Diego Program Director, with the Excellence in Radio Management Award at the 55th Annual Genii Awards to take place on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. "I joined the Southern California Chapter of the Alliance for Women in Media to be inspired and it worked right away," Fruge says. The gala recognizes outstanding achievements by women in media and benefits AWM SoCal’s Scholarship program, which provides financial assistance to promising college students pursuing careers in the media. |
Alliance For Woman In Media, Southern California To Honor Local Program Director
The Alliance for Women in Media (formerly American Women in Radio & Television) Southern California Chapter will honor CBS RADIO Sophie@103.7 San Diego Program Director, with the Excellence in Radio Management Award at the 55th Annual Genii Awards to take place on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. "I joined the Southern California Chapter of the Alliance for Women in Media to be inspired and it worked right away," Fruge says. The gala recognizes outstanding achievements by women in media and benefits AWM SoCal’s Scholarship program, which provides financial assistance to promising college students pursuing careers in the media. Fruge added, “Every time I attend an event I leave feeling grateful for everything I have accomplished in the business. I network with amazing women and hope that we continue to inspire and nurture women on the rise in the industry. I am truly honored to be recognized as a Program Director by this organization. ” Fruge also handles programming duties at CBS sister station, MIX 94.1 Las Vegas and X107.5 Las Vegas. “Charese Fruge is a talented and seasoned program director with a successful track record in markets such as Las Vegas, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego,” says AWM SoCal Co-president Julie Kertes. “Charese has supported our organization for many years and we are honored to present her with the coveted Genii Award in April.
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Local On-Air Personality Named Outstanding Celebrity Volunteer
Honorees selected by The Association of Fundraising Professionals gathered at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on to celebrate National Philanthropy Day and receive awards. This year's theme, One by One, stressed the importance that one person, one action can make. The ceremony appropriately was held on 11/1/11. AJ Machado, morning show host on Star 94.1 was honored as Outstanding Celebrity Volunteer: Each year, the Star 94.1 morning show host spends time in the Kids Crane which has resulted in more than $2.5 million in toys and raised more than $200,000 for nearly 150,000 Rady Children’s Hospital patients since 2003. Additional efforts including radiothons, has raised nearly $5 million for Rady. |
San Diego Press Club 38th Annual Excellence in Journalism AwardsOctober 25, 2011 RADIO: Interview/Talk Show RADIO: News Feature Pre Produced 1 Cliff Albert,“Cliff Notes on the News 4-8-11”, KOGO-AM RADIO: Reviews: Arts & Entertainment
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“Geena the Latina” of Star 94.1 a Semi-Finalist in Search for Regis’ Co-Host“Geena the Latina” of the “AJ in the Morning” show on Star 94.1 FM was named a semi-finalist in “The Women of Radio Co-Host for a Day Search”, a contest to find a guest host for “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly.” The show received tens of thousands of nominations and producers narrowed the field to the top 100, including local on-air personality, Regina “Geena the Latina” Yuhasz. The search was open to female radio broadcasters with regularly scheduled shows of any kind, including music, sports, news, plus traffic reporters and weathercasters. Viewers of the show and fans of the nominees voted to send their favorite to New York. The winners were flown to the Big Apple to fill in for a day for Kelly Ripa while she was on vacation August 17-20, 2010. |
Honors & Awards: Local Stations Receive National Recognition |
Local Station Manager Honored As Jazz Educator Of The YearAccording to Merryl Nelson, president of the local CMEA, “Mark has done great work in helping make this festival happen year after year. He and his team have coordinated the event on campus…providing a great experience for the students.” “It’s my very favorite thing that Jazz 88 does in the community,” says DeBoskey. “Our future, musically and in every other way, is in the kids who practice their craft that day. It’s a great joy to see their joy in jazz performance and in self-expression that day.” |
SD Press Club 36th Annual Excellence in Journalism AwardsMore 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 – Series RADIO – Use of Sound RADIO – Talk/Interview/Call-in Programs RADIO – Reviews |
Honors & Awards: San Diego Press Club Announces WinnersCongratulations to the 2008 San Diego Press Club winners of the 35th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards!
RADIO/ Newscast Dwane Brown, Maureen Cavanaugh, Alan Ray, Nick Stoffel, Morning Edition, September 18, 2007 KPBS-FM RADIO/ Breaking News KOGO News Team, October Wildfires KOGO Radio Ed Joyce, La Jolla Landslide KPBS-FM Jeremy Pfouts, Wildfires of October KOGO Radio RADIO/ General News Story Ed Joyce, Clean Trucks KPBS-FM Ed Joyce, Drought KPBS-FM Sally Hixson, Snake Bait KOGO Radio RADIO/ Series – Ed Joyce, San Diego Wildfires KPBS-FM RADIO/ Feature Phil Farrar, Kevin Finnerty, From Home, From the Heart: Holiday Troop Greetings KOGO Radio Cliff Albert, Cliff Notes on the News: Dr Seuss’ Hundred KOGO Radio Beth Accomando, George Hamilton Profile KPBS-FM Chip Franklin, Arrested Intelligence KOGO Radio RADIO/Use of Sound Tom Howell, Jake Peavy – Cy Young Montage XX Sports Radio Beth Accomando, Diving Bell and the Butterfly KPBS-FM Ed Joyce, Ramona Kids KPBS-FM RADIO/ Talk/Interview/Call-in Programs Gloria Penner, Hank Crook, Editors’ Roundtable: March 21, 2007 KPBS-FM Kevin Finnerty, The Movie Guys KOGO Radio Chip Franklin, Chip Franklin Show: January 22, 2008 KOGO Radio RADIO/ Reviews Pat Launer, Center Stage: Corpus Christi KSDS-FM Pat Launer, Center Stage: Night Mother KSDS-FM Beth Accomando, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (UA Film Festival) KPBS-FM RADIO/ Specialty Reporting “ single report Ed Joyce, Recover KPBS-FM
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