BBC wins Broadcaster Of The Year at the 2021 New York Festivals Radio Awards!
The BBC Radio has won 2021 Broadcaster Of The Year at this year’s New York Festivals Radio Awards, with BBC Sounds podcast I’m Not A Monster taking home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Non Fiction Series.
New York Festivals Radio Awards celebrates world class audio work created by global storytellers from over 30 countries. The 2021 Radio Awards Grand Jury panel honours riveting podcasts and audiobooks, dramas, documentaries, breaking news coverage, entertainment and music specials created by masterful audio storytellers from around the globe.
Across its radio networks, the BBC collected 14 gold awards, 7 silver and 10 bronze with podcast series’ including I’m Not A Monster, Where Is George Gibney and Fight Of The Century all picking up several each.
“We’re delighted to receive the award for 2021 Broadcaster of the Year. We’re especially proud of the recognition from the New York Festivals this year for I’m Not a Monster, our collaboration between BBC Sounds, BBC Panorama and Frontline PBS, and Where is George Gibney? from Second Captains, but also of all of the teams and collective effort across the BBC that goes into making impactful public service radio and podcasts and bringing these stories to audiences across the world,” says Dylan Haskins, commissioning executive for BBC Sounds podcasts I’m Not A Monster and Where Is George Gibney?.
