Award Highlights
005
►Publicity
Second Opinion Press Kit
Service: WXXI Creative Services Team
Award: PRism Award from the Public Relations Society of America, Rochester Chapter
Category: Non-profit/Element/Press Kit
Be More Brochure
Service: WXXI Creative Services Team
Award: Award of Excellence from the Public Relations Society of America, Rochester Chapter
Category: Non-profit/Element/Brochure
►Staff
WXXI’s Manager of Events and Volunteer Services Diana De Carolis
Award: Certificate of Achievement for Special Events
PBS Development Conference
WXXI’s Director of Television Programming Bob Owens
Award: The Lifetime Achievement Award from the Public Television Programmers Association (PTPA)
WXXI-AM & FM Radio Operations Manager Rhonda Austin
Award: The “First in the U.S.” Certified Public Radio Traffic Director
►Documentary/Drama
Great Homes of Canandaigua Lake
Service: Television
Type: Documentary Travel/Tourism
Award: Silver Telly Award
►News/Education
Homework Hotline
Service: Television
Type: Best program or Series designed for Children
Award: New York State Broadcasters Association
Homework Hotline
Service: Television
Type: Use of Graphics
Award: Silver Telly Award
Homework Hotline
Service: Television
Type: Education
Award: Bronze Telly Award
The Dark Haired Beauty of Council Street
Service: Radio
Type: News
Award: 2005 Gracie Allen Award, American Women in Radio & Television Category: News Feature/Soft News Category
►Documentary/News
Need to Know: A Conversation with Eliot Spitzer
Service: Television
Type: Talk Show/Interview
Award: Bronze Telly Award
2004
►Staff
WXXI-AM Arts Reporter Brenda Tremblay
Award: Best Enterprise Reporting from the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association awards Radio Competition for her piece “Holley Memorial”
►Service
Reachout Radio
Award: Honorable Mention from the International Association of Audio Information Services
►News/Education
Homework Hotline
Service: Television
Type: Gold Award for General Instructions
Award: Aurora Awards
Homework Hotline
Service: Television
Type: Best program or Series designed for Children
Award: New York State Broadcasters Association
►Documentary/Drama
Golisano
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Silver Telly Award
Oak Hill: A Great Walk Celebrated
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Bronze Telly Award
Hitching a Ride on the Great Lakes
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: New York State Emmy Award, Educational Programming: Series category
►Documentary/News
Need to Know
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Bronze Telly Award
2003
►Staff
WXXI Education and Outreach Coordinator Shelley Figueroa
Award: NYACCE Service Award from the New York Association for Continuing/Community Education, Inc.
WXXI-AM Reporter Bud Lowell, Senior Producer of News and Information
Award: Best Enterprise Reporting from the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association awards Radio Competition for his piece “Route 63 Expressway.”
►News/Educational Programs
Need to Know & ¿Qué Pasa? Rochester
Service: Television
Award: 2003 Bronze Telly Award, New York State Broadcasters Association
Report: Educational challenges faced by migrant children
Need to Know & ¿Qué Pasa? Rochester
Service: Television
Award: 2003 Jan Mitchell Community Development Award, National Friends of Public Broadcasting
Report: Escuela outreach, Educational challenges faced by migrant children
WXXI-AM 1370 News (Bud Lowell)
Service: Radio
Award: 2003 Best Enterprise Reporting from the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards Radio Competition
Report: Route 63 Expressway
Need to Know
Service: Television
Award: Plaque of Recognition and Appreciation for Achievement of Fair, Accurate and Inclusive reporting from the Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley.
Report: Gays in the Mainstream
News Department
Service: Television
Award: Peace Award from Tyshaun Caldwell.
Report: Reclaiming the Crescent: Stories from Tyshaun’s Neighborhood.
►Documentary/Drama
Reclaiming the Crescent: Stories from Tyshaun’s Neighborhood
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: 2003 Peace Award from the Tyshaun Caldwell Foundation in Rochester, NY
Reclaiming the Crescent: Stories from Tyshaun’s Neighborhood
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: 2003 Bronze Telly Award, New York State Broadcasters Association
►Local Music/Entertainment
The Concert Companion with Christopher Seaman
Service: Radio
Type: Weekly Segment
Award: 2003 Golden Reel Award, The National Federation of Community Broadcasters
The Concert Companion with Christopher Seaman
Service: Radio
Type: Weekly Segment
Award: 2003 Gabriel Award
WXXI-FM 91.5/90.3
Service: Radio
Award: Silver Reel Award
Report: The Concert Companion with Christopher Seaman.
