Golden Reel Awards - 2005 Winners

Winners of the 2005 Community Radio Program Awards were announced April 15, 2005 in a ceremony at the 30th Annual Community Radio Conference, hosted by the National Federation of Community Broadcasters in Baltimore, MD.

The 2005 awards were open to programs broadcast on non-commercial Community Radio stations from November 2003—July 2004 and honor those that have demonstrated outstanding and creative uses of the Community Radio medium. This year 66 independent judges considered 345 entries, and preliminary judges forwarded 106 entries to the final judges; from the finalists, nine were selected for Golden Reels, 18 for Silver Reels, and 30 for Special Merits.

Winners are listed with the name of the producer(s), the program, and the distributor.

To download a list of the 2005 Golden Reel winners in PDF format, click here.
To view a list of 2004 winners in HTML format, click here.

LOCAL MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM OR SPECIAL

SILVER REEL
Chad Carrothers: Nellie McKay: The Firehouse Session. Distributed by WFHB.
Peter Bochan: A Shortcut through 2003. Distributed by WBAI.
Kevin Vance: A Patchwork Quilt: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday. Distributed by KALW.

SPECIAL MERIT
Natasha Moss, Jon Frommer, Ann Worth, and Susan Chacin of the KPFA Labor Collective: 2004 Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival. Distributed by KPFA.
JD Doyle: Queer Music before Stonewall. Distributed by KPFT.
Angela Taylor: Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice. Distributed by KSFR.


NATIONAL MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM OR SPECIAL

GOLDEN REEL
Ben Manilla Productions, Inc./Experience Music Project: The Blues: Mystery Train. Distributed by PRI.
Jad Abumrad, Aaron Cohen, and Elen Park: The Ring & I: The Passion, the Myth, the Mania. Distributed by WNYC.

SILVER REEL
Barrett Golding, Mark Neumann and HearingVoices.com: Jim's Grave. Distributed by NPR/Day to Day.

SPECIAL MERIT
John Strader: Southwest Stages: An Evening with Taj Mahal and the Hula Blues Band. Distributed by Southwest Stages.


ARTS FEATURES AND REPORTING

GOLDEN REEL
Paul Ingles: The Beatles on American Radio. Distributed by NPR/Morning Edition.

SILVER REEL
Dmae Roberts, damali ayo for Stories 1st.org and Hearing Voices: Living Flag. Distributed by PRI/Studio 360.

SPECIAL MERIT
Scott Carrier, Hearing Voices.com: Alex Caldiero-Poet? Distributed by NPR/Day to Day.


PERSONAL ESSAYS

SILVER REEL
Brian Mann and Susan Olsen: Iraq Diary, Part 4: Soldier's Family Waits Nervously. Distributed by North Country Public Radio.
Jake Warga: Father's Day. Distributed by American Public Media/Weekend America.
Catherine Girardeau: Linda's Gift. Distributed by PRI/Public Radio Weekend (now Weekend America/APM).

SPECIAL MERIT
Roman Mars: Invisible Ink: Note to Sixth-Grade Self. Distributed by KALW.
Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, EarSay, Crossing the BLVD.org: "Cargo Flight to Somewhere," from Crossing the BLVD. Distributed by NPR/Day to Day.


RADIO DRAMA

SPECIAL MERIT
The National Audio Theatre Festivals and Dwight Frizzell: The Irish Wilderness: A Phantasmic Meditation. Distributed by National Audio Theatre Festivals.
Otis Maclay, Sarah Crowder and the KPFT Radio Theatre Workshop: In the City. Distributed by KPFT.
Craig Wichman: The Blue Carbuncle (A Christmas Adventure of Sherlock Holmes). Distributed by Quicksilver Radio Theater.
The Independent Eye: Abbie. Distributed by The Independent Eye.


LOCAL NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS FEATURES

SILVER REEL
Holly Kernan, New California Media: Kids of Incarcerated Parents. Distributed by KALW.
David Sommerstein: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Homelessness. Distributed by North Country Public Radio.

SPECIAL MERIT
Sandra Sleight-Brennan: This Time Around: Reinventing Community-The Power Song. Distributed by WOUB.
Jay Field: Education Referenda. Distributed by Chicago Public Radio.
Jay Field: Mental Health Court. Distributed by Chicago Public Radio.


NATIONAL NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS FEATURES

GOLDEN REEL
Ann Heppermann and Kara Oehler: "And I Walked…" Stories from the Border. Distributed by Third Coast International Audio Festival.

SILVER REEL
Judy Campbell: Reagan Critics. Distributed by KQED/The California Report.

SPECIAL MERIT
Free Speech Radio News Collective: Free Speech Radio News, March 19, 2004 Newscast. Distributed by FSRN.
Alex Cohen: Porn and HIV. Distributed by KQED/The California Report.


LOCAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMMING

SILVER REEL
Blunt Youth Radio Project: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out: Freedom. Distributed by WMPG.

SPECIAL MERIT
Warren Olney: Which Way, LA? Distributed by KCRW.


NATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMMING

SILVER REEL
Aaron Lobel: America and Iran: Cooperation or Conflict in the Post-Saddam Gulf. Distributed by PRI.

SPECIAL MERIT
David Gilmore and Outright Radio: AIDS These Days. Distributed by Outright Radio/PRI.
Rose High Bear: Wisdom of the Elders: Honoring Women in Native Culture, #4. Distributed by AIROS.


LOCAL DOCUMENTARY

GOLDEN REEL
Dmae Roberts and MediaRites: The Breast Cancer Monologues. Distributed by MediaRites Productions and KBOO.

SILVER REEL
Ann Heppermann and Kara Oehler: Harvey Girls and the American West. Distributed by KNAU.

SPECIAL MERIT
Stephanie Philbrick and Rob Rosenthal: 10 Stories about Portland Harbor. Distributed by WMPG.


NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY

GOLDEN REEL
Scott Carrier, Julian Cardonna, & HearingVoices: Juarez: City on the Edge. Distributed by NPR/Day to Day.

SILVER REEL
Jon Watanabe: Journey to Justice: Carlos Mauricio's Story. Distributed by Making Contact/National Radio Project.
Kathryn Baron: Brown vs. the Board of Education-50 Years Later. Distributed by KQED/The California Report.
Leslie George: The Emma Clark Story: A Struggle for Freedom and Reparations. Distributed by Wakeup Call, WBAI.

SPECIAL MERIT
Simon Marks, Keith Porter and Kristin McHugh: UNder Fire: The United Nations' Battle for Relevance. Distributed by KQED and the Stanley Foundation.
Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister: Another Lousy Day. Distributed by Chicago Public Radio and All Things Considered/NPR.
Sandy Tolan and Melissa Robbins for Homelands Productions: The Imaginary Village. Distributed by transom.org.
Adeline Sire: Dan Jaff, Baghdad Teenager. Distributed by PRI/The World.
Aaron Glantz: Iraq: One Year of Occupation and Resistance. Distributed by Free Speech Radio News.


LOCAL PROGRAM-NO OTHER CATEGORY

GOLDEN REEL
Jad Abumrad and Radio Lab: Time. Distributed by WNYC.
Jad Abumrad and Radio Lab: Look Out…Martians! Distributed by WNYC.

SPECIAL MERIT
David Guistina, Alan Chartock: In Conversation with Earl and Louise Scruggs. Distributed by WAMC/Northeast Public Radio.
Holly Kernan: Undocumented: Day in the Life. Distributed by KALW.


NATIONAL PROGRAM-NO OTHER CATEGORY

SILVER REEL
Libby Casey: Yukon Quest. Distributed by KUAC.


PROMOTION

GOLDEN REEL
Matt Holzman: Fundraising Promos: "Daily Sweepstakes Winners." Distributed by KCRW.

SPECIAL MERIT
John Kraniak: Below the Radar Appeal. Distributed by WORT.
 Brian DeShazor: "A Passel of Pomp and a Circus of Circumstance" PROMO. Distributed by Pacifica Radio Archives.