News

This year's Radio Mercury awards won't have prize winners in four categories

Published on Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Radio_mercury_2009_default_scaled

No “station-produced commercial” or best political ad, student-produced spot or Public Service Announcement – because the judges didn’t find that the entries rose to the level they expected. The “station-produced” category had been revived several years ago, and over time the competition as a whole has added and dropped categories alongside its main $100,000 prize – designed to stimulate better creative work by agencies. This year’s chief judge was Rick Boyko, former co-president and chief creative office of Ogilvy & Mather and now director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter. The 2009 Radio Mercury winners will be announced tomorrow evening at the Lighthouse on Pier 61 in New York City.

RI at a Glance

    • This Week, Daniel Anstandig’s “Radio3D -FutureVision Realized” column focuses on “Measuring Success”

    • Radio-Info.com debuts charts, powered by BDSRadio.com, Check them out here:

    • The latest column by Jim Kerr gives his advice on “Repetition, Redundancy, and Social Media”

    • “Exclusive Q&A: Tim & WIlly Let It All Hang Out” and so much more in the new Country Pages

    • A First Listen to Baltimore’s New Z104.3 and how it compares to market vet Mix 106.5

    • All the latest urban news in radio, labels, and artists, in the Urban section on Radio-Info.com

    • The latest books and publications on radio, media, and new media.

    • Subscribe to the new, free newsletter on programming & music, from Sean Ross and Radio-Info.com

    • Plan your conventions and travel for 2010 now, with the Radio-Info.com Events Calendar