The RAIN Awards honor excellence in five categories, covering pureplay streaming, broadcast webcasting, international excellence, digital strategy, and the best overall online radio service.
A 10-member panel of judges evaluated 33 finalists across the five categories. See these posts for this year’s runners-up.
Here are the 2014 RAIN Awards winners:
BEST SINGLE STREAM WEBCASTER: Idobi Radio (www.idobiradio.com) Last year: The Blast
BEST STREAMING BROADCAST STATION (tie): WWOZ (www.wwoz.org) and KING FM (www.king.org) Last year: WEEI/Boston
INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN ONLINE AUDIO: Karnaval.com (www.karnaval.com) Last year: Radionomy
BEST OVERALL DIGITAL STRATEGY: Radionomy (www.radionomy.com) Last year: TuneIn
BEST OVERALL ONLINE RADIO SERVICE: Pandora (www.pandora.com) Last year: Pandora
Many thanks to our participants, and congratulations to all our nominees for their excellence!