Toni Clapés' 'RAC1 Version' wins Ondas Award

BarcelonaThe veteran RAC1 version, presented by Toni Clapés, has been recognized with the Ondas Award for best radio program. The jury, which announced the verdict on Tuesday, highlighted that it is one of the leading radio programs in Catalonia and that it has been "for twenty uninterrupted years changing the traditional codes of radio." Another of the Catalan award winners is Gemma Nierga, who will receive the award for best local program for the Ideas Cafe from Radio 4. For the jury, the journalist has turned her political interviews into "a news reference." The Ondas Awards are awarded annually by Radio Barcelona.

"Thanks to this season's team and to the teams that have been part of the 29 seasons of this program," said Clapés after the award was announced. The director of RAC1 version He acknowledged that he was moved that Iñaki Gabilondo was the one who read the jury's verdict, considering the journalist one of the greatest figures in the profession. In 2014, Clapés received an Ondas Award for outstanding professional career.

The Ondas Awards, which will be presented on November 26 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, They have also recognized Mònica Terribas' docuseries on Opus Dei, The heroic minute, available on HBO MaxIn the fiction section, the award for best drama series went to ex aequo for Puberty (HBO Max and 3Cat), Leticia Dolera's fiction about sexual abuse within a casteller group, and Fly (Movistar Plus+), centered on a woman who accuses her husband of sexual violence. Of the former, the jury praised "the skill in approaching a story that brings light and fresh perspectives to an issue as dark and fraught as adolescent sexual harassment." In the case of the latter, they highlighted "the emotional depth." The award for best comedy series went to Sky blue, from Movistar Plus +.

Also in the field of television, the Ondas award for the best entertainment program has been given to Page two, the literature program on RTVE's La 2 channel. The format is produced in Catalonia. Regarding individual recognition, Gran Wyoming received the award for best communicator. The award for best communicator went to Alejandra Herranz, presenter of the program. Newscast 1.