FRCN ENDOWS REPORTING PRIZE WITH D.A.M.E THE FEDERAL RADIO CORPORATION OF NIGERIA HAS ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY THE RADIO REPORTER OF THE YEAR PRIZE WITH THE DIAMOND AWARDS FOR MEDIA EXCELLENCE, D.A.M.E. FRCN DIRECTOR GENERAL, MR. BEN EGBUNA, SAID HIS ORGANISATION IS PERSUADED THAT D.A.M.E PROVIDES A GOOD PLATFORM FOR IT TO PROMOTE ITS COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM. EGBUNA, WHO SPOKE IN HIS OFFICE LAST WEEK AT A BRIEF CEREMONY TO SIGN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERTSTANDING BETWEEN D.A.M.E AND THE FRCN CONGRATULATED THE D.A.M.E TRUSTEES FOR GIVING NIGERIA AN AWARD THAT IS WORTHY OF SUPPORT. HE EXPRESSED HOPE THAT D.A.M.E WOULD SURPASS THE STRIDES COVERED IN THE LAST 17 YEARS. RESPONDING.D.A.M.E. TRUSTEE, MR. LANRE IDOWU, EXPRESSED DELIGHT THAT THE FRCN HAS FINALLY COME ON BOARD AS D.A.M.E. AND FRCN STARTED DISCUSSING THE SPONSORSHIP TWO YEARS AGO. FRCN JOINS OTHER PROGRESSIVE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE VOICE OF NIGERIA, NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMMISSION, NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA, THE NIGERIAN PRESS COUNCIL, GUARDIAN NEWSPAPERS LTD, VANGUARD MEDIA, PENINSULA RESORT, UNICEF AND THE OGUN STATE GOVERNMENT AS D.A.M.E SPONSORS. ESTABLISHED IN 1991 TO REWARD OUTSTANDING WORK IN THE MEDIA, D.A.M.E. HELD ITS FIRST PRESENTATION ON MARCH 19, 1992 WITH EIGHT PRINT JOURNALISM PRIZES. IT HAS SINCE GROWN TO ENCOMPASS BROADCASTING AND ADVERTISING ALSO. IN ITS FIRST 16 EDITIONS, D.A.M.E AWARDED 313 PRIZES. FOR THE 17TH EDITION THIS YEAR, ENTRIES ARE BEING INVITED IN 33 CATEGORIES.