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RTÉ Radio named Broadcaster of the Year at the New York Festivals 2011

From 183 finalists spanning 26 countries, the New York Festivals' Grand Jury selected RTÉ Radio as the overall winner. This is the first time in the New York Festivals' 54 year history that an Irish radio station has won the acclaimed status of Broadcaster of the Year at the Festival.

In addition, RTÉ Radio programmes took home a further 16 awards, including seven awards plus a Grand Award for RTÉ Radio 1's Documentary on One, six awards for RTÉ Radio 1's Drama on One, one award for RTÉ lyric fm and one award for RTÉ Gold, one of RTÉ Radio's seven digital services.

Says Clare Duignan, Managing Director, RTÉ Radio: "For 54 years the New York Festivals Awards has recognized the world's best programmes. This year, not only have RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ lyric fm and RTÉ Gold won a total of 16 awards, but the Grand Jury, comprised of top-level industry professionals from five continents, have crowned RTÉ Radio as the Broadcaster of the Year.

It is a real achievement: seven awards plus a Grand Award for Radio 1's Documentary on One; six awards for Radio 1's Drama on One; one award for RTÉ lyric fm and one award for RTÉ Gold. 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.

And the number of crafts which have been so richly rewarded - editing, writing, sound, narration and direction - reminds us that great crafted radio can only come from that elusive alchemy between skill, artistry and vision. My warmest congratulations to all the winners, and to all who work in RTÉ Radio, the New York Festivals Broadcaster of the Year 2011."