Italy’s leading radio station, RTL102.5, wins the “Golden Microphone”, current affairs category, with the broadcast ‘Protagonisti’ (live from Monday to Friday from 7pm to 9pm). It is hosted by Francesco Fredella from Foggia with Gianni Simioli, Francesco Taranto, Antonio Sica in the studios of Rome-Fiumicino airport. The awards ceremony will take place on July 4th in the Campidoglio, in Rome.
“Protagonists” jokingly tells the news of the day with various types of guests: actors, ordinary people, athletes, politicians, artists. All connected by telephone. In short, anything can happen during the episode: this is the motto of the program and the hosts. Then it is the first program to have a studio inside one of the largest airports in the world, where millions of passengers pass through.
Fredella, with “Protagonisti”, follows live the Sanremo Festival, the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, the ATP Finals in Turin and the Napoli Pizza Village with dozens of guests.
Who is Francesco Fredella? Professional journalist. Graduated in Literature with honors from the University of Foggia. He was born in 1984. Originally from Foggia, Roman by adoption. Head of the press office of the Rtl102.5 Group and radio host (on air with “Protagonisti” on radiovision on Rtl 102.5 every evening, from 7 to 9 pm).
He also collaborates with Libero, Il Tempo and the weekly Chi e Gente. For ten years he has been a commentator on Storie Italiane, a spin-off of Uno Mattina, on Rai1. He holds the role of correspondent for Rai1 on “Sabato italiano”, “Storie vera” and in some episodes of “La vita in diretta estate”. For five years, commentator on Pomeriggio 5, on Canale5. Then he collaborates with Gruppo Cairo Editore, (Nuovo Tv) and with Novella 2000, where he signs important scoops, such as the exclusive interview with Gina Lollobrigida. At 18, right in Foggia, he met the radio and it was love at first sight. During his high school years, he began working in local broadcasters: a great training ground that he will never forget.
