Thursday, October 22, at a very raucous ceremony, CMJ announced the winners of the 2009 College Radio Awards. Nominated and voted on by the college/non. comm. radio industries, 2009's winners were furnished with fabulous gifts from Motorola, Bjorn Borg, Insound, the Stone Roses, AC/DC and Gibson—a beautiful Les Paul went to the Music Director Of The Year—and a stunning poster custom-made by El Jefe Designs. For the first time in College Radio Award history, Seattle's KEXP did not take home the prize for Station Of The Year. To see who usurped the crown (and for the entire list of winners), see below. Congratulations to all! Station Awards: Station Of The Year: KSSU (Sacramento) Music Director Of The Year: Susie Kuo (KSSU) Specialty Music Director Of The Year: Brian Joseph (CJLO) Biggest Community Resource: KSSU (Sacramento) Best Use Of Limited Resources: KSSU (Sacramento) Best Group Effort: CJLO (Montreal) Best Online-Only Station: WOXY.com (Austin) Coolest: Omar Husain (CJLO) Best Website: KEXP (Seattle) Most Doing Something No One Else Is Doing: WNYU (New York) Best Student-Run Station: KSSU (Sacramento) Most Supportive Of The Local Scene: CFUV (Victoria) Best Taste In Music: Joni Sadler (CHUO) Industry Awards: Promoter Of The Year: Karen Moran-Thomas (The Syndicate) and Shil K. Patel (Team Clermont) Specialty Promoter Of The Year: Jessica Kizer (Terrorbird) Promo Company Of The Year: Pirate! Best Use Of The Web: Pirate! Holy Shit! Their Records Are Awesome!: The Syndicate Biggest Cojones: Bekah Zietz (Suicide Squeeze) Biggest Ray Of Sunshine: Doug Blake (Pirate!) Most Sincere: Shil K. Patel (Team Clermont) Label Promoter Of The Year: Sasha Morgan (Sub Pop) Best Mentor: Doug Blake (Pirate!) You can see a list of all 2009 nominees here. You can also view winners from 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
