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Nominees for the maiden Media and Broadcasting Awards have been released by the organisers, the Institute of Media Practice (IMP). Categories Nominees have been selected to compete for awards in 16 categories including, Media Entrepreneur of the Year, Radio Programme of the Year, Television Programme of the Year, New Media Practitioner of the Year, General News Media House of the Year and Print Media House of the Year. The others are: Radio Broadcaster or Practitioner of the Year, Television Broadcaster or Practitioner of the Year, Print Journalist of the Year, Radio Station of the Year, Television Station of the Year, Media Practitioner of the Year, Media Organisation of the Year. Some criteria The President of the institute, Mr J. O. T. Agyeman, said in a statement that the criteria among other conditions included the radio programme that made the most measurable contribution to specific social causes. The nominees It said Mr Kwesi Twum, Multimedia Group; Mr Osei Kwame Despite, Despite Group of Companies; Mrs Stella Wilson-Agyapong, Kencity Media, and Mr Edward Boateng, Global Media Alliance, have been nominated for the Media Entrepreneur of the Year while Nsem Pii of Happy FM; Joy FM�s Super Morning Show; Kokroko, Peace FM and Boiling Point of Oman FM would compete for Radio Programme of the Year. The Daily Graphic, TV3, Peace FM and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation have been nominated to vie for the General News Media House of the Year with The Finder, Daily Graphic, Ghanaian Times and Daily Guide being nominated for Print Media of the Year. The statement said Messrs Ransford Tetteh of the Daily Graphic, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah of JOY FM, Kwame Sefa Kayi and Ms Gifty Anti were the nominees for the Media Practitioner of the Year while the Media Organisation of the Year would be contested for by Viasat 1; Graphic Communications Group Limited; TV3 and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation It said the Print Journalist of the Year award would be keenly contested for by Mr William Asiedu of The Mirror; Ms Mabel Aku Baneseh of the Daily Graphic, Mr Cephas Larbi, Daily Guide and Edmund Kofi Yeboah of the Daily Graphic. On the award for Radio Broadcaster or Practitioner of the Year, it mentioned Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (Joy FM); Bernard Avle (Citi FM); Kwami Sefa Kayi (Peace FM) and Wisdom Agbodza (Nyansa Boakwa) (Happy FM) as the nominees with Odelia Ofori (TV3 News); Gifty Anti (The Stand Point); Paul Adom Otchere (Good Evening Ghana) and Randy Abbey (Good Morning Ghana) as the contestants for the Television Broadcaster or Practitioner of the Year. Other award categories are Television Programme of the Year; New Media Practitioner of the Year; Radio Station of the Year and Television Station of the Year. The rest are Environment Award; Arts, Culture and Entertainment Award; Social and Gender Award; Democracy and Governance Award and CSR Award. Frequency and purpose According to the statement, the awards, which will be an annual event, seeks to recognise and honor individual journalists and media organisations for excellence in specific areas of national life, including health, education, sanitation and entertainment.