Congratulations 2008 Winners!
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join us in congratulating the winners, runners-up and finalists of
the 2008 Radio And Production Awards! Talk about
close! We had more ties this year than ever before, including a
first-time three-way tie for the trophy in the Large Market Promo
category. Return winners include John Masecar who breaks a 4-way tie
for all-time wins and is now all alone in 3rd place, Ross McIntyre
who wins his 8th trophy and remains 2nd all-time winner, and Joe
Meinecke, Rob Frazier and Chris Pottage all add to their
collections. And welcome to our elite group, first time winners
Sheldon Hovde, Jeremy “Tucker” Mooser, and Howard Hoffman who picked
up two in the Large Market Promo category!
Feature Productions – All Markets
WINNER: Virgin 999 Launch - Astral Media Radio,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Producer – John Masecar; Copywriter – Martin
Tremblay; Voice Talent – Steve Stone, Kelly-Anne Smith
1st Runner-up: CBS-FM Launch Montage – WCBS-FM,
New York City, NY. Producer – Chris Angelo; Copywriter – Chris Angelo; Voice
Talent – Ziggie Pelzer, Maria Martello
2nd Runner-up (tie): Bristol’s Big Give Day 2 Montage
to Promote “Keep On Giving” – GWR, Bristol, UK. Producer – Ben Marks;
Voice Talent – Cormac MacMahon
2nd Runner-up (tie): Fair Air – Rogers Radio,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Producer – Chris Pottage; Copywriter – Dave
Calvert; Voice Talent – John Willis
Finalist: The Yeastie Boys/No Sleep Till Christmas
- CKLM-FM, Lloydminster, Alb., Canada. Producer – Robin Egerton; Copywriter
– Robin Egerton; Voice Talent – Dan Shandroski, Kasz Michaels, Aaron
Buckingham, Robin Egerton
Finalist: Kwame/Mayor’s Tridition – CBS Radio,
Detroit, Michigan. Producer – Terry Phillips; Copywriters – Terry Phillips,
Dr. Don, Tim Roberts; Voice Talent – American Comedy Network and Mayor Kwame
(news clips)
Small Market Commercials
WINNER: Elk Lake Fishing Derby – Jim Pattison
Broadcast Group, Victoria, B.C., Canada. Producer – Sheldon Hovde;
Copywriter – Sheldon Hovde; Voice Talent – Sheldon Hovde, Tindy Bassi, Jud
Ridout, Kim Philps, Angus Noble, Ian Lehay
1st Runner-up (tie): Appliance Outlet/Bad Directions
– Forever Broadcasting, Altoona, Pennsylvania. Producer – Andy Berkowitz;
Copywriter – Andy Berkowitz; Voice Talent – Andy Berkowitz, Wendy Lynch
1st Runner-up (tie): Don Piper-Oct22-MC-60 – Media
Ministries/KBMQ, Monroe, Louisiana. Producer – Rob Tucker; Copywriters – Rob
Tucker, Todd Chambless; Voice Talent – Rob Tucker, Michael Williams, Todd
Chambless
2nd Runner-up: Big British Jugs – CKLZ Power 104,
Kelowna, B.C., Canada. Producer – Andrew Murdoch; Copywriter – Dot McInnis;
Voice Talent – Ron Gilmour
Finalist: Lennox: Dance of the Sneezes – WIBW
Radio, Topeka, Kansas. Producer – Kurt S. Kaniewski; Copywriter - Kurt S.
