THE UNIVERSITY’S radio broadcasting arm, UST Tiger Radio, won four awards at the 2025 International Student Broadcasting Championship (ISBC).
Communication senior Amara Medrano, a Tiger Radio jock and Tiger TV talent, bagged the People’s Choice Talent Award, a category that drew more than 50,000 voters.
Brianna Valdez, a communication senior and programming head of Tiger Radio, was named Best Content/Program Director, along with Alfie Mulcahy of the University of Salford in the United Kingdom.
John Maverick Morales, also from the communication program and a voice talent at Tiger Radio, won Best Voiceover.
Creative writing senior Joseph Earl Quintana was recognized for Best Copywriting Script.
Other Thomasians named ISBC finalists were:
- Julian Iñigo Felipe – Best Video Execution
- Loise Van Bantolo – Best TV News or Sports Feature
- Kathleen Vallo – Best Social Media Execution
- Lhiera Nicole Trinidad – Best Podcast Talent
- Naomi Ravago – Best Newcomer On-Air
- Amber Denise Cruz – Best Established Podcast (Tiger Radio: Off Air)
Mylferd Supnet, a senior announcer of Tiger Radio, said the achievements serve as a reminder for the online college radio station to “push forward and to strive for more.”
“We have been venturing a lot in terms of radio…and [there’s] so much more to be seen in [the] international stage,”’ Supnet said.
“People are saying that radio is dying…but ‘yung mga awards, ‘yung mga finalists, even not only from Tiger Radio, but from all of the radio stations around the world who have been trying, is the manifestation that radio is still alive,” he added.
The ISBC winners were announced on Nov. 18 via livestream.
The panel of judges was composed of 62 media practitioners from around the world.
Tiger Radio was named as Station of the Year in the inaugural ISBC held in December 2023.
ISBC, a global talent discovery and development platform across campus radio broadcasting, video and digital content creation, and e-sports broadcasting, was launched in October 2023 by Australia-based Ramp Media.
