Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. – Albert Einstein

 


   

About Us:
Awards and Honors

 
 

Murray Street Production


National Medal of the Arts, 2000
   - Shared among producers of NPR Cultural Programs
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  - Series created by Steve Rathe for NPR
    Folk Festival USA
    HEAT
    Jazz Alive
    RadioVisions
    American Music Sampler

- Specials (Partial List)
  Festival of American Folklife
  Bread and Roses Festival
  Jazz New Years Eve Live
  Max Neuhaus' Radio Net
  Paul Winter Solstice Broadcasts
  Memphis Blues Festival
  White House Jazz Festival

George Foster Peabody Award
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center with Ed Bradley (1997)
   - HEAT with John Hockenberry (1990)
   - Jazz Alive! - NPR (1980)

 


Gabriel Award
   - Passover Dreams (2006)

Grammy ® Nominations - National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
   - New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 10th Anniversary (1978) (album)
   - New Lost City Ramblers 20th Anniversary Live (1981) (album)
   - Sweet Honey in The Rock Live at Carnegie Hall (1983) (track “Emergency”)

 

 

International Radio Festival Awards
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center (1998)
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center (1996) - NY Festivals World Medal
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center (1991)
   - Future Forward (1986)



National Federation of Community Broadcasters
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center – Silver Reel (2000)
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center – Special Merit, Sidney Bechet Centennial (1999)
   - Paul Winter Solstice - Silver Reel (2001)

 

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Gold Award
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center with Ed Bradley (1995)
   - Heat of the Night – Murray Street w/ WGBH & KQED (1988)
   - One People, Many Voices – Jewish Music in America (1987)




Communicator Awards
   - The Paul Winter Solstice Celebration (1999)
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center - “Fascinatin’ Rhythm” (1999)
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center - “The World of Shirley Horn” (1999)
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center - “Sidney Bechet Centennial” (1999)
   - This Week in Jazz with Stanley Crouch – NPR Jazz Riffs (2002)

 

Ohio State Award - Ohio State University Broadcasting Commission
   - Future Forward (1987)
   - One People, Many Voices – Jewish Music in America (1986)





TEC Award – Mix Magazine Technical Achievement
   - Hotter Than That – the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra et al
     Live broadcast for NPR, July 4, 2001

 

 

Cerrache Crystal Award – Distinguished Service – Steve Rathe
   - Park School of Communications, Ithaca, NY (1990)

 

 

 

The Paley Center for Media – New York
(Formerly the Museum of Television and Radio)
   - HEAT with John Hockenberry
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center with Ed Bradley (Eight seasons)
   - One People Many Voices with Theodore Bikel
   - Future Forward (Two seasons)
   - Paul Winter Solstice Celebration
   - Turning the Page – American Novelists in the ‘90’s
   - Honky Tonks, Hymns and the Blues
   - Independent Minds: Peter Sellers

 

New York Public Library, Performing Arts Division
   - HEAT with John Hockenberry
   - Jazz From Lincoln Center with Ed Bradley (Eight seasons)
   - Honky Tonks, Hymns and the Blues

 

Award Winning Distributed Programs

The DNA Files
   - DuPont-Columbia Award (2001)
   - Peabody Award (2001)
   - Robert Wood Johnson Award (2001)

 

Pulse of the Planet
   - National Federation of Community Broadcasters (1999)
   - American Institute of Biological Sciences (1998)
   - Gabriel Award (1991)
   - International Radio Grand Award (1990)

 

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