Beverly Hills Stays Open For Gracie Awards
• The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) proudly presented the 47th Annual Gracie Awards on Tuesday evening, May 24 at the swanky Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.
The AWMF board turned out in full force, decked out in their A-List Hollywood finery and was captured on the red carpet — (l-r): Tim Clarke, SVP, Digital Audio Content, Audacy; Monica Bloom, VP of Marketing, First Look Media; Becky Brooks, President, AWM Foundation; Heather Cohen, EVP, The Weiss Agency & Chair, AWM Foundation; Christine Travaglini, President, Katz Radio Group; Marsha Cooke, VP & EP, ESPN Films and 30 for 30; Brenda Hetrick, President, Matrix Solutions; Annie Howell, Chief Communications Officer, Crown Media Group & Gracies Co-Chair; Katina Arnold, VP of Communications, ESPN; Deborah Parenti, Publisher, Radio Ink/RBR/TVBR; Mike McVay, President, McVay Media. [Photo by Araya Doheny / Getty Images for The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation]
• Some notable Gracie radio winners included Medha Gandhi, co-host of the Premiere-syndicated Elvis Duran & The Morning Show, who was honored as “Co-host, Radio Nationally Syndicated,” and commented, “I was often told by the higher ups in this industry that I was too different, too much of a tomboy, too nerdy, too outspoken, and not QUITE blonde enough to advance in this business. But, thanks to a few guardian angels who had some faith in me, here we are.”
• Ellen K, host of The Ellen K Morning Show on iHeartMedia AC KOST 103/Los Angeles was the recipient of the Gracie Award for “Weekend Host/Personality Entertainment,” and noted, “We all benefit from standing on the shoulders of the successful women who have been honored before us on this Gracie stage.”
• Patty Steele, co-host of Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele on Audacy Classic Hits WCBS-FM/New York, was honored with the Gracie Award for “National Podcast — Lifestyle Limited Series” for The Deep 6, which she co-hosts with Steve Cochran;
• Dana Cortez, host of Skyview Networks’ The Dana Cortez Show, accepted the 2022 Gracie Award for “Host/Personality, Radio-Nationally Syndicated Commercial.” [Gandhi, Ellen K & Cortez photos: Araya Doheny / Getty Images for The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation]
