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Awards Business News
Commercial Radio Awards presented
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 18 May 2016
The great and the good of the commercial radio sector – and there are both greats and goods in the commercial radio sector I’ll have you know, you BBC snob – gathered in that there London last night for the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards 2016. And in case you wondered, yes, I still can’t type Arqiva without inserting a ‘u’ on first try. In other news, winners…
Presenter Of The Year (under 2 million TSA): Trevor Marchall and Caroline Verdon, 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
Presenter Of The Year (over 2 million TSA): Iain Dale, LBC
Programmer Of The Year: Paul Sylvester, Absolute Radio
Journalist Of The Year: Ella Griffith, Global’s Newsroom Yorkshire
Unsung Hero Of The Year: Robin Duff, The Bay
Station Of The Year (500,000 TSA): Radio Borders
Station Of The Year (500,000 to 2m TSA): Clyde 1
Station Of The Year (2m + TSA): Absolute Radio
Breakfast Show Of The Year (under 2 million TSA): Capital Breakfast with Matt, Polly and Geraint, Capital South Wales
Breakfast Show Of The Year (over 2 million TSA): The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show, Absolute Radio
Specialist Programme Of The Year: The Farming Programme, Lincs FM, KCFM, Rutland Radio
Feature Of The Year: Heart’s 100 Happy Days, Heart Network
Single Programme or Broadcast Of The Year: Torture on the Kwai: The Diary of Raymond Savage, 101 Touch FM
Social Action Initiative: Global’s Make Some Noise
Station Imaging Award: JACKfm Oxfordshire
News Coverage Of The Year: Hallam FM
Marketing Award: Radio X Launch, Radio X
Local Sales Team Of The Year: The Bay
National Sales Award: Helping Lucozade “find their flow”, GTN
Innovation Of The Year: My Capital XTRA, Capital XTRA
Media Agency Of The Year: Mindshare
Most Creative Campaign Of The Year: P&G Duracell Perfectionist
Most Effective Agency Case Study Of The Year: Lucozade Energy – “Find Your Flow”, MediaCom
Breakthrough UK Artist Of The Year: Jess Glynne
Most Played UK Artist on Commercial Radio: Ed Sheeran
Music Champion Award: John Kennedy, Radio X
Industry Leader Of The Year: Steven Miron, Global Radio
Lifetime Achievement Award: Gillian Reynolds
Gold Award: Steve Allen, LBC