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AWARD: Canadian entertainment honours Kingston facility

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Kingston's K-Rock Centre was named major facility of the year in the 8,000-seats-or-less category at the Canadian Music Industry and Broadcast Awards.

One of 36 awards handed out by the association representing the Canadian entertainment, radio and music industry in Toronto, the new Kingston arena was voted top in its class, which included a half-dozen other "hard-seat" arenas, amphitheatres and stadia.

Verle Mobbs, the awards organizer, said the selection process is a lengthy one, starting with nominations from the industry itself that are then narrowed to a short list of finalists by two expert juries.

The facilities remaining on the short list are then voted on by members of the industry.

One of the main criteria used by the juries are the number of Canadian acts booked and the support given to Canadian talent, Mobbs said.

Ken Noakes, general manager of the arena, called the award "a tribute to all the hard work of our staff and tremendous support of our events by the community."

At the same awards ceremony, Kingston radio station The Drive won the award for small-market radio station of the year.

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