Adding to its substantial list of previous Crystal wins - which include several Gold and Platinum Best of Shows - Target won a bronze and two honourable mentions at the 2008 Crystal Awards held in Toronto this week.

The Crystals, presented by the Radio Marketing Bureau, recognize Canada's best radio. As Canada's only awards show dedicated to the medium, it's extremely competitive, with only 10 entry categories. The Crystals celebrate the creativity and innovation of well-produced sound that has the power to conjure up images in peoples' minds and move them - to tears, or side-splitting laughter.

Target won bronze for its Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism Core Radio Campaign (Friendly People, Half an Hour, and Fresh Air), as well as an honourable mention in the Performance category. Target also received an honourable mention in the Agency Single category for Out of Time Billy, for A & P supermarkets.

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One of Canada's top agencies, Target is a full-service advertising and branding firm based in St. John's, Newfoundland. Known for winning awards for advertising, branding and media at major shows around the world, Target is one of only eight agencies in the country to win Gold over the 54-year history of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, and the only agency in Atlantic Canada to win Gold internationally. Target's clients include Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, Air Canada Jazz, Irving Oil, Fronteer, Aurora Energy, A&P supermarkets, and Capital G Bank in Bermuda.

For more information, please contact:

Clare-Marie Gosse, Communications Manager
Target Marketing & Communications Inc.
709.739.8400 ext 290, cmgosse@targetmarketing.ca