John Martin, Senior Director and Executive Producer of ESPN Radio Event Production sad, We're thrilled and gratified to win the Eclipse Award. It's a tremendous honor for ESPN radio and everyone who worked on the broadcast. Radio is theatre of the mind. What we try to do with the Derby is place the listener there in the middle of the tremendous excitement and ambient sound of the jockeys, trainers and the fans." He described the victory of 50-1 longshot Mine That Bird as an "exhilarating challenge" for his talent and crew, and credits his reporters and analysts for being on top of one of the greatest upsets in Derby history. "The great thing about live radio is that you can't script the ultimate result. When things happen that you don't expect - that's when you need to be at your most creative."
This category was judged by Stu Kirshenbaum of Oak Street Films; Mike Farrell, racing journalist and former UPI Radio reporter and Mike Brunker of MSNBC.com. Honorable mention in the Audio/Multi-Media Internet category went to the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader for its Heraldleader.com multi-media Web site presentations of "Keeneland Blossoms for Spring Meet," which first appeared on April 3, 2009. The site was produced by Ron Garrison, Director of Multi Media.
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