Radio Series Wins Award
Diocesan Press Service. March 5, 1968 [63-5]
ALCOHOLISM: DREAD DISEASE was one of 17 radio programs to receive the Ohio State award for "excellence in educational, informational and public affairs broadcasting "
The series, produced by the Executive Council's Division of Radio-Television, was cited as a "straightforward, unemotional rendering of a critical personal problem" and "a model of cooperation between a major religious denomination, recognized authorities, the broadcasting industry and individual citizens. It is an exceptionally noteworthy illustration that good radio education is not dependent on big budgets nor is it the private concern of any segment of society."
The series was heard nationwide last summer on 343 affiliates of the Mutual Broadcasting System Network, and is being heard again on the same network during March and April. It will also be available free of charge on a station by station basis. It was written and narrated by John V. P. Lassoe, director, Department of Christian Social Relations for the Diocese of New York and produced for the Executive Council by Bill Bertenshaw.
The Ohio State Awards are presented annually by the Institute for Education by Radio-Television of The Ohio State University. The award given the Executive Council's Division of Radio-Television was the only one to a Christian broadcasting group.