RX Christmas Party 2010

That is probably the one photo of mine that has the most RX employees in one frame! The RX Christmas party this year is one for the books.  Many feel it’s the best Christmas party EVER.  Ane we feel this for many reasons.  The staff was in full force, the on-air staff and the ones you don’t get to hear on the airwaves.

The Morning Rush

The RoRo Boys

The Awesome Twosome

The Palytime Girls

Even the Remix Fridays Team

It was good because everyone had fun. The production numbers were fun to do and fun to watch. There was a time when it felt more like a burden that it did a fun thing.  But this time around, everyone was stoked to perform and win the prize.

This is our team. We lost, but we had a hoot making fools of ourselves.

Nothing out of the ordinary, just the combination of lots of good food, good company, good vibes, that put together, made the whole evening so memorable.  Here’s a photo bomb of basically the same people, just in differing combinations.

And of course, that part of the night that we will all remember for a long time, too long to describe, but let’s just say it had something to do with a bonus.  These 2 photos might mean nothing to you since I can’t really explain it all, but to us, this was the highlight of the evening:

So, suffice it to say, we liked how the evening played out.  But bonus aside, it was a great way to end the year, with the station grateful for many things: A great year for sales, 6 Golden Dove awards (including Best FM Station), a CMMA Hall of Fame for Back to the 80′s, a successful Monster Scholar, a renovation of the 2 RX offices, among many others.  There were ups and downs, but the ups way outdid the downs.  So we had a lot to celebrate about.  It was great year, capped off with a great year-end party.  Hopefully 2011 will be just as blessed, if not more, as we pray we continue the lucky streak we’ve had the past 2 years.  And of course, all our listeners are part of this, because without you guys, we’re just the clapping in the forest that nobody heard.

 

Back To The 80′s (CMMA Hall Of Fame)

It was a very nice surprise to find out that our show, Back To The 80′s, has been elevated into the Catholic Mass Media Awards Hall Of Fame, for winning the category Best Entertainment Radio Program 3 times (2003, 2004, 2008).  I wasn’t even aware of such an honor!  It was also a nice touch that on the year that we received the Hall Of Fame award, the show was again nominated in the same category.  2 other RX special programs were finalists in their categories, The Rx Concert Series and The Love Clinic.

I was really nervous to receive the award, but at the same time relieved when I found out that there were no speeches this year so all I had to do was to accept the award, pose for pictures, then go back to my seat.

It has been quite a journey for the show, having started it as Back To The 70′s, then stretched it to Back To The Seventies and Beyond (hosted by Bruce Romano during the 3 years we “disappeared”). And eventually Back To The 80′s when I hosted the show once again, upon our return in 2002.  I think it’s just a matter of time before we transmogrify once again into Back To The 90′s anytime soon.

The show progressed at a brisk pace, with only a handful of presentors, handing out the awards my medium (print, radio, television).  With no speeches, the awards were pretty much handed out at a comfortable speed.  Of course Back To The 80′s is a team effort, Raphael Reyes writes the script, I host the program, and Tom Alvarez produces the final product.  So we 3 share this award, and hopefully our listeners continue to enjoy the program, as we try to keep it as fresh as nostalgia gets, and we’re crossing our fingers that the show will still be on air for as long as people enjoy listening to it.

Flash, it’s the 2010′s!  Will Back To The 90′s be nominated for any awards?  Good night.