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The 44th Annual Gabriel Awards
Friday, October 16, 2009
Family Theater Productions * Hollywood, CA

Gabriel Awards
Program Contact: Sue West: 937.458.0265
Production Contact: Ron Schmidt, SJ: 310.801.6992
PR / Artwork Contact: Frank Tobin: 323.661.3720
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44th Annual Gabriel Film & TV Awards to The Tale of Despereaux;
The Express; Pray the Devil Back to Hell; Raising the Bar;
Handy Manny; Marathon Love
Ann Blyth to accept Gabriel Personal Achievement Award
KCRW Radio (Santa Monica) named
Radio Station (Secular) of the Year

Los Angeles, CA (October 13, 2009) The 44th Annual Gabriel Awards, presented locally in Los Angeles to film, television and radio programs and a distinguished individual whose body of work nourished and uplifts the human spirit, have been awarded to three motion pictures, four television programs, a legendary film actress, two national radio programs and a radio station honored as ¡§Radio Station (Secular) of the Year,¡¨ it was announced by Frank Morock, President of the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals. Ron Schmidt, SJ. is producer of the local Los Angeles awards program. The 2009 Gabriels will be presented on Friday, October 16th at an awards luncheon at 12 noon at Family Theater Productions in Hollywood.

The Gabriels honor industry professionals who produce films, television and radio programs, features and spot announcements that serve viewers and listeners through the positive, creative treatment of human concerns. A Gabriel-worthy program affirms the dignity of human beings and recognizes and upholds universally-recognized human values such as community, creativity, tolerance, justice, compassion and the dedication to excellence. The 2009 Gabriel Award television and radio winners include broadcasters from across the United States and Canada ƒ{ recognizing achievements produced for national release as well as for markets ranked 1-25 and 26+.

Each year, the Catholic Academy Board of Directors pays tribute to an individual, whose work and career display outstanding leadership, which epitomizes the Gabriel Award. The 2009 Gabriel Personal Achievement Award recipient is legendary screen actress Ann Blyth. Born in 1928, Ms. Blyth appeared in more than 40 films, starring with actors such as Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, Van Johnson and Mario Lanza.

A trained singer, many of her performances were in musicals. Among movie credits in which she had a starring role were The Student Prince, Kismet, The Buster Keaton Story, and The Helen Morgan Story. Married to the late Dr. James McNulty for 57 years, Ms. Blyth is the mother of five children, two roles she says she embraced more than the roles she played on screen. The Gabriel Personal Achievement Award is sponsored by Family Theater Productions, in honor of its founder the late Father Patrick Peyton, CSC.

Past Gabriel Personal Achievement Award recipients include Tim Russert, Walter Cronkite, Charles Kurault, Ted Koppel, Charles Osgood, Betty White, Mike Farrell, Art Linkletter, Della Reese, Michael Landon and 2009 winner, veteran news broadcaster Bob Schieffer.

The 2009 Gabriel Award film winners are: Drama - The Express, Children¡¦s − The Tale of Despereaux both from Universal Pictures and, Documentary ¡V Pray the Devil Back to Hell, from Fork Films.

The 2009 Gabriel Award television winners are: Documentary / National Release ¡V Marathon Love: The Jamie & Lynn Parks Story from Discovery Health Channel; Children¡¦s / National Release: Handy Manny from Nelvana, Ltd. / Disney Channel; Religious / National Release: DirecTV Hometown Heroes from Linda Ellman Productions, Inc., for DirectTV.

Each year a Station of the Year Award is presented to a radio and television station recognized for their community service. This year, the category was expanded with awards going to both secular and religious stations. This year¡¦s Religious Radio Station of the Year Gabriel goes to KNOM Radio, Nome, Alaska. This is the 17th year KNOM has been honored with the award. The station serves one of the most remote regions of the North American continent, providing information, education, and public service programming to Indian and Eskimo villages. For the 2nd year the Religious Television Station of the Year Gabriel goes to Salt + Light, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Secular Radio Station of the Year goes to KCRW in Santa Monica, CA and Secular Television Station of the Year goes to WCVB-TV in Needham, MA.

Veteran radio broadcaster and Catholic Academy President Frank Morock comments on just how critical it is for a journalist to be recognized for his or her work: ¡§The essence of a Gabriel Award winner is to inform, to inspire and to be inspired and as such, The Gabriel Award falls in a slightly different ...

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