Two DZUP 1602 service-oriented radio programs won in the 18th UP ComBroadSoc Gandingan Awards (Gandingan Awards) held on May 4 at the Charles Fuller Baker Memorial Hall in UP Los Baños (UPLB).
Serbisyong Tatak UP (STU) by the National Service Training Program Diliman and the UP Reserve Officers’ Training Corps won Most Development-Oriented AM Program under the General Awards (Radio) category.
Go Teacher Go! (GTG) by the UP Diliman (UPD) National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development won Most Development-Oriented Educational Program and Most Development-Oriented Science and Technology Program under the Core Awards (Programs) category.
STU airs twice a week, while GTG airs twice a month, on DZUP 1602, UPD’s official radio station operated by the UPD College of Mass Communication.
The Gandingan Awards is organized by the UP Community Broadcasters’ Society Inc., a media-oriented student organization based at the UPLB College of Development Communication.
The theme for this year is Agrikultura: Mga Kuwento ng Hamon at Pag-asa, which according to the Agriculture takes center stage in 18th UP ComBroadSoc Gandingan Awards article on the UPLB website, “is the guiding principle in choosing the winners for this year’s awards.”
“The winners should best capture, through stories, the pressing problems faced by farmers, fisherfolk, and other concerned groups and how these affect the overall agricultural landscape in the country,” stated in the article.