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MWOTRC Awards
The Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club was created in 1984. Monthly meetings and/or luncheons have been held ever since then, usually in Northern Virginia. The purpose of our hobby group has always been to collect, preserve, promote, and share/exchange ideas and materials from the Golden Age of Broadcasting. Over the years, we have created the following awards for service to the club and to old time radio.
The Stan Cawelti Memorial Award
Cawelti Plaque
Jefferson Cup
Each year, the MWOTRC awards the Stan Cawelti Memorial Award, named in honor of Stan Cawelti. Stan was an early member of the club, and was very active. According to a Radio Recall article from 2004:
"He attended almost every meeting, helped in our presentations to the elderly homes and clubs, served as our newsletter editor, and had just been elected vice president."
Each winner of the Cawelti Award has their name added to the Cawelti plaque and receives a "Jefferson" cup with their name engraved on it.
A complete list of the winners is below.
Year Awardee:
1990 Marsha Bush
1991 Jack French
1992 Bill Jacobson
1993 Rob Farr
1994 Mark Bush
1995 Nick Williams
1996 Lennell Herbert-Marshall and Ron Barnett
1997 Mark Anderson
1998 Mark Paulette
1999 Michael Henry
2000 Sedge Moss
2001 Chuck Langdon
2002 Ed Walker
2003 Rebecca Jones
2004 Edgar Farr Russell III
2005 Maury Cagle
2006 Fred Berney
2007 Bob Bybee and Alice Daniels
2008 Cathy Makara
2009 Ken Neal
2010 Jeff Whipple and Mary Whipple
2011 Michael Hayde
2012 Joanie Langdon
2013 John Abbott
2014 Sally Stephens
2015 Dennis Roma and Sandra Pitts Malone
2016 Laurence Kandrach
2017 Burt Rude
2018 Dennis Stephens
2019 Wendy Wilmer
2020 No Award
2021 Martin Grams
2022 Frank Morgan and John Reiser
2023 Bob Cockrum
2024 Karl Schadow
The Jack French Award
Jack French was a long-time member of the MWOTRC. He was a former MWOTRC president, actor, author, and presenter. Jack was the editor of Radio Recall for over 25 years.
After Jack passed away on April 18,2023, the club decided to create the Jack French award. Nominees may consist of club members or non-club members who have displayed scholarship, enthusiasm and advocacy for the benefit of the OTR community over a sustained period of time within two or more of the following categories: presentations; publishing; broadcasting; writing; performing and/or directing recreations or original radioplays; creating and/or producing related events.
During our Summer Luncheon the winner of the award will be announced. Our inaugural winner is:
Year Awardee:
2025 Jim Cox
Cawelti Plaque
Jefferson Cup
Each year, the MWOTRC awards the Stan Cawelti Memorial Award, named in honor of Stan Cawelti. Stan was an early member of the club, and was very active. According to a Radio Recall article from 2004:
"He attended almost every meeting, helped in our presentations to the elderly homes and clubs, served as our newsletter editor, and had just been elected vice president."
Each winner of the Cawelti Award has their name added to the Cawelti plaque and receives a "Jefferson" cup with their name engraved on it.
A complete list of the winners is below.
Year Awardee:
1990 Marsha Bush
1991 Jack French
1992 Bill Jacobson
1993 Rob Farr
1994 Mark Bush
1995 Nick Williams
1996 Lennell Herbert-Marshall and Ron Barnett
1997 Mark Anderson
1998 Mark Paulette
1999 Michael Henry
2000 Sedge Moss
2001 Chuck Langdon
2002 Ed Walker
2003 Rebecca Jones
2004 Edgar Farr Russell III
2005 Maury Cagle
2006 Fred Berney
2007 Bob Bybee and Alice Daniels
2008 Cathy Makara
2009 Ken Neal
2010 Jeff Whipple and Mary Whipple
2011 Michael Hayde
2012 Joanie Langdon
2013 John Abbott
2014 Sally Stephens
2015 Dennis Roma and Sandra Pitts Malone
2016 Laurence Kandrach
2017 Burt Rude
2018 Dennis Stephens
2019 Wendy Wilmer
2020 No Award
2021 Martin Grams
2022 Frank Morgan and John Reiser
2023 Bob Cockrum
2024 Karl Schadow
Jack French was a long-time member of the MWOTRC. He was a former MWOTRC president, actor, author, and presenter. Jack was the editor of Radio Recall for over 25 years.
After Jack passed away on April 18,2023, the club decided to create the Jack French award. Nominees may consist of club members or non-club members who have displayed scholarship, enthusiasm and advocacy for the benefit of the OTR community over a sustained period of time within two or more of the following categories: presentations; publishing; broadcasting; writing; performing and/or directing recreations or original radioplays; creating and/or producing related events.
During our Summer Luncheon the winner of the award will be announced. Our inaugural winner is:
Year Awardee:
2025 Jim Cox