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Radio Academy Awards nominations announced

By | Published on Thursday 3 April 2014

Radio Academy Awards

The nominations for this year’s Radio Academy Awards have been announced, with Xfm, BBC 6 Music and Kiss FM all doing particularly well in the music space.

Of particular note are two nominations for Scroobius Pip, whose Xfm show ‘The Beatdown’ picks up a nod in the Best Specialist Music Programme category, while the man himself is up for Music Radio Personality Of The Year. Which isn’t bad for someone who only started presenting a radio show a year ago.

John Myers, Chairman of The Radio Academy Awards said of the nominations: “The recent RAJARS have shown that UK radio is indeed enjoying a ‘golden age’, no other medium delivers the audience numbers that radio does. We should all be very proud to be part of such a dynamic and exciting industry. I’m delighted at the standard of entry of this year’s Awards and by the sheer strength in depth of the output up and down the country. It’s also very heartening for the future of the industry to see many new names earn nominations, as well as the veterans continuing to deliver year in, year out”.

And here are the nominations in full:

Breakfast Show Of The Year (10 million plus): 5 live Breakfast – BBC Radio 5 live, Kiss Breakfast with Rickie, Melvin & Charlie – Kiss, Nick Ferrari at Breakfast – LBC 97.3, The Breakfast Show with Penny Smith & Paul Ross – BBC London 94.9FM, The Capital Breakfast Show with Dave Berry & Lisa Snowdon – 95.8 Capital FM

Breakfast Show Of The Year (under 10 million): Boogie in the Morning – Forth One, Good Morning Ulster – BBC Radio Ulster, Hirsty’s Daily Dose – Capital Breakfast – Capital Yorkshire, Iain Lee – BBC Three Counties Radio, Sam & Amy – Gem 106

Best Music Programme: Alex James’s Magical Musical Tour – Classic FM, Jamie Cullum – Folded Wing for BBC Radio 2, John Suchet – Classic FM, The People’s Songs – Smooth Operations for BBC Radio 2, The Xfm Evening Show with Danielle Perry – Xfm London & Xfm Manchester

Best Specialist Music Programme: David Rodigan – BBC Radio 1Xtra, Mistajam – BBC Radio 1Xtra, The Beatdown on Xfm with Scroobius Pip – Xfm London & Xfm Manchester, The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe – Smooth Operations for BBC Radio 2, Zane Lowe – BBC Radio 1

Best Entertainment Programme: Alex James’s Magical Musical Tour – Classic FM, Greg James – BBC Radio 1, Rob Howard – Capital North East, The 12 O’Clock Show – BBC Radio Bristol, The Dermot O’Leary Show – Ora Et Labora for BBC Radio 2

Best Speech Programme: Call Clegg – LBC 97.3, Short Cuts – Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4, The Digital Human – BBC Radio Scotland for BBC Radio 4 for BBC Radio Scotland, The Frank Skinner Show – Avalon for Absolute Radio, The Reunion – Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4

Best Sports Programme: 5 live Sport – BBC Radio 5 live, Gerr’um On Side – 102.4 Wish FM & 107.2 Wire FM, The Day We Won Wimbledon – BBC Radio 5 live, The Team That Never Was – BBC Radio Oxford, World Football – BBC World Service Sport for BBC World Service

Best News