The Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prizes 2020 has announced its finalists.

The ABU Prizes aims to promote the excellence in radio and TV production in order to raise educational and cultural standards and to strengthen international understanding among the people of the ABU member countries and regions.

The categories for radio include Drama, Documentary, News Reporting, Community Service Announcement (CSA), Docudrama, On-Air personality and Radio ABU Perspective Award.

ABU Perspective Award will be awarded to a programme that best delivers the message of ABU perspective on the theme of global issue chosen by ABU members and illustrated through their local issue in any form.

Theme for 2020 is “Respect” – understanding the difference of others which includes recognizing and embracing yourself and others.

For the first time ever, the ABU Prizes Award Presentation Ceremony will be held virtually this year on Thursday, December 10 at 2 p.m. MYT/SIN (GMT+8). 

Here’s the list of radio finalists.

DRAMA

• China National Radio “New Year’s Day at Home Door”
• Radio Republik Indonesia “Tears in Wuhan”
• Japan Broadcasting Corporation “The Days of Depression – A Shogi Master’s Invisible Opponent”
• Radio Romania “PEOPLE’S HOUSE”

DOCUDRAMA

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation “Punk in a pandemic”
• China Radio International “My Stolen Life”
• National Radio and Television Administration – China “Sound Scenery – ‘Warming Fields’”
• Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting “From Birth to Birth”
   

DOCUMENTARY

• China Radio International “My 50 days in Wuhan”
• Japan Broadcasting Corporation “Abused Girls: Life After Abuse”
• TBS Holdings, Inc. – Japan “SCRATCH – Discrimination and the Heisei Era”
• British Broadcasting Corporation “Facing the bombers – two part radio documentary”

NEWS REPORTING

• China National Radio “First in the World: China’s Coronavirus Vaccine Enters Phase 2 Clinical Trial”
• Radio Television Hong Kong “Battle Hymn of Angels in White and HongKongers-A Legend of Self-Rescue Power”
• Radio Republik Indonesia “The Fate of Poe Meurah”
• Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting “Scream of Butterflies”

COMMUNITY SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

• National Radio and Television Administration – China “Together, Out of Darkness”
• All India Radio “The Zero Day Queue”
• National Broadcasting Services of Thailand “Drunk No Drive”
• The Voice of Vietnam “Stay united, together we win”

ON-AIR PRESONALITY

• China Radio International “2020 HitFM Music Awards”
• All India Radio “The Man in the Picture”
• British Broadcasting Corporation “Being a Muslim Woman in India”
• The Voice of Vietnam “Whose life are you living?”

RADIO ABU PERSPECTIVE AWARDS

• China National Radio “My 92 days in Wuhan”
• China Radio International “From Dust to Wealth”
• The Voice of Vietnam “Happiness of ‘A great tiny man’”
• British Broadcasting Corporation “India lockdown: Plight of the migrant labourers”

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