NEW YORK – January 22, 2024 – Call for Entry for the 2024 Radio Mercury Awards, the only awards exclusively celebrating radio creative, is officially open. Entrants will have the chance to be awarded in 19 categories along with the Best of Show award.

For 2024, new and revised categories have been introduced to expand the opportunity to win, including “Spanish-Language Single Broadcast Radio Spot: Agency, Production Company, Advertiser, Radio Station or Group,” and “Use of Emerging Technology in Radio or Audio: Agency, Production Company, Advertiser, Radio Station or Group.” Additional categories include the use of innovation in broadcast radio, branded podcasts, multi-platform campaign with broadcast radio and short (:15) broadcast radio commercials. For a full list of categories, click here.

The Call for Entry deadline is Monday, April 8. Finalists for the show will be announced in early May and winners will be announced at the live Radio Mercury Awards on Thursday, June 6, at SONY Hall in New York City.

In addition, the 2024 Final Round Jury, led by Chief Judge Mitch Bennett, executive creative director, Baldwin&, comprises of agency creative leaders from across the U.S.

For more information regarding entry categories, guidelines, entry fees and deadlines and to learn more about this year’s jury, click here.

About Radio Mercury Awards

The Radio Mercury Awards, the only competition exclusively devoted to radio and audio, was established in 1992 to encourage and reward the development of effective and creative radio commercials. The annual Radio Mercury Awards competition draws entries from advertising agencies, production houses, radio stations and educational institutions across the country. Approximately 21,000 commercials have competed in the Radio Mercury Awards and close to $3.5 million in prizes have been awarded over the past 32 years. The Radio Creative Fund (RCF), a nonprofit corporation funded by the radio industry, governs the Radio Mercury Awards. RAB produces the Radio Mercury Awards.

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