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Thursday, November 18, 2021

And Your 2021 Radio Mercury Award Winners Are...


Winners for the 30th anniversary Radio Mercury Awards were announced virtually this evening at the 2021 event. 

This year’s winners captured the creativity taking place during the last year and a half and reflect these unprecedented times. During tonight’s awards, Alejandro Ortiz, executive creative director, Campbell Ewald Detroit/NY, was announced as the chief judge for the 2022 Radio Mercury Awards. 

Additionally, it was announced that the Creative Use of Nonbroadcast Audio category ended in a tie, resulting in two winners.

"This year, it took us two days to fully deliberate, as this year's winners really impressed the jury with their overall approach to messaging and storytelling," said Robin Fitzgerald, chief judge and chief creative officer, BBDO Atlanta. "The winning work shone through, made us laugh, feel inspired and even made us a little hungry for soup dumplings."

"The 30th anniversary awards presentation once again reflected the power of radio creative and its ability to grow brands and deliver for advertisers," noted Erica Farber, president and chief executive officer, Radio Advertising Bureau, and chair of the Radio Creative Fund. "The Radio Mercury Awards continue to advance the medium forward by showcasing innovative, creative and effective radio and audio commercial work.”

The virtual presentation, produced by the Radio Advertising Bureau and hosted by Fitzgerald and Chris Smith, principal and chief creative officer, Plot Twist Creativity, featured this year’s final round jury, who served as presenters for the awards alongside previous Radio Mercury Awards best-of-show winners. The full list of presenters included: John Berman, executive creative director, R/GA; Mitch Bennett, executive creative director, Baldwin&; Nathalie Brown, executive creative director, VMLY&R; Bianca Guimaraes, partner and executive creative director, Mischief NY; Mark Gross, co-founder and chief creative officer, Highdive; Paul Johnson, freelance copywriter and creative director, New York; Derrick Ogilvie, vice president/creative director, BBDO Atlanta; Alejandro Ortiz, executive creative director, Campbell Ewald Detroit/NY and Sherman Winfield, executive creative director, VMLY&R Atlanta.

Finalists and attendees from across the country celebrated this year's winners virtually.

Event sponsors for this year’s awards event include: Audacy, iHeartMedia, Nielsen, Pomann Sound, Sound and Fury and World Wide Wadio. Dedicated sponsors are Cherry Creek Media, Oink Ink Radio, Triton Digital and Xperi, along with general sponsors CBS News Radio, Forcht Broadcasting, Miller Kaplan and Neuhoff Communications.

Below is the list of winning spots. To listen to all the work awarded at tonight’s event, click here. For an on-demand viewing of the event, click here.


The Winners Are:

Creative Radio Campaign: Agency/Production Company/Advertiser/Radio Station or Group

  • Barbershop Quartet Progressive Insurance Arnold Worldwide
  • Motel 6 2020 Radio Campaign Motel 6 The Richards Group

Creative Radio Spot for a Cause: Agency/Production Company/Advertiser

  • How to Play Soccer The Aspen Institute’s Project Play  Arnold Worldwide

Creative Radio Spot: Agency/Production Company/Advertiser

  • Snickers "Commercial Free" Mars Chocolate North America BBDO NY
  • Car Dealership Postmates Mother LA

Creative Radio Spot: Insightful Voice

Meemaw Motel 6 Barkley

Creative Radio Spot: Radio Station or Group

  • Disco Colonoscopy Kansas Medical Clinic Alpha Media
  • BALLWASH.COM VALENTINE’S DAY 2020  Ballsy CUMULUS MEDIA Atlanta

Creative Spot for a Cause: Radio Station or Group

  • Black Voices of Humboldt County #2 In-House PSA Lost Coast Communications, Inc.

Creative Use of Nonbroadcast Audio

  • Bedtime Stories Walmart FCB Chicago
  • Radio Recliner Bridge Senior Living Luckie

Creative Use of Songs/Music (Original or Repurposed)

  • Chinchilla Absolute Roofing The Studio at iHeartMedia

Integrated Brand Campaign with Radio/Audio

  • When All You Can Food Is Think About Postmates Mother LA

Purpose-Driven Spot or Campaign: Agency/Production Company/Advertiser/Radio Station or Group

  • Bingo Recovery Northstar Problem Gambling Alliance Preston Spire

Radio Station or Group Promotional Spot or Campaign

  • Black Excellence In-House Campaign iHeartMedia

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