THE 2005
COASTIE AWARD
WINNERS

After 3 weeks of voting and polling that spanned the vast universe of Coast to Coast AM message boards, the votes have been cast, collected, and tallied. We want to thank all the fine folks who voted and helped with the 2005 Coasties, from the visitors of binnallofamerica.com and posters @ theusofe.com, to the fine folks @ Streamlink's Coast Riders board notably sayntbrigid (along with the great folks at her forum "Something Else"), the awesome crew over @ Imaginative Worlds with special thanks to Alpha and circledancer, the pirates of Fantastic Forum, and the denizens of the Nighthawk Zone, notably Bad Boy. This truly was an across the boards vote, culling opinions from all the hang outs of C2C hardcore fans.
And now ... without any further adeau ... the winners are ...
Notes:
In order to protect the sensitive egos of the C2C guests, we are sticking with not divulging exact numbers of voters. Suffice it to say the total was approximately the same as last year's vote.
"Honorable Mention" means within 3 votes of the winner. No honorable mention essentially means the winner was a runaway champion.
If an episode's vote tally stood out amongst the "Others Receiving Votes" pool, but did not merit "Honorable Mention", we denote it with a "2nd Place" / "3rd Place" ranking. All of the others receiving votes that follow are listed alphebetically.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Episode of the Year : 911 Roundtable : 6.16.5, Alex Jones, David Ray Griffin, Peter Lance, and Mike Levine
Honorable Mention : None
Others Receiving Votes : Greg Bishop / Richard Doty (2nd Place), Benjamin Chertoff (3rd Place), Deep Impact Special, Lionel Fanthorpe, Will Henry, David Icke, Hal Lindsay, Glynis McCants, and Steve Quayle.

Guest of the Year : Alex Jones
Honorable Mention : Steve Quayle (2nd Place), Richard C. Hoagland (3rd Place)
Others Receiving Votes : Ray Bradbury, Richard Doty, Lionel Fanthorpe, Timothy Good, Will Henry, Patrick Heron, David Icke, Glynnis McCants, Jordan Maxwell, Dr.Helen Morrison, and Dr. Louis Turi

Theme Episode of the Year : 911 Roundtable : 6.16.5, Alex Jones, David Ray Griffin, Peter Lance, and Mike Levine
Honorable Mention : None
Others Receiving Votes : UFO Roundtable (2nd Place), Art Bell's Predictions Show, Evening of Commentary, Ghost to Ghost '05, JFK Assassination Special, Rapture Debate

C2C Regular of the Year : Richard C. Hoagland
Honorable Mention : None
Others Receiving Votes : Alex Jones (2nd Place), Steve Quayle (3rd Place), Will Henry, Linda Moulton Howe, Whitley Strieber, and Dr. Louis Turi

Newcomer of the Year : Dr. Louis Turi
Honorable Mention : Peter Levenda (2nd Place)
Others Receiving Votes : Andre Eggelletion, Johnathan Gray, Mark Gumbinger, Marshall Klarfeld, Guy Kramer, Dr. Joseph Resnick, Jon Ronson, Kevin Taylor, and "the health Guru named after a plant" (?)
Note : Oddly enough, Ian Punnett also received a handful of votes as well.

Richard Hoagland Appearance of the Year : Moon Hoax Debate v. Eric Hufscmidt (8.25.5)
Honorable Mention : None
Others Receiving Votes : Deep Impact Special (Tie for 2nd Place), 12th Consecutive Noory hosted episode (Tie for 2nd Place), Night Before the Shuttle Landing, Hoagland Says "NASA Sucks", Intelligent Design Special, 1st Post-Katrina Appearance

Ian Punnett Hosted Episode of the Year : 9.10.5, w. Red Elk
Honorable Mention : 8.20.5, w. Steve Quayle
Others Receiving Votes : Katherine Albrecht & Liz McIntyre, Howard Bloom, Terry Esau / Dr. Allan Botkin, Rob Morphy, Mary Roach, David Sereda & Robert Plarr

Pop-In of the Year : 8.21.5, "JC"
Honorable Mention : 4.11.5, Ray Bradbury
Others Receiving Votes : Richard C. Hoagland (Tie for 3rd Place), Whitley Streiber (Tie for 3rd Place), Jolene Blalock, Dr. Morgus, Willie Nelson, and R. Gary Patterson.

The Coaster : Tom Biscardi
Honorable Mention : None
Others Receiving Votes : Ed Dames (2nd Place), Prophet Yahweh (3rd Place), Fr. Wingate, Eric Hufschmidt.

TOPIC AWARDS

Alt. Science Episode of the Year : 11.1.5, Graham Hancock & 11.24.5, Kevin Taylor (Tie)
Honorable Mention : Health Freedom Panel & Michio Kaku (Tie for 2nd Place)
Others Receiving Votes : "Art Bell w. Solar Energy Guy" (?), Dr. David Cumes, Guy Kramer, James Howard Kuntsler, Cliff Pickover, Dr. Joseph Resnick, Mary Roach, Richard Sauder, and Scott Stephens.

Alt. History Episode of the Year : 10.13.5, Peter Levenda
Honorable Mention : Kenneth C. Davis, Michael Drosnin, and Will Henry (3-way Tie for 2nd Place)
Others Receiving Votes : David G. Brown, Lawrence Gardner, Mitch Horowitz, Alex Jones, Mark Pinkham, Zecharia Sitchen, and Steve Quayle.
Conspiracy Episode of the Year : Alex Jones
Honorable Mention : None
Others Receiving Votes : Benjamin Chertoff (2nd Place), Jordan Maxwell (Tie for 3rd Place), David Sereda and Robert Plarr (Tie for 3rd Place), Andre Eggelletion, Jim Marrs, and UFO Roundtable.
Ghost Episode of the Year : 10.31.5, Ghost to Ghost AM 2005
Honorable Mention : None
Others Receiving Votes : Lionel Fanthorpe (Tie for 2nd Place), Ghost Investigator Society (Tie for 2nd Place), Chris Fleming, Joel Martin, Mary Ann "The Ghost Lady", and Angel Rivero.
Outstanding Accheivement in the Field of Cryptozoology : Loren Coleman
Honorable Mention : None
Others Receiving Votes : Steve Alten (2nd Place), Scott Corrales (3rd Place), John Michael Greer, and Rob Morphy.
Prognosticator of the Year : Dr. Louis Turi
Honorable Mention : None.
Others Receiving Votes : Art Bell, Sylvia Browne, Ed Dames, Red Elk, Alex Jones, Sean David Morton, and Prophet Yahweh.
UFO Episode of the Year : UFO Roundtable, 4.14.5, Grant Cameron, Linda Moulton Howe, Bruce Maccabee, and Bob Wood.
Honorable Mention : Richard Dolan
Others Receiving Votes : "Art Bell With Mexican UFO specialists" (?), Greg Bishop / Richard Doty, Timothy Good, Terry Hansen, Paola Harris / Richard Hall, Richard C. Hoagland, Michael Luckman, Whitley Strieber, and Paul Stonehill.