The Golden Microphone is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of broadcasting in order to promote the continuity of the national broadcasting culture.
The Golden Microphone is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of broadcasting in order to promote the continuity of the national broadcasting culture.
The Golden Microphone is awarded to both radio and television journalists.
The Golden Microphone may be awarded for life’s work as well as a one-time outstanding achievement. The reason for awarding the Golden Microphone must be announced.
The Golden Microphone is awarded only once.
The Golden Microphone is awarded once a year, on the anniversary of the Estonian Public Broadcasting on 18 December.
The recipient of the Golden Microphone is decided by the general assembly of the Association of Estonian Broadcasters based on the proposal of the management board. The management board makes its proposal based on a survey carried out among its members.
The Golden Microphone includes a monetary award, whose amount is determined by the general assembly of the Association of Estonian Broadcasters every year.
Länts has dedicated nearly 30 years to radio. Between 1992 and 1994, she worked as a radio host and news editor at Tartu Raadio. In 1994, she temporarily joined the newsroom of Eesti Raadio and, in the same year, went to work at Kuku Raadio, where she worked as a senior editor until 2021.
For his long-standing and diverse work on radio and television.
For a quarter of a century of radio work performed both in front of and behind the microphone.
For her idiosyncratic mediation of both serious and entertaining topics.
Awarded to the legendary radio personality for his long-standing and diverse work.
For her long-standing and memorable work in news coverage on both radio and television.
For his long-standing and productive work on both television and radio. Diverse in the best sense of the word – he has undertaken investigative journalism, as well as stories on sports and music.
For his life’s work.
For promoting talk radio, including the creation of a sustainable radio programme at Kuku.
For her work in transforming the radio into an intimate medium (especially on midnight programmes).
For his contribution to the preservation of the sounds of nature and the popularisation of the ecological way of thinking in broadcasting.
For carrying out the idea of local radio and to celebrate 40 years of work in broadcasting.
For promoting the culture of music programmes.
Hendrik Relve’s programme Kuula rändajat (Listen to the Wanderer) has been one of the most popular programmes on Vikerraadio for nineteen years. Every Sunday at 14:00, Hendrik Relve takes listeners on radio adventures to various parts of the world – but always to the natural environment, not to city streets.
For his outstanding contribution to the development of regional broadcasting.
For more than 20 years of broadening people’s horizons and developing a personal and engaging talk show format.
For a long and diverse career in television.
For his long-standing and memorable work as a reporter, which has brought people hundreds of sports events in an emotional but professional manner.
For his long-standing work and memorable reports and professional mediation of great emotions on radio and television.
For his contribution to the promotion of broadcasting culture and for the series Eesti aja lood (Tales of Estonian Times).
For her people-oriented coverage of news, as well as to celebrate her 60th birthday and 35th anniversary of radio work.
For skilful and playful TV reports.
For the promotion of musical culture in broadcasting.
For promoting broadcasting culture on television, in particular in the major series Sajandi valgus ja varjud (Light and Shadows of the Century) and as editor-manager of TV3 news programmes.
For the promotion of analytical journalism
For his activities as the keeper of national memory in broadcasting.
