Everyone at OTB Sports is delighted after we received nine nominations for this year's IMRO Radio Awards, held annually to acknowledge the great radio produced across the country.
673 entries were received for this year’s Awards, an increase on last year - with the winners to be announced at a Virtual Live Streaming ceremony on Friday, October 2nd.
We had a great night at last year's event in Kilkenny, picking up plenty of silverware across a range of categories, and fingers crossed we can get a few over the line again in 2020!
Well done to all involved in the production of our nominated categories:
And the moment has arrived! The #IMRO20 shortlist is here...@IMROireland @BAItweets
— IMRO Radio Awards (@IMRORadioAwards) September 7, 2020
Chair of the IMRO Radio Awards committee, Chris Doyle said the difficulties of the pandemic on the industry made it more important than ever to celebrate great radio.
"Radio has had some of its finest moments over the last twelve months. We are delighted to celebrate the work of all those involved in the industry this year as much as any other year. We’ve shared the good news and the bad news stories, but we’ve always been there for the listeners."
Chairperson of Awards title sponsors IMRO Eleanor McEvoy said "In the bizarre times of the COVID-19 pandemic, radio has kept us entertained, kept us informed and kept us sane. We now have an obligation to keep everyone safe, so we are very much looking forward to taking the radio awards online on October 2nd to celebrate the excellence and creativity of broadcasters from right throughout Ireland. We would like to congratulate those of you who have been shortlisted and we wish you the very best of luck for the awards ceremony."
Michael O’Keefe Chief Executive of sponsor Broadcasting Authority of Ireland said "The BAI is once again delighted to support the annual IMRO Radio Awards. 2020 has seen the most challenging times for the radio sector for many years. It is to the tremendous credit of the sector that it has continued to deliver top quality programming to its listeners throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. This would not be possible without the station personnel who deliver such a wide and diverse range of high quality programming every day. The BAI congratulates all the nominees for their continued excellence in serving the listening public in Ireland with great radio and we wish them all the best of luck on the Awards night in October."
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