1999 Awards

Regional Emmy Awards

* Entertainment Programs - Regularly Scheduled: WVIZ, Applause - Julie Henry, Host/Coordinating Producer; Cynthia Albanese, Producer; Mark Stone, Producer; Carol Tizanno, Segment Producer; Kelly Murphy Woodward, Segment Producer
* Children/Youth Programs - Specials: WVIZ, Get Ready for the Cleveland Orchestra - Gary Manke, Producer/Director; Carol Bosley, Producer; Joan Katz-Napoli, Executive Producer
* Public Affairs Programs - Regularly Scheduled: WVIZ, Feagler & Friends - Kelly Murphy Woodward, Producer; Dick Feagler, Host
* Program Production and Design - Performer: WVIZ, Applause - Julie Henry, Host/Writer

The Communicator Awards

* Crystal Award Of Excellence - Documentary “Woody Guthrie - American Storyteller” (David C. Barnett)
* Crystal Award Of Excellence - Inspirational Program “Martin Luther King Day: A Day On Not A Day Off” (David C. Barnett/Tarice Sims)
* Honorable Mention - Arts/Cultural “Around Noon” (Dee Perry/David DeOreo/Dave Pignanelli)
* Honorable Mention - History Documentary “The Changing Life And Times Of Lake Erie’s Pelee Islanders” (Karen Schaefer)

Development Exchange Inc. And Public Radio Association Of Development Officers (PRADO)

* General Manager Of The Year - Kathryn ‘Kit’ Jensen

National Federation Of Community Broadcasters

* Second Place (Silver) - Local Public Affairs Programming “Universoul Circus” (David C. Barnett)

Public Radio Program Director’s Flo Award

* Honorable Mention - Best Announcer (April Baer)

Radio And Television News Directors Association

* Edward R. Murrow Regional Award - Feature Reporting “Spanglish” (Yolanda Perdomo)

Ohio Educational Telecommunications Network Commision

* Radio Producer Of The Year - David C. Barnett
* First Place - Arts & Cultural Affairs Category For Series Programming “Jazz Tracks” (Bobby Jackson/Andrew Narten)
* First Place - Technical Achievement Category Studio Transmission And Control Room Project (Jim Young/Al Dahlhausen)
* First Place - Advertising Category/Public Information - Short Promotions “The Sound Of Ideas” TV Spot (Maureen Paschke/Glazen Creative Group)
* Honorable Mention - Development/On Air “WCPN Brings Michael Feldman To Cleveland”

Society Of Professsional Journalists

* First Place (Tie) - Best News Operation In Ohio
* First Place (Tie) - Best Coverage Of Minority Issues “Universoul Circus” (David C. Barnett)
* First Place (Tie) - Best Coverage Of Minority Issues “Around Noon - Interview With Tim Miller” (Dee Perry/David DeOreo)
* First Place - Best Social Justice Reporting “Migrant Health Clinic” (April Baer)
* First Place - Best Documentary “Shaw’s Garden” (David Kanzeg/David DeOreo)
* Second Place - Best Coverage Of Children’s Issues “Kids, Music And Values” (Terri Fields)
* Second Place - Best Social Justice Reporting, “Women Teamsters” (Lorna Jordan)
* Second Place - Best Human Interest Coverage, “Seniors Still Working” (Lorna Jordan)

The Mandel Center For Nonprofit Organizations At Case Western Reserve University

* 1999 Leadership In Nonprofit Management - Kathryn ‘Kit’ Jensen

Cleveland Press Club

* First Place - Best Radio Newswriting “Youngstown’s Private Prison” (David C. Barnett)
* Second Place - Radio Human Interest Report “Spanglish” (Yolanda Perdomo)
* Second Place - Radio Documentary “Shaw’s Garden” (David Kanzeg/David DeOreo)

Cleveland Achievement In Radio (A.I.R.)

* First Place - Best Programming Feature “Shaw’s Garden” (David DeOreo)
* First Place - Best Special News Or Public Affairs Program “Saving Edison Woods” (Karen Schaefer)

Cleveland Communicators’ Awards

* First Place - Radio Category/Single Hard News Story “Treating Domestic Violence” (Ley Garnett)
* Award Of Merit - Radio Category Single Feature “Women’s Midnight Basketball” (Yolanda Perdomo)
* Award Of Merit - Radio Category/Feature Series “Celebrating The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” (David C. Barnett)
* Award Of Merit - Radio Category/Public Service Program “The Future Of Oberlin’s Past” (Karen Schaefer)
* First Place - Advertising/Television Advertising Spot “The Sound Of Ideas” (Maureen Paschke/Glazen Creative Group)