Every August, KCRW in Santa Monica, Californita, hosts the 24-Hour Radio Race: a whirlwind day of high-stakes radio making open to all members of the broadcast community. They receive entries from radio newbies and seasoned professionals alike from all over the world. Entrants can produce solo or join together in teams and will have 24 HOURS to write, record and edit a nonfiction radio story.
Winners will have their pieces broadcast on KCRW’s “UnFictional” documentary program for a licensing fee of $1,000 and will also receive one-year subscriptions to PRX (the Public Radio Exchange) and SoundCloud. Additional prizes will be awarded for special achievements like the “Social Butterfly Award” and the “UnFictional Award.”
This year’s Radio Race will take place on Saturday, August 6, 2016.
KCRW will be announcing more details over the next month via its social media channels, but if you would like to sign up to be notified directly, contact Myke Weiskopf at myke.weiskopf@kcrw.org
For more information on prior Races:
http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/unfictional/the-24-hour-radio-race-2015
http://airmedia.org/how-i-made-it-anna-boiko-weyrauch-radio-race/
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1751945