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Kapuso shows and radio programs win big at Gandingan 2020!

By Dianara Alegre

With the theme “Midya: Kakampi ng Bayan sa Laban para sa Katarungan,” this year's Gandingan Awards have chosen to honor several programs and personalities from GMA Network.

For the past 14 years, UP Community Broadcasters' Society, the organizers of Gandigan Awards, remains to be the only student organization award-giving body that runs one of the country's most credible and highly anticipated university-based awards. It is the only recognition program that highlights the value of development communication and the contribution of both national and local or community-based media workers and organizations in changing the lives of the Filipinos

This year, GMA Network went home with 24 awards and special citations including Most Development Oriented AM and FM station, Best AM Radio Program host, Most Development Oriented News Story and TV Plug, Most Development Oriented Musical Segment/Program, Most Gender Transformative Program, and Best News Anchors.

Below is the complete list of winners:

RADIO
Most Development Oriented AM Station - Super Radyo DZBB 594
Most Development Oriented FM Station (Special Citation) - Barangay LS 97.1 Forever!
Most Development Oriented FM Program - Barangay Love Stories (Barangay LS 97.1 Forever!)
Most Development Oriented Radio Plug: Eleksyon 2019 Infomercial (DZBB)Best FM Radio Program Host (Special Citation) - Renzmark Jairuz L. Ricafrente "Papa Dudut" (Barangay LS 97.1)
Best AM Radio Program Host - Mike Enriquez (Saksi sa Dobol B)

REGIONAL TV
Most Development Oriented News Story - March 18, 2019 "Rehabilitation of Naboc river in Compostela Valley Province Polluted by Mining Waste (One Mindanao)
Most Development Oriented TV Plug - Kapuso Campus Tour: The Regional Masterclass Series

ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Most Development Oriented Musical Segment/Program (Special Citation) - Studio 7 (1st Studio 7 Musikalye)

GMA NEWS ONLINE
Most Development Oriented Online News - Pasyentiis
Most Development Oriented Online Feature Article - A Very Long Summer
Most Development Oriented Photograph/Photo Story (Special Citation) - Ang Islang Walang Lupa
Most Development Oriented Online Video (Special Citation) - Kinaya ni Mama

NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
GMA Channel 7
Most Development Oriented Documentary - The Atom Araullo Specials (Sa Magkabilang Dulo Episode)
Most Development Oriented Investigative Program - Reporter's Notebook (Batas ng Karagatan Pagbabalik sa Scarborough)
Most Development Oriented Drama Program - Imbestigador (Gomez-Sarmenta Rape Slay Case Episode)
Most Development Oriented Talk/Discussion Program - Debate 2019: The GMA Senatorial Face-off
Best Field Reporter - Jam Sisante-Cayco (24 Oras)
Gandingan ng Agham at Teknolohiya - Nathaniel "Mang Tani" Cruz (24 Oras, Unang Hirit & IM Ready)
Best News Anchors - Pia Arcangel & Arnold Clavio (SAKSI)

GMA NEWS TV Channel 27
Most Development Oriented Educational Program - State of the Nation with Jessica Soho (SONA's Voter Education Special)
Most Gender Transformative Program - Investigative Documentaries (Pride Episode)
Most Development Oriented Science and Technology Program - Siyensikat - Pinoy Popular Science para sa Lahat
Gandingan ng Edukasyon - Winnie Monsod (Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie)

Congratulations, Kapuso!