12 Top Media Agencies to Receive
One of Industry's Highest Honors
NEW YORK, NY—February 9, 2005--The
International Radio and Television Society
Foundation is pleased
to announce that its 2005
Gold Medal Dinner will
celebrate the coming of age of the modern communications
media agency. Awards at this black tie gala,
which will take place on Thursday
May 12th at
the Waldorf=Astoria, will be presented to:
Established in 1960, the award is presented
each year for significant career-long contributions
to the integrity, health, and success of the
media and entertainment industry. Former IRTS
Gold Medal recipients include Lucille Ball,
Walter Cronkite, Michael Eisner, Bob Hope,
Mel Karmazin,
Leslie Moonves, Rupert Murdoch, Oprah Winfrey,
and Bob Wright.
For the Gold Medal Dinner reservation form
and journal specifications click
here.
Tables to this fundraiser are priced at $25,000,
$17,500 and $12,500, and individual tickets
are available at $1,250. The 2005 Gold Medal
Dinner is being co-chaired by Jeff Bewkes of
Time Warner, Peter Chernin of News Corp, Tom
Freston and Leslie Moonves of Viacom, Anne Sweeney
of Walt Disney Company, and Bob Wright of NBC
Universal.
The International Radio and Television Society
Foundation is a charitable organization that
offers educational programs and career assistance
to those entering the communications business,
in addition to providing regularly scheduled
forums that are of value throughout one’s
career. IRTS provides outstanding minority graduates
with training and job opportunities, helps professors
keep their teaching timely and relevant, and
even has an expense-paid Summer Fellowship Program
that gives deserving students comprehensive
experience to better prepare them for the needs
of the industry. Since 1939, IRTS has succeeded
in bringing together the wisdom of yesterday’s
founders, the power of today’s leaders
and the promise of tomorrow’s young professionals.
