Your ’23 Radio Mercury Award Winners
• Winners of the 2023 Radio Mercury Awards were announced last evening at the 32nd annual awards presentation held at SONY Hall in New York and streamed online. This year’s Best of Show award was presented to FCB Chicago for their “Glad Strength: App” radio spot for The Clorox Company and Glad Products. “I’m honored that I got to lead this year’s judges and award this class of winners; this has been an experience I’ll treasure,” noted Sherman Winfield, Executive Creative Director, VMLY&R Atlanta and Chief Judge of the Radio Mercury Awards. “The final round jury was really impressed by this year’s winning work, and they all #SetTheFrequency.”
“Tonight was another great night for radio, celebrating the creativity that agencies and radio stations are producing on behalf of their clients,” said Erica Farber, Pres. & CEO of RAB and Chair, Radio Creative Fund. “The Radio Mercury Awards continues to advance the medium forward by showcasing and awarding work that is innovative and effective.” That’s Ms. Farber (left) with the FCB Chicago crew: John Fiebke, Nick Farley & John Doessel, and Chief Judge Sherman Winfield.
The following on-air personalities served as presenters: Mike Adam from WNEW (NEW 102.7)/New York, Brooke & Jeffrey from KQMV (MOViN 92.5)/Seattle, Cubby & Christine from WLTW (106.7 Lite FM)/New York, Steven Portnoy from CBS News Radio in Washington D.C. and Déjà Vu of WBLS/New York, who presented the Radio Marketer of the Year Award to Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard and Charlotte La Niear, North America Sr. Director for Multicultural Media, P&G.
Also in the house: numerous execs from the creative and advertising community. This year’s event sponsor was iHeartMedia; Hubbard Radio was a dedicated sponsor; Audacy was the livestream sponsor; Beasley Media Group, Cumulus Media | Westwood One, Katz Radio Group, Salem Media Group were participating sponsors; CBS News Radio, Connoisseur Media, Cox Media Group, Forcht Broadcasting, Mr. Master, Neuhoff Media, Nielsen, Oink Ink Radio Creative, Skyview Networks, vCreative, World Wide Wadio and Xperi were general sponsors. To listen to all of this year’s winners, visit radiomercuryawards.com.
