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July, 2013

Left to right: Station Manager Don Verity (Highland); Series Producer Betty Renner (District 7210 e-Club); Co-Host Sarah O'Connell (Millbrook); not in photo: Audio Producer Jay Verzi (Honorary Rotarian); Co-Host Jonah Triebwasser (Red Hook).

Left to right: Station Manager Don Verity (Highland); Series Producer Betty Renner (District 7210 e-Club); Co-Host Sarah O’Connell (Millbrook); not in photo: Audio Producer Jay Verzi (Honorary Rotarian); Co-Host Jonah Triebwasser (Red Hook).

RadioRotary Wins New York State Award Two Years in a Row

The New York State Broadcasters Association, which includes both radio and television, presented its prestigious Award of Excellence in Broadcasting in the category of Public Affairs Program/Series to RadioRotary, District 7210’s public image initiative, for the second year in a row. To prevent bias in the competition, the NYS winners are selected by a Broadcasting Association from another state, this year by Missouri. The decision is based on all elements of production including content (Betty Renner, Series Producer), technical excellence (Jay Verzi, Audio Producer), and the skills of the co-hosts, Sarah O’Connell and Jonah Triebwasser. Featured award recipients included Broadcaster of the Year, Seth Meyers from Saturday Night Live (who presented Sarah O’Connell with the RR award), and New Yorker of the Year, U.S. Representative Peter King. The award ceremony was held at the Sagamore Resort on Lake George on June 24.

 

July, 2012


RadioRotary: Honored with a Service Project Spotlight
by the 2012 Zone 24/32 Rotary Institute

RadioRotary was one of seven projects selected as a 2012 Service Project Spotlight by the Zone 24/32 Rotary Institute. The Program Chair called it “an outstanding project.” Along with this honor comes a request to make a presentation at one of the plenary sessions during this year’s conference to be held in Vancouver on October 18-21, 2012.

Each year, Zone Institutes provide Rotarians with an informative opportunity to network. Their theme for 2012, Proud Leaders Celebrate Service, reflects the service of Rotarians around the globe, with a focus on their leadership locally and internationally in all 5 Avenues of Rotary Service. The Institutes invite past, current, and incoming Rotary International officers, along with senior Rotary leaders, to gather and discuss plans for the next Rotary year, maximizing time for networking. Delegates are updated about current trends of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation.

Worldwide, Rotary is organized into 34 zones, 561 districts, and 34,098 clubs that include
1,227,366 members. Rotary Zones are often paired for efficiency, and one such pair is Rotary Zones 24 and 32, which together consist of 1,947 Rotary clubs in 37 districts, covering New England, New Jersey, portions of New York and Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Canada, Eastern Russia, Alaska, and the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon and Bermuda.

 

June, 2012

Radio Rotary Wins Broadcasters’ Award

The New York State Broadcasters Association has given its prestigious Award of Excellence in Public Service Broadcasting to Radio Rotary, the weekly program sponsored by Rotary District 7210. The Award was presented at the Broadcasters Association recent dinner at the Sagamore Hotel in Lake George.

The Excellence in in Public Service Broadcasting encourages professional performance and recognizes outstanding achievement among radio and television stations in our state, and the awards are conferred by the New York State Broadcasters Association, and recognize outstanding achievement among NYSBA member radio and television stations.

Every week Radio Rotary interviews people applying Rotary’s motto of “service above self.”

Shown in the photo, from left to right are: Highland Rotarian Don Verity of Pamal Broadcasting, Series Producer and e-club Rotarian Betty Renner, Series Co-Host and Red Hook Rotarian Jonah Triebwasser, and Series Co-Host and Millbrook Rotarian Sarah O’Connell.

Radio Rotary is broadcast Fridays at 9:00 am on WGHQ 920AM, WBNR 1260AM, and WLNA 1420AM.

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L-R: Ann Reilly, President of the Hyde Park Rotary and Radio Rotary Producer and Rotary e-Club 7210 Rotarian Betty Renner.

L-R: Ann Reilly, President of the Hyde Park Rotary & Radio Rotary Producer and Rotary e-Club 7210 Rotarian Betty Renner.

 

June, 2012

Hyde Park Rotary Sponsors Show 

The Hyde Park Rotary Club has sponsored Radio Rotary for another year. Every week Radio Rotary interviews people applying Rotary’s motto of “service above self.”

Radio Rotary is broadcast Fridays at 9:00 am on WGHQ 920AM, WBNR 1260AM, and WLNA 1420AM.