2002
►Station
Radio
Award: Best Radio Station from Rochester’s City Newspaper’s “Best of 2002”
►Staff
WXXI ¿Que Pasa? Rochester Host Alicia Claussell
Award: Amiga Award presented by the Latinas Unidas
Simon Pontin’s Sunshine Show
Award: Best Wake-Up Call from Rochester’s City Newspaper’s “Best of 2002”
►Documentary/Drama
War Letters: Rochester Writes Home
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: 2002 Bronze Telly Award, New York State Broadcasters Association
►News/Educational Programs
Need to Know
Service: Television
Award: 2002 Bronze Telly Award, New York State Broadcasters Association
Report: The Genesee Hospital Closing
Award: 2002 Bronze Telly Award, New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: Documentary
Report: Latinas & Higher Education
Award: 2002 Gracie Allen Award, American Women in Radio & Television
Category: Public Affairs Reporting
Report: Latinas & Higher Education
Mary’s Garden
Service: Radio
Type: News
Award: 2002 Gracie Allen Award, American Women in Radio & Television Category: News Feature/Soft News Category
Horses on Parade
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Central Educational Network (CEN) Honorable mention
2001
►Staff
WXXI-AM 1370 Connection Host Bob Smith
Type: Interview with John Dean
Program: 1370 Connection
Award: 2001 New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association
Category: Best Interview
WXXI Reporter Bud Lowell
Program: Agri-Tourism
Award: 2001 New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association
Category: Best enterprise reporting
WXXI Reporter Bud Lowell
Program: Marconi’s 100th
Award: 2001 New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association
Category: General excellence in use of medium
2000
►Staff
WXXI President Norm Silverstein
Award: Educator of the Year, Phi Delta Kappa International, Rochester Chapter
WXXI Videographer Martin Kaufman Program: Need to Know: Top 100 Heart Hospitals
Award: Videographer Award of Distinction
WXXI-AM 1370 News Team
Award: Associated Press Citation for Outstanding Service for continued coverage of Rochester and Western New York
WXXI Director of Education M. Patricia Hettrich
Award: Helen E. Quinn Service to Education Award from the Delta Gamma Society International
►Documentary/Drama
Crucible of Freedom
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: American Women in Radio & Television Award, Honorable MentionEchoes from the Ancients
Service: Television, Digital Team
Type: Documentary
Award: 2000 Computerworld Smithsonian Award Finalist
Category: Education & Academia
Just Transportation
Service: AM 1370
Type: Documentary
Award: Gracie Award, American Women in Radio & Television
Category: Best National Radio Documentary
Out of the Fire: The Art and Science of Ceramics
Produced by WXXI in partnership with Alfred University
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Gold Award
Category: Documentary
Award: Catalyst Awards
Category: Documentary
Award: Design Council of America National Finalist Award
Category: Documentary
Award: The Vision Awards
Category: Documentary
Award: Crystal Award of Excellence
Category: Communicator Awards
The Thirst for Safe Water
Service: AM 1370
Type: Documentary
Award: Gold Cindy Award, International Association of AudioVisual Communicators
Category: Best Radio Documentary
The Voice in the Wilderness
Service: AM 1370
Type: Drama
Award: Silver Reel Award, National Federation of Community Broadcasters, National Radio Drama
Warrior in Two Worlds
Produced by WXXI in collaboration with the Rochester Museum & Science Center
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Emmy Award, New York Chapter, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Category: Outstanding Writing
Award: Cine Golden Eagle Award
Category: Documentary
Award: Silver Telly Award, New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: Best Documentary
Award: Parent’s Choice Award
Category: Documentary
Award: Eastern Educational Network Award
Category: Best Documentary
Award: Gabriel Award, Unda-USA (National Catholic Association for Communicators)
Category: Documentary
Award: Outstanding Web site, Web Marketers Association
Category: Web site
Award: Native American Music Awards, Warrior music track by Joanne Shenandoah
Category: Best Short- and Long-Form Music Video
►News/Educational Programs
60 Second Science
Co-produced by WXXI and Science Linkages in the Community
Service: Television
Type: Educational Program
Award: Outstanding Individual Program or Series Designed for Children, New York State Broadcasters Association
Assignment: The World
Service: Television
Type: Educational Program
Award: 2000 Schramm Award Finalist, The Wilber Schramm Award of Excellence
