RJ Teena , RJ Vinny & RJ Animesh awarded for their talk shows on vaccination and other child issues’
The celebrated RJ’s of MY FM- RJ Teena , RJ Viny and RJ Animesh won ‘Radio4Child awards’, that took place in Mumbai. ‘Radio4Child awards’ honoured the RJs for their innovative and thought-provoking programming across themes which was ‘Childhood development’ this year. RJ Animesh was honoured with ‘Best spot’ and ‘Best public service announcements’ awards; RJ Teena was honoured with ‘The special mention award- in Child Sexual Abuse Category’ and RJ Viny was honoured with ‘The Best RJ Link in Child Abuse Award’ category.
The third edition of ‘Radio4Child 2019’ included nominations for workshops, conducted in 2018, by UNICEF and Association of Radio Operators (AROI) for over 40 All India Radio (AIR) and private FM radio professionals. This initiative aimed to help them integrate radio jingles/talk shows on critical messages related to vaccination and other child issues.
In the UNICEF’s Radio for Child Awards, RJ Animesh was honoured with two awards ‘Best spot’ and ‘Best public service announcements’ in the category of routine immunisation to the people through radio.
RJ Teena won ‘The special mention award’ in Child Sexual Abuse Category for the show she did on increasing child rape cases in MP and RJ Viny was awarded with ‘the Best RJ Link’ in Child Abuse Award’category . This award has been given to RJ Viny to raise issues such as violence against children.
Expressing his gratitue, Mr. Rahul Namjoshi, Chief Operating Officer said “We are elated on receiveing four awards at ‘Radio4child awards’. These awards are even more special as our RJs have won in the categories where society needs awareness and we are happy to be a part of society development programmes. These kinds of awards are a motivation for us and our RJs to keep doing these awareness programs our channels and keep spreading awareness on the same” .