As he was last year, Clear Channel Radio CEO John Hogan this year was named Radio Group Executive of the Year by R&R readers. At the R&R Industry Achievement Awards show on June 25, where Weekend Top 30 host Hollywood Hamilton served as master of ceremonies, Emmis/Los Angeles’ Val Maki won the national award for Market Manager/GM of the Year, markets 1-25, while a station under her purview — KPWR — repeated last year’s wins in the CHR/Rhythmic Station, PD and Air Personality/Show of the Year categories.

Clear Channel took home the other two national Market Manager/GM awards, with Memphis’ Tim Davies winning for markets 26-100 and Anchorage, AK’s Andy Lohman winning for markets 101+. Other national awards went to WLTW/New York; KKMJ/Austin; and WRTS/Erie, PA for Radio Station of the Year in markets 1-25, 26-100 and 101+, respectively; to Howard Stern for Syndicated Air Personality of the Year; and to KIIS/L.A.’s Von Freeman for Marketing/Promotion Director of the Year.

Meanwhile, for the third consecutive year, Infinity’s KROQ/Los Angeles swept the Alternative category; WLTW swept the AC radio awards after having won three of the four last year. On the label side, Interscope/Geffen/A&M and DreamWorks repeated as Label of the Year in the Platinum and Gold categories, respectively, and Interscope/Geffen/A&M’s Brenda Romano was again named Sr. Promo Exec of the Year. Wendy Goodman from RCA Music Group/Dallas was honored as Local Promo Exec of the Year, and Jeff McClusky & Associates repeated as Indie Promo Firm of the Year.

Next week’s issue of R&R will profile all of the winners, but you can check out the complete list now by logging on to radioandrecords.com/Conventions/Con2004/Awards/index.htm.

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