Canadian College Bound
Service: AM 1370
Type: News report
Award: Special Mention, Associated Press
Need to Know
Service: Television
Type: News program
Award: Silver Telly Award, New York State Broadcasters Association
Report: Lead Poisoning
Award: Silver Telly Award, New York State Broadcasters Association
Report: Child Poverty
Award: Bronze Telly Award, New York State Broadcasters Association Report: Organ Transplants and Donation
Urban Sprawl
Service: AM 1370
Type: News series
Award: Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Radio-Television News Directors Association
Category: Best News Series
Women’s Hockey
Service: AM 1370
Type: News report
Award: Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Radio-Television News Directors Association
Category: Best Sports Reporting
Birth of a Cliché
Service: AM 1370
Type: News commentary
Award: Best Commentary, New York State Broadcasters Association
►Publicity
Communications Service: WXXI Creative Services Team Type: Promotion Award: PBS National Communications AwardsCategory: Best Public Television Web Site
Award: PBS National Communications Awards
Category: Best Small Market On-Air Promotional Spot, Title: What’s Going On
Award: PBS National Communications AwardsCategory: Best Small Market On-Air Promotional Spots, Title: Vacation Day
1999
►Station
WXXI-AM 1370 News TeamAward: Associated Press Citation
Category: Outstanding Service for continued coverage of Rochester and Western New York
►Documentary/Drama
Echoes from the Ancients
Produced by WXXI in collaboration with the University of Rochester
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Eastern Education Network Award
Category: Best Documentary
Award: Bronze Telly Award
Category: Documentary
Award: Aurora Award, Gold Medal
Category: Best Historical Documentary
Award: Aurora Award
Category: Platinum Best of Show Award for Writing
Award: Cine Golden Eagle
Category: Documentary
Award: Computerworld Smithsonian Medal
Category: Visionary Use of Information Technology
The Voice in the Wilderness
Service: AM/FM Radio
Type: Radio
Award: Gabriel Award, Unda-USA, National Catholic Association for Communicators
Voice of the Voter
Service: Television
Award: Making Democracy Work Award, League of Women Voters
►News/Educational Programs
Battle of the Bulge
Service: AM 1370
Type: News report
Award: Special Mention, Associated Press
Category: Best Interview
Citizens’ Agenda
Part of WXXI’s continuing local “Voice of the Voter” collaboration with the Democrat and Chronicle and WOKR NewsSource 13
Service: Television
Type: News program
Award: Special Eastern Educational Television Network Award
Category: Community Service
Homework Hotline
Service: Television
Type: Educational program
Award: Finalist Bronze Telly Award
Sinatra in Retrospect
Service: FM 91.5
Type: Music Program
Award: Bronze WorldMedal, New York Festival’s 1999 Radio Programming and Advertising Competition
Category: Best Music Special
Telephone Dial Inventor
Service: AM 1370
Type: News report
Award: Special Mention, Associated Press
Category: General Excellence in Use of Medium
Zippy Chippy
Service: AM 1370
Type: News report
Award: Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Radio-Television News Directors Association
Category: Best Sports Reporting
Urban Sprawl
Service: AM 1370
Type: News series
Award: Special Mention, New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: Best Local Documentary or Series
►Publicity
WXXI Online
Service: wxxi.org
Type: Web site
Award: PRism Award, Honorable Mention, Public Relations Society of America
Category: Web site
Communications
Service: WXXI Creative Services Team Award: PBS National Communications AwardsCategory: Best Program Guide, national small market category
Award: PBS National Communications Awards
Category: Best Small Market Print Advertisement
Award: PBS National Communications Awards
Category: Best Small Market Publication (WXXI Annual Report)
Award: PBS National Communications Awards
Category: Best Public Television Web site
Award: PBS National Communications Awards
Category: Best Small Market Long-form Video Promotion (WXXI Black History spot)
►Underwriting
WXXI Underwriting Team
Award: PBS Development Award
Category: Best Corporate and Foundation Support Underwriting Program Award, for market size (250,000-499,000)
►Technical Support
WXXI Technical Support Team
Award: 1999 JCC Award
Category: Best technical support and membership video collaboration
1998
►Staff
WXXI-AM 1370 News Team
Award: Associated Press Citation
Category: Outstanding Service for continued coverage of Rochester and Western New York
WXXI-AM Radio Host Bob Smith, 1370 Connection
Service: AM 1370
Award: Award for Media Excellence, United Nations Association of Rochester
