Award Winners for Six Years in a Row

2018 SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB AWARD WINNERS

The 45th Annual San Diego Press Club Awards was the sixth time It’s Your Money and Your Life! was recognized for its quality radio programming.

The Show Won:

• First Place for Radio/Podcast, Talk, Interview/Call-in Program
  1. Joe Vecchio, Andy Friendly, Network Television Producer, Programmer, and Executive, KFMB 760 AM
• First and Second Place for Radio/Podcast, Specialty Reporting – Series
  1. Joe Vecchio, Cannabis and Hemp Industry Experts, Dallin Young and Dion Markgraaff, KFMB 760 AM
  2. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio, Cannabis Industry Experts, Lincoln Fish, CEO and Dr. Allison Justice of Outco, KFMB 760 AM
• Second Place for Radio/Podcast, Enterprise/Investigative Reporting
2. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio, Exploring the Hemlock Society and End of Life Decisions, KFMB 760 AM

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2017 SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB AWARD WINNERS

The 44th Annual San Diego Press Club Awards was the fifth time It’s Your Money and Your Life! was recognized for its continued commitment to stellar radio programming.

The Show Won:

• Radio/Podcast, Specialty Reporting – Series
  1. Michelle Ciccarelli-Lerach, Joe Vecchio, Safe Harbor: An Expert Panel on Sustainable Seafood, KFMB 760 AM
  3. Joe Vecchio, Michelle Ciccarelli-Lerach, Reducing and Re-Imagining Food Waste – An Expert Panel, KFMB-760AM

The Website Won:

• Second Place for Public Service or Consumer Advocacy Site
• Third Place for General Interest Site

Joe Vecchio’s San Diego Tonight on KFMB Won:

• Radio/Podcast, Talk/Interview/Call-in Program
  1. Joe Vecchio, John Rippo, Peggy Pico, Walter Murray & Harry Ryan, KFMB 760 AM

• Radio/Podcast, Enterprise/Investigative Reporting
  2. Joe Vecchio, John Rippo, Uncovering and Exposing the Stadium site scandal with Fred Pierce, Donna Frye & Kathi Diamant, KFMB 760 AM

• Radio/Podcast, Specialty Reporting – single report
  1. Joe Vecchio, Julie Potiker, Special Report on Arts & Culture: La Jolla Playhouse, UCSD’s ArtPower and Art Unites, KFMB 760 AM

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2016 SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB AWARD WINNERS

The 43rd Annual San Diego Press Club Awards was the fourth time It’s Your Money and Your Life! was recognized for its continued commitment to stellar radio programming.

The Show Won:

• Best Radio Series
  2. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio, Spa and Fitness Legend Deborah Szekely (94 yrs young), KFMB 760 AM
• Best Specialty Report-Single Report
  2. Joe Vecchio, Michelle Lerach, Meaty Issues Panel Sponsored by the Berry Good Food Foundation, KFMB 760 AM
• Radio: Specialty Reporting – Series and Best Specialty Report-Series
  2. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio, Best Selling Author Caitlin Rother, KFMB 760 AM
• Radio: Feature
  3. Courtney Holst, Brent Holst, Emily Krebs, The Famous San Diego Chicken Speaks on the Radio, KFMB 760 AM

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2015 SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB AWARD WINNERS

The 42nd Annual San Diego Press Club Awards was the third time It’s Your Money and Your Life! was recognized for its continued commitment to stellar radio programming.

The Show Won:

• Best Talk/Interview/Call-In Show
  1. Joe Vecchio, 6th Annual A Berry Good Night, KFMB 760 AM

• Best Radio Series
  • 2.
  • Blending Music and Comedy with Dick Smothers
  • Trek Nation with Rod Roddenberry
  • The Wrecking Crew Documentary

• Radio, Specialty Reporting Series
  • 2. A Series on Healthy Living
  • Living Healthy and Strong with Dr. Dave Clayton
  • It’s Time to Move Your Feet Before You Eat November 27th
  • Weight Loss with Biggest Loser Winner Mike Messina

• Radio, Talk/Interview/Call-in Program
  • 2.
  • Dr. Richard Lederer and James Erskine
  • Founder of Hazel’s Army | Aaron Byzak
  • Former Governor Michael Dukakis and Councilman Ed Harris

The Website Won:

• Second Place for General Interest Site
• Third Place for Entertainment Site

In addition, sponsor, Paul Polito of Polito Eppich: CPAs and Business Advisors won one of the Advisor of the Year awards recent ACG!

We would like to congratulate him on his well-earned recognition and to thank all that make It’s Your Money and Your Life! a success.

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2014 SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB AWARD WINNERS

The Show Won:

• Best Radio Series
  1. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio,
     The Sanford Harmony Program: New Strategies in Building Better Relationships Pre-K through 6th Grade, KFMB 760 AM
     Author Joseph Sorge, Architect Heather Johnson and Environmental Engineer David Dickins”,KFMB 760 AM
     Norma Yaeger’s Rise Above the New York Stock Exchange’s Glass Ceiling, KFMB 760 AM

• Specialty Reporting – Series
  1. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio,
     Entrepreneurs Neil Senturia and Barbara Bry, KFMB 760 AM
     Understanding Intellectual Property with the Founder of CONSOR Wes Anson,KFMB 760 AM
     Bruno Bertocci – UBS Senior Portfolio Manager Discusses Sustainable Investing, KFMB 760 AM

• Specialty Reporting – Single Report
  2. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio,
     The 5th Annual Berry Good Night, KFMB 760 AM

• Talk/Interview/Call-in Program
  2. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio,
     San Diego Reader’s Don Bauder and The Espresso’s John Rippo, KFMB 760 AM
     Reagan Budget Director, David Stockman on the Corruption of Capitalism in America,KFMB 760 AM
     Billie Jean King and James Erskine | Battle of the Sexes Film, KFMB 760 AM

The Website Won:

• Second Place for Websites – Blog – Topic Based

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2013 SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB AWARD WINNERS

The Show Won:

• Best Radio Series
  1. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio,
     4th Annual Berry Good Night Dinner: Tommy Gomes, Jack Ford, Andrew Spurgin, Lucila Alejandro, and Sam Zien on Sustainability, KFMB 760 AM
     George Takei and the Producers of the Play, “Allegiance: A New American Musical”, KFMB 760 AM
     Qualcomm’s Founding Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs, KFMB 760 AM

• Specialty Reporting – Series
  1. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio,
     Senior Portfolio Manager at UBS, Colleen Brophy, KFMB 760 AM
     Wealth Investment Strategies with Stephen R. Freedman, Ph.D., CFA, KFMB 760 AM
     Thomas McLoughlin of UBS Discusses Government Debt and Bonds, KFMB 760 AM

• Specialty Reporting – single report
  1. Joe Vecchio, Richard Muscio,
     6th Annual A Berry Good Night, KFMB 760 AM

The evening featured restaurants, wineries and breweries from San Diego’s best restaurants and served as the San Diego Press Club’s annual meeting. Our winning submission was a show that was done onsite at the “Berry Good Night Dinner” event hosted by William and Michelle Lerach. It brought together the top minds in local and sustainable foods.

Click here to listen to a podcast of the award winning radio show.

Congratulations on a Winning Night!