RTÉ was named winner in 17 categories at the New York Festival Radio Awards last night.
RTÉ Radio, which encompasses RTÉ Radio 1, 2FM, Lyric FM, Raidió na Gaeltachta and digital radio channels, was named Broadcaster of the Year.
This is the first time in the festival's 54-year history that an Irish station has won the Broadcaster of the Year award.
The final of the competition saw 183 finalists from 26 countries take part.
RTÉ's Radio 1 won the Best Drama award for Medea, in a new translation by Robert Robertson.
There was also a gold award for the Documentary on One programme 'In the Same Boat'. It tells the story of a Dublin woman, Fiona Tiernan, and her achievements on behalf of women who survived breast cancer.
The Grand award for broadcasting went to a Radio 1 documentary called 'Don't Go Far'. It is about the true story of two Dublin boys who stowed away on a boat, train and plane and ended up in New York City in 1985.
There were also several technical awards for editing and narration.
RTÉ Radio Managing Director Clare Duignan said: 'Not only do these awards confirm RTÉ Radio's excellence in public broadcasting, they place RTÉ Radio among the greatest of our public broadcasting peers internationally.
'When you look at the breadth of the wins, from drama to documentary, music to history, sport to health, you get an insight into the variety of genre offered by RTÉ Radio.'
