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Erica Soto (second from left) received the 2003 International Communicator Award. With her are (from left) Dan Cox, Station Manager of WCWP and Bureau Manager of the Long Island University Public Radio Network; Barbara Fowles, Chair of the C.W. Post Media Arts Department and Joseph Manfredi, Director of Operations for WCWP radio.

 

C.W. Post Student Erica Soto
Wins International Communicator Award

March 17, 2004 – Erica Soto, a senior in the Media Arts Program at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University and Student Production Director at WCWP Radio 88.1 FM, has been awarded the 2003 International Communicator Award for Radio Station On-Air Promos. Her production of the “Prison Break Liner” was awarded the organization’s highest award, the Crystal Award of Excellence and her production of “Prison Break Radio Promo” won an honorable mention. The productions were used to launch the first new student music format on 88.1 FM in over a decade. The “Prison Break Radio” format has been in place during student FM hours (Monday through Friday, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.) since summer 2003.

Soto, a resident of Manhattan, was presented with the Award of Excellence on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 in the Abrams Communication Center, home of WCWP Radio.

The Communicator Awards is an international awards program founded by communications professionals to recognize excellence in the communications field. The Crystal Award of Excellence is given to those entries whose ability to communicate puts them among the best in the field.

WCWP 88.1 FM and WebRadio WCWP are located in the Benjamin and Elizabeth Abrams Communications Center on the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, New York. Broadcasting 24 hours a day, WCWP 88.1 is partnered with anchor station WLIU 88.3 FM in the Long Island University Public Radio Network.

For more information about WCWP radio, call 516-299-2626 or email wcwp@cwpost.liu.edu.

 

 
 
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