►Documentary
Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project
Service: AM 1370
Award: Rochester Center for Independent Living Award
Profiles of Power
Service: Television
Award: Eastern Educational Network Public Affairs Award
Vanity and Virtue
Service: AM 1370
Award: Best Radio Documentary, New York State Broadcasters Association
►News/Educational Programs
Celebrate ’98
Service: Television
Type: Special news/feature
program
Award: Gracie Allen Award,
American Women in Radio & Television
Category: News and Feature
Homework Hotline
Service: Television
Type: Educational program
Award: New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: Outstanding Program Designed for Children
I Love Small Towns
Service: AM 1370
Type: News commentary
Award: New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: Outstanding Commentary
Award: Associated Press
Category: Best Radio Editorial or News Commentary,
GED on TV
Service: Education
Type: Educational programAward: Literacy Volunteers of America
Category: Friends of Literacy Award
Need to Know
Service: Television
Type: News program
Award: Gabriel Certificate of Merit, Unda-USA
Report: Gays and Religion
Award: Edward R. Murrow Award, Radio-Television News Directors Association
Report: Organ Transplants and Donations
Category: Best News Documentary
►Publicity
Invented Here Video Box Service: WXXI Creative Services Team Award: First Place, PBS Advertising & Promotion Awards
Category: Packaging Design
WXXI Online
Award: First Place, PBS Advertising & Promotion Awards
Category: Web site
Award: PRism Award, Public Relations Society of America, Rochester Chapter
Category: Best Web Site, Not-for-Profit
1997
►Staff
WXXI Education Specialist Shelley Figueroa
Award: 1997 “Friends of Literacy” Award
Category: Education
WXXI-AM 1370 Connection Host Bob Smith
Award: Special Media Award for Excellence, United Nations Association of Rochester
►Publicity
WXXI Online
Service: Advertising and Promotion
Award: PBS Advertising and Promotion Award
Category: Station World Wide Web, First Place
►Documentary
Vanity and Virtue
Service: Radio, FM 91.5
Award: Award for Excellence in Broadcasting, New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: Best Radio Documentary
The Abbey of the Genesee
Service: AM 1370
Type: Documentary
Award: First Place, Associated Press Awards
Category: Best Documentary
Make Us Safe: Teens Talk About Violence
Service: Television
Award: James K. Batten Award
►News/Educational Programs
Homework Hotline
Service: Television
Type: Educational Program
Award: Award for Excellence in Broadcasting, New York State Broadcasters Association Category: Best Locally Produced Television Series Designed for Children
Kali Poulton
Service: AM 1370
Type: News report
Award: New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: Best Spot News Coverage
The Old Black House
Service: AM 1370
Type: News report
Award: Special Mention, Associated Press Award
Olympic Gymnast
Service: AM 1370
Type: News report
Award: First Place, Associated Press Award
Category: Best Sports Coverage
Why I Like Small Towns
Service: Radio, AM 1370
Host: Curt Smith
Award: Award for Excellence in Broadcasting, New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: Best Radio Editorial or News Commentary
Award: First Place, New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association
Category: Best Commentary or Editorial
1996
►Staff
WXXI Operations Supervisor Ed Wright
Award: 1995 Individual Contribution in Engineering Award, PBS Engineering Committee
►Documentary
The Abbey of the Genesee
Service: AM 1370
Type: Documentary
Award: Gabriel Award, Unda-USA (National Catholic Association for Communicators)
Award: New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association
Category: Best Local Documentary
Flight to Freedom
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Telly Award from the New York State Broadcasters Association
Head, Heart and Hand
Service: Television
Award: Telly Award from the New York State Broadcasters Association
►News Program
WXXI Reports
Service: Television
Type: News program
Award: Radio-Television News Directors Association
Category: Best News Documentary
Report: Animal Abuse
Award: Eastern Educational Network Public Affairs Award
Report: Animal Abuse
Award: Commendation Award, American Women in Radio and Television
Report: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
1995
►Documentary
Award: Best Documentary Program, New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: DocumentaryFlight to Freedom Service: Television
Award: National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Category: Outstanding Educational Program
►News Programs/Educational Programs
Homework Hotline
