Radio & Records News/Talk/Sports Awards

The envelope please: The poor presenter with paper cuts from opening envelopes - Mike Stern - must have heard me yell "knife" as security hauled me away from my lunch companions. The awards were given out today at R&R's Talk Radio Seminar in Washington, DC.

• News/Talk/Sports Industry Exec of the year: Kraig Kitchin, formerly Premiere Radio Networks, now with "Sound Mind"
• NTS Radio exec: Gabe Hobbs, Clear Channel
• News Radio Executive: Harvey Nagler, CBS Radio News VP (photo)
• NTS program director: Robin Bertolucci, KFI LA
• NTS syndicated personality: Rush Limbaugh, Premiere
• NTS general manager: Greg Ashlock, Clear Channel LA
• NTS local personality: Bill Handel, KFI
• NTS station of the year, markets 1-25: KFI
• NTS station of the year markets 26+: Tie - KSL Salt Lake City/WLW Cincinnati

Only one winner - Harvey Nagler - was present to accept his honor in person. I'll get into it tomorrow. By my count only 11 live bodies of the 54 nominated showed up.

Related: 70th anniversary of CBS Radio News "World News Roundup." David Hinckley NYDN (quotes Harvey Nagler)