FesTVal

FesTVal is the main Spanish annual television and radio festival which takes place in the city of Vitoria Gasteiz in the Basque Country of northern Spain. The festival, an initiative of the Asociación Cultural Fila 2, began in 2009 and runs during the first week of September. The festival program features previews of new shows, special screenings, roundtable discussions, and a ceremony where the Joan Ramón Mainat and Crítics' prizes are awarded. The event is hosted by EITB, the Basque Country public broadcast service. Participating Spanish television and radio networks include TVE, Antena 3, Cuatro, Telecinco, La Sexta, Canal+, and the Disney Channel.

FesTVal´s organization and his family decided to put this name to the awards given in this festival, to make a tribute to Joan Ramón Mainat.

The journalist Jose Ramon Mainat, died in 2004, was a creative and executive producer of Gestmusic. He was born in Mataró (Barcelona) in 1951 and he studied Philosophy and Literature at the University of Barcelona. During his youth he took part in the music festivals´ organizations (SIS Hours of Canzó, Canet Rock)

He had worked for El Noticiero Universal, El Correo Catalán, World Journal, Tele / Express, and Catalunya Express. He was also director of programs of Radio Nacional de España and TVE in Catalonia, in charge of programming of Tele-Expo and creative director of the backstage production. In 1996 it started at Gestmusic as the creative producer.Once there he took part in the creation of "Operación triunfo", "Crónicas Marcianas", "Lluvia de estrellas", "Esos locos bajitos", "Moros y cristianos", "Un siglo de canciones", "La parodia nacional", "Canciones de nuestra vida", among many other programs.

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