The 9th Annual Diego Awards

 

It's the end of another academic year, and that means: THE DIEGO AWARDS!
Named after a volunteer who has sadly left us (we miss you, Diego Ferro!), the CJLO Diegos is an annual awards ceremony that was created to celebrate a year of hard work and quality programming that our amazing volunteers put into CJLO 1690AM day after day.

It's a celebration of their dedication and tireless effort into making CJLO 1690AM a quality radio station, and a celebration of independent media and community radio at large.

Aaaaaaand the nominees are:

The Welcome to the Jungle Award for Best New Show:
The Link (Thursdays 11am-12)
Exit Hour (Sundays 9pm-10pm)
The Noisy Loft (Sundays 8pm-9pm)
Anatomy of Caribbean Music (Saturdays 8pm-9pm)

The CBC Award for On Air Professionalism:
Humsafar (Mondays 4pm-6pm)
The Reaktor (Fridays 2-4pm)
Radio Fun (Wednesdays 9-10pm)
Beats From The East (Tuesdays 9-11pm)

The Ol' Gil Award (Most Underrated Show):
Brave New Jams (Saturdays 10pm-12am)
Going Down Under (Sundays 11pm-12am)
The New Noise (Mondays 10pm-12am)
The Wake Up Call (Thursdays 7-8am)

The MAPL Award for Canadian Content (Canadian Only Shows & Talk Excluded):
With Gay Abandon (Mondays 1-2pm)
The Commonwealth Conundrum (Wednesdays 4-6pm)
Fear Of Music (Tuesdays 4-5pm)
Pits and Poisoned Apples (Thursdays 12am-1am)

CJLOL Award (Funniest Show):
Funk Shui (Sundays 2-3pm)
Rex's Barn Sessions (Tuesdays 2-4pm)
Greedy Graffiti (Thursdays 1-3pm)

Most Improvement:
Greedy Graffiti (Thursdays 1-3pm)
Commonwealth Conundrum (Wednesdays 4-6pm)
Revolution 33 and 1/3 (Mondays 2-3pm)
Currently Concordia (Fridays 11am-12pm)

The Radio 3 Award (New Music Supporter):
Grade A Explosives (Sundays 4-6pm)
Commonwealth Conundrum (Wednesdays 4-6pm)
Phantastiq Cypha (Tuesdays 6-8pm)
Purple Carrot (Tuesdays 12pm-1pm)

The Phil Donahue Award (Best Talk Show):
Funk Shui (Sundays 2-3pm)
Currently Concordia (Fridays 11-12pm)
The Game Misconduct (Sundays 12-2pm)
The Onomatopoeia Show (Sundays 3-4pm)

The Yank Crime Award (Best Rock Show):
Radio Fun (Wednesdays 9-10pm)
Dirty Work (Thursdays 4-6pm)
The Feel Good Hit Of The Summer (Wednesdays 3-4pm)
The New Noise (Mondays 10pm-12am)

The Niche Award (Best Specialty Show):
With Gay Abandon (Mondays 1-2pm)
The F-Hole (Mondays 12-1pm)
Station To Station (Wednesdays 1-2pm)
Gospel Unlimited (Sundays 10am-12pm)

The Bad News Brown Award (Best Hip Hop Show):
Beats From the East (Tuesdays 9-11pm)
Stroll Around The Groove (Thursdays 11pm-12am)
The Limelight (Saturdays 6-8pm)
Midnight Love Affair (Sundays 10-11pm)

The Pete Tong Award (Best RPM Show):
Death Metal Disco Show (Tuesdays 5-6pm)
Glitch, Please! (Thursdays 8-10pm)
Autobeat (Thursdays 10-11pm)
The Midnight Caper (Tuesdays 11pm-12am)

The Smelt Your Face Award (Best Metal Show):
Burnt Offerings (Sundays 6-8pm)
The Noisy Loft (Sundays 8-9pm)
BVST (Wednesdays 7-9pm)

The Lucky Dube Award (Best World Show):
The Live Wire Show (Saturdays 9-10am)
Caribbean Callaloo (Saturdays 2-4pm)
More Fyah (Saturdays 4-6pm)
Humsafar (Mondays 4-6pm)

The Wayne and Schuster Award for Best Team (who host a show):
Marina Nguyen and Patricia Petit-Liang (Funk Shui) (Sundays 2-3pm)
Cecil de Ioia and Emile Dube-Hutchinson (Burnt Offerings) (Sundays 6-8pm)
Julien Bourgeois and Mourad Bennacer (Stroll Around The Groove) Thursdays (11pm-12am)
Dan Kellman & Quinten Gonzales (More Fyah) (Saturdays 4-6pm)

The Fox News Award for Excellence in Journalism:
Saturn de los Angeles
Catlin Spencer

The Pitchfork Award For Excellence in Music Journalism:
Abby Schacter
Fredy Iuni
Andrea Boulet
Annick MF

The Mix It Up Award for Excellence in Production:
Marco Lucci

The Bored and Wanting to Get Out of the House Award (for excellence in volunteer commitment):
Floriane Bonneville
Remi Caron
Maryana Voronoska
Stephanie Cram

Keener Award for Most Helpful DJ:
Carlo Spiridigliozzi (The Wake Up Call)
Denis Arsenault (Dirty Work)
Tim Foster (Going Down Under and Charts & Crafts)
Angelica Calcagnile (BVST)

The Show Me The Money Award For Fundraising:
Caribbean Callaloo

Ryan B. Arditi Lifetime Acheivement Award:
Nassim Tabri (ex-Beautiful Music For Ugly Children host)

Rob Fleming Award for Best Mix Tape:
Mix #1: Paul Brown (Go-Go Radio Magic Show, and last year's winner)
Mix #2: Tim Forster (Going Down Under)
Mix #3: Eric the Tutor (The Limelight)
Mix #4: Mason Windels (Midnight Love Affair)
Mix #5: Amrew Weekes (The Limelight)