La historia de los premios Ondas
The Ondas Awards, created in 1945, are awarded annually by Promotora de Informaciones S.A. (PRISA Group) through Cadena SER‘s Radio Barcelona, with the aim of rewarding the quality and popularity of productions, as well as professional careers in radio, television, music and radio advertising. These awards are the oldest in Spain and have the greatest international impact in the communication sector.
70 years of ONDAS
More than 60 years ago, Ramón Barbat, the then director of Radio Barcelona, took advantage of a meeting with the directors of Cadena SER to explain the need to recognise a job well done. A good way to do this was by creating national awards, the I Premio Nacional de Guiones, held on 7 November 1953, which a year later became the Premios Ondas, the name adopted from the now defunct magazine Ondas.
In this way, what began as a script competition became, with the passage of time, the oldest and most prestigious radio and television prizes awarded in Spain. A transformation that is also literal, because the statuette that symbolises the awards has undergone up to six changes of form from 1954 to the present day.
Awards Statuettes
1954
The Ondas Awards first took the form of a golden statue of a woman with her arms raised holding a laurel crown.
1955
The prize was a female figure with a laurel branch around her hips.
1958
The figure became a golden eagle on a dome with its wings spread upwards.
1959
A new version of the statuette was created, a silver eagle on a pedestal.
1972
The Ondas Awards became a silver Pegasus.
1992
Awards winners since 1992.
70 years, 6 different statuettes and more than 1,500 prizes awarded afterwards, make the Premios Ondas not just a gala held in mid-November, but much more. They turn Barcelona into a party, “La Fiesta de la Radio”.
The history of the Premios Ondas continues to be written!
FACTS ABOUT THE ONDAS STATUETTE
Official name
Bronze Pegasus Ondas
Dimensions
31 x 28 x 14 cm
Weight
4,2 kg
Design
The statuette symbolising the Ondas Awards has taken on up to 6 shape changes from 1954 to the present day.
How the golden woman became the bronze Pegasus. Today, the official award of the competition symbolises a minimalist bronze Pegasus with outstretched wings ready to fly.
Manufacturers
Foneria Artística Vilados S.L, a company dedicated to the artistic casting and creation of statues.
Time of manufacture
Between 2 and 3 months.
Gala Premios Ondas 2023