Performance & Voice Acting Honors
Emmy Award
WJLA Television in Washington, DC won a 2005 Emmy Award® for a series of public service announcements the station produced for the federal government. The "Choose to Save" campaign is an ongoing program designed to raise public awareness about the need to plan and save for long-term personal financial security.
Steve provided various character voice overs for most of the ads in the series.
World Championships of Performing Arts
This international talent competition is held annually in Hollywood, California and attracts hundreds of performing artists from over 40 nations throughout the world.
Steve was selected to represent Team USA at the 2002 WCOPA event and was chosen Grand Champion in the Comedy category. In addition, he received a gold medal for his performance in the Acting category, placing him in the finals of that division.
Silver Microphone Award
Open to more than 20,000 advertising agencies and audio production companies throughout North America, this annual award honors the best of local and regional radio commercials. Two ads voiced by Steve have won a Silver Microphone Award:
A 1993 radio commercial in which Steve provided his celebrity voice impressions of five U.S. Presidents: Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush #1, and Clinton, (plus then-presidential candidate Ross Perot). That same year, the ad also won the Best of Show Award at the First Annual Capital District Radio Association Awards.
In 1996, Steve also won a Silver Mic (in the "Political" Category) for a three-spot radio ad campaign he voiced for an Upstate New York candidate running for a regional office. In the ads, Steve provided voice impersonations of various famous celebrities who "endorsed" the candidate's run.
One of the three ads was also a finalist for the Best Single Political Ad Award in the same category.
Metroland Magazine Readers' Poll
Steve has been voted "Best Area Comedian" numerous times in The Metroland Magazine annual Readers' Poll.