Two spot competitions soon?

Radio The "Golden Ear" radio spot awards will take place this year on November 4 at the Mascotte club in Zurich. Creative people can send in their spots until October 19, and Frank Bienenfeld, initiator of the event launched in 1998, wants to completely reorganize this year's award: "More celebration instead of a Cüpli event" is the motto, "more jeans instead of creases". Bienenfeld is also doing without a sponsor this time; he has uninvited the previous main sponsor Radiotele "despite a good offer". "I am very grateful to Radiotele for their support so far. But their contacts meant that many more media people came than creative people. But we're not doing a second Radio Day," says Bienenfeld. His motto is therefore "young, creative, independent". However, the radio industry feels offended and is launching its own spot award. (see p. 19)
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