Kaniewski; Voice Talent - Kurt S. Kaniewski
Finalist: Esperance Communications – MSCM-Radiowest/Hot
FM, Bunbury, WA, Australia. Producer – Jerimiah Busniak; Copywriter – Josh
Langley; Voice Talent – Hardy Audio Australia
Medium Market Commercials
WINNER: Smooth Operator – CBS Radio, Hartford,
Connecticut. Producer – Jeremy “Tucker” Mooser; Copywriter - Jeremy “Tucker”
Mooser; Voice Talent – Miles, Wendy Wild
1st Runner-up (tie): Valentine Belt Sander –
Astral Media Radio, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Producer – Matt Van Essen;
Copywriter – Adam Hunter; Voice Talent – Cathy L’Henaff, Kathy Shaw,
Dustin Collins
1st Runner-up (tie): Gloss Nightclub – DMG Radio,
Adelaide, S.A., Australia. Producer – Eddie Bye; Copywriters – Darren
Russell, John Curran; Voice Talent – Lisa Bailey
2nd Runner-up: The Blood Center/Meet Aniyah –
Clear Channel, New Orleans, Louisiana. Producer – Paul Sakalas; Copywriter –
Paul Sakalas; Voice Talent – Paul Sakalas, Aniyah Lewis
Finalist: CDN Brewhouse/Rita McBurger – Astral Media Radio,
Edmonton, Alb., Canada. Copywriter – Scott McCord; Voice Talent – Allan
Mitchel
Large Market Commercials
WINNER: Power Ford - KLSX/CBS Radio, Los
Angeles, California. Producer – Rob Frazier; Copywriter – Rob Frazier; Voice
Talent – Rob Frazier
1st Runner-up (tie): Meadows at Pemberton/Man Night
– Rogers Radio, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Producer – Seann Shaffer;
Copywriter – Michael J. Popil; Voice Talent – Rob Berridge
1st Runner-up (tie): Willow Dental Care – Rogers
Radio, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Producer – Seann Shaffer; Copywriter – Angus
Godfrey; Voice Talent – Seann Shaffer, Michael J. Popil, Kari-Lyn Twidale,
Ben Malcolm
2nd Runner-up (tie): Tuffy – Primedia
Broadcasting, Cape Town, South Africa. Producer – Tasleem Kariem; Copywriter
– Angela Swinney; Voice Talent – Raph Kossew
2nd Runner-up (tie): Science World/Supermodel –
Rogers Radio, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Producer – Seann Shaffer; Copywriter
– Melanie Last; Voice Talent – Seann Shaffer, Ken Allen Jr.
2nd Runner-up (tie): Denny’s Rock Star Menu –
Rogers Radio, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Producer – Dave Cockram; Copywriter –
Angus Godfrey; Voice Talent – Seann Shaffer, Dave Cockram
Finalist: McAlister’s Deli/Catering – KTRS-AM, St.
Louis, Missouri. Producer – Steve Wein; Copywriter – Steve Wein; Voice
Talent – Lauren Ryan, Mark Harris, Steve Wein, Vic Porcelli, Brittany Burke
Small Market Promos
WINNER: 20th Anniversary Midlife Crisis/The Affair
– 100.3 The Q, Victoria, B.C., Canada. Producer – Ross McIntyre; Copywriters
– Ross McIntyre, Ed Bain, Mark Addams; Voice Talent – Ross McIntyre
1st Runner-up: Ed’s BBQ Sauce/Grilling Me Softly -
100.3 The Q, Victoria, B.C., Canada. Producer – Ross McIntyre; Copywriters –
Ross McIntyre, Ed Bain; Voice Talent – Ross McIntyre, Kim Philps, Ed Bain
2nd Runner-up: Q Jet to Metallica – Newcap Radio,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Producer – Anthony McNutt; Copywriter – J.
Calnan; Voice Talent – Jim Conrad
Finalist: Surfing Escape Promo 2 – Hall
Communications, New London, Connecticut. Producer – Chris Dillon;
Copywriters – Chris Dillon with Nick Michaels; Voice Talent – Nick Michaels
Finalist: The Phone Call/Escape Promo 3 - Hall
Communications, New London, Connecticut. Producer – Chris Dillon; Copywriter
– Chris Dillon; Voice Talent – Nick Michaels
Finalist: Q104 Goes Triple XXX-treme - Newcap
Radio, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Producer - Anthony McNutt; Copywriter –
J. Calman; Voice Talent – Jim Conrad, Anthony McNutt
Finalist: Sleepover – WHBC Radio, Canton, Ohio.
Producer - John Knoblock; Copywriter - John Knoblock; Voice Talent - Staff
Medium Market Promos
WINNER: Summer Games Flashback – Saga
Communications, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Producer - Joe Meinecke; Copywriter –
Bob Bellini; Voice Talent – Mark Mauser, Jim Cutler
1st Runner-up (tie): ZM/MacGuyver or Timbaland? -
The Radio Network, Auckland, New Zealand. Producer - Chris Nicoll;
Copywriter - Chris Nicoll; Voice Talent - Chris Nicoll, Georgia Cubbon
1st Runner-up (tie): I Believe In Santa - Austereo,
Perth, Australia. Producer - Chris Davis; Copywriter – Matt Dickson; Voice
Talent – Tim Eliott
2nd Runner-up (tie): ZM/Playstation Nation - The
Radio Network, Auckland, New Zealand. Producer - Chris Nicoll; Copywriter -
Chris Nicoll; Voice Talent – Georgia Cubbon, Rew Shearer
2nd Runner-up (tie): ZM/Britney’s New Vid – The
Radio Network, Auckland, New Zealand. Producer - Chris Nicoll; Copywriter -
Chris Nicoll; Voice Talent – Rew Shearer, Georgia Cubbon
2nd Runner-up (tie): Mix Beatmix – Austereo,
Perth, Australia. Producer - Chris Davis; Copywriter - Chris Davis; Voice
Talent – Robbie McGregor
Finalist: Fav-Dave Bush Picks American Idol –
Clear Channel, Nashville, Tennessee. Producer - Jeremy Snell; Copywriter -
Jeremy Snell; Voice Talent – Jeff Berlin, Mike Kaminski
Finalist: RRW Station Imager/Stereophonics – Real
Radio/GMG, South Wales, UK. Producer - Chris Ward; Copywriter - Chris Ward;
Voice Talent – Alex Hall, Mitch Johnson
Finalist: ZM/Daylight Savings – The Radio Network,
Auckland, New Zealand. Producer - Chris Nicoll; Copywriter - Chris Nicoll;
Voice Talent - Chris Nicoll, Rew Shearer
Large Market Promos
WINNER (tie): McCain Season/Obama Season – KABC
Radio, Los Angeles, California. Producer - Howard Hoffman; Copywriter -
Howard Hoffman; Voice Talent - Howard Hoffman, Ben Patrick Johnson
WINNER (tie): KABC vs. TV - KABC Radio, Los
Angeles, California. Producer - Howard Hoffman; Copywriter - Howard Hoffman;
Voice Talent - Howard Hoffman
WINNER (tie): Springsteen in Hamilton/The Ugly –
Rogers Radio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Producer - Chris Pottage; Copywriter
– Dave Calvert; Voice Talent – Howard Cogan
1st Runner-up (tie): Survivor vs. Led Zeppelin -
KLOS-FM/Citadel, Los Angeles, California. Producer - Stew Herrera;
Copywriter - Stew Herrera; Voice Talent - Stew Herrera
1st Runner-up (tie): Workforce Coma –
KLOS-FM/Citadel, Los Angeles, California. Producer - Stew Herrera;
Copywriter - Stew Herrera; Voice Talent - Stew Herrera
2nd Runner-up: Saints and Sinners – CBS Radio,
Detroit, Michigan. Producer - Terry Phillips; Copywriter - Terry Phillips;
Voice Talent – John Willyard, Terry Phillips
Finalist: When the Mic’s Aren’t Live – CJJR/CKPK,
Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Producer - Bill Jackson; Voice Talent – John
Willyard, Clay St. Thomas, Karen Daniels
Finalist: KFRC Casey Zone Promo – KFRC-FM/CBS, San
Francisco, California. Producer - Steve Moore; Copywriter - Steve Moore;
Voice Talent – Brian James
Finalist: Latino 96.3 Take Over Promo – Spanish
Broadcasting System, Los Angeles, CA. Producer - Mingo Marrero; Copywriter –
Jerry Pulles, Mingo Marrero; Voice Talent – Jerry Pulles, Sandra Pena, Art
Hernandez
Once again, congratulations winners! We’d like to thank all who entered
for supporting this competition, and our thanks to those of you who took the
time to vote! Winners in each category will receive the eye-catching Radio
And Production Awards trophy. Runners-up will each receive a stylish plaque,
and all winners, runners-up, and finalists will receive an attractive
certificate, which can be framed and displayed on your favorite wall.
Additional trophies, plaques, and/or certificates can be purchased for any
of the producers, writers, and voice talents named above with their name on
the award. Call Radio And Production for more information at (972) 432-8100,
fax (972) 432-8102, email awards@rapmag.com, or visit www.rapmag.com.
Remember to keep track of your best production from this year. The 20th
Annual Radio And Production Awards will be here in no time!
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