ABS-CBN tops the 34th CMMA

MANILA, Philippines - ABS-CBN proves to be the most socially relevant and values-oriented TV network as it received the most number of awards in both radio and TV categories in the recently-concluded 34th Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA).

ABS-CBN bagged a total of nine awards for TV that include Best Drama Series for Budoy; Best Comedy Program for TODA Max; Best News Magazine Program for Patrol ng Pilipino episode Monasteryo; Best Children and Youth Program for Wansapanataym; Best News Program for TV Patrol Weekend;  and Best Station ID for Pinoy Summer Da Best Forever that featured Sarah Geronimo and Gerald Anderson.

Special citations were also given to Dahil sa Pag-ibig in the Best Drama Series category; Failon Ngayon for Best News Magazine Program; and Matanglawin for Best Children’s Program.

The winning team of DZMM

For the radio categories, a total of nine awards were also given to ABS-CBN’s AM radio station DZMM. It won Best Radio News Program for Patrol Balita Alas Dose; Best News Commentary for Failon Ngayon; Best Special Event Coverage for DZMM Teleradyo’s Baha sa Bulacan Coverage; Best News Program for Radyo Patrol; Best Public Service Program for Radyo Negosyo; and Best Business Commentary for Sikap Pinoy, plus special citations for Usapang Kapatid in the Best Counseling Program category; Music and Memories in the Best Entertainment Program (special citation) and Todo Todo Walang Preno in the Best Entertainment Program.

 Meanwhile, ABS-CBN’s drama anthology Maalaala Mo Kaya, hosted by network president Charo Santos-Concio, was recognized in the CMMA Hall of Fame for the Best TV Drama program while DZMM’s radio program Dr. Love was also acknowledged as hall of famer in the Best Radio Counseling Program category.

ABS-CBN also earned recognition in the music category as its music video Piliin Mo ang Pilipinas, performed by Angeline Quinto and Vincent Bueno for travel website Choose Philippines, won as the Best Music Video and Juris Fernandez’s Dahil Sa’Yo under Star Records won as Best Secular Song.

The Kapamilya network’s head for Corporate Communications, Bong Osorio, was recognized in the Best Business Column category for his column Commonness published weekly in The Philippine Star.