Service: Television
Type: Educational program
Award: Award for Excellence in Programming, New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: Outstanding Local Series for Children
WXXI Reports Service: Television
Type: News program
Award: American Women in Radio & TelevisionCategory: Best Public Affairs Programming,
Report: Welfare Challenge
Award: Edward R. Murrow Award, Radio and Television News Directors Association
Report: Republican Convention
Category: Best News Documentary
1994
►Station
WXXI-TV 21
Award: Best TV Station, 1994 Best of Rochester Awards, readers of City Newspaper
WXXI-AM 1370 & FM 91.5Award: Best Radio Station, 1994 Best of Rochester Awards, readers of City Newspaper
►Staff
WXXI-AM 1370 News Team / Downtown Shootout
Award: Instant Citation for Outstanding Cooperation with the Associated Press for Coverage of a downtown shoot-out, Associated Press Managing Editors
Karen DeWitt
Award: Walter T. Brown Memorial Award
►Radio Programs
Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Service: FM 91.5
Type: Weekly Program
Award: George Foster Peabody Award►Educational Programs Sesame Street Preschool Education Program
Service: Education/Television
Type: Educational programs
Award: Ralph B. Rogers Award, Children’s Television Workshop
1993
►News/Education Programs
WXXI Reports
Service: Television
Type: News program
Award: Bronze Apple, National Educational Film and Video Festival
Report: Elderly Drivers
Award: New York State Broadcasters Association
Report: Critical Mass: Inside the County Jail
Homework HotlineService: Television
Type: Educational program
Award: Emmy, New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Category: Outstanding Educational Programming
Award: Silver Apple Award, National Educational Film and Video Festival
Eastern Educational Network Award
Category: Outstanding Local Program Concept
1992
►News/Education Programs
Homework Hotline
Service: Television
Type: Educational program
Award: National Parents Choice Gold Medal
Category: Outstanding Achievement in Local Television
Award: Parents Choice Award, New York State Broadcasters Association
Category: Outstanding Local Series for Children
WXXI ReportsService: Television
Type: News program
Award: First Place, John Peter Zenger Award, New York State Bar Association
Award: Honorable Mention, Eastern Educational Television Network Competition
1991
►Educational Programs
Assignment: The World
Service: Television
Type: Educational program
Award: New York State Excellence in Broadcasting Award
1989
►Documentary
Safe Haven Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Honorable Mention, Eastern Educational Television Network
1988
►Documentary
Safe Haven Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Silver Medal, International Film and TV Festival
Award: Silver Apple Award, National Educational Film and Video Festival
1987
►Documentary
Safe Haven Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: George Foster Peabody Award
The Paper Curtain
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Robert M. Bennett Award, American Film Institute
1985
►Educational Programs
Assignment: The World
Service: Television
Type: Educational program
Award: Certificate of Excellence, Central Education Network
1984
►Educational Programs
Assignment: The World
Service: Television
Type: Educational program
Award: Certificate of Excellence, Central Education Network
Report: Ask Governor Cuomo
Category: Achievement in Instructional TV
Summer Bookwatch
Service: Television
Type: Educational promotion
Award: Central Educational Network Instructional Television Award
1983
►Performance Documentary
Get Up, Stand Up
Service: Television
Type: Music Program
Award: Programming Award, National Black Programming Consortium
1982
►Station
Radio
Award: FM News Team receives 10 New York State Broadcasters Association Awards
►Documentary
U.S. Chronicle
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Silver Award, International Film and Television Festival of New York
1981
►Documentary
U.S. Chronicle
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Gold Award, International Film and Television Festival of New York
Still Fighting
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: Community Service Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
1979
►Documentary
Unquiet Grave – Residence Dealing with Toxic Wastes
Service: Television
Type: Documentary
Award: New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association
Category: Best Documentary
1977
►Station
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Award: Community Service Award, National Rehabilitation Association, Genesee Chapter
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(Revised November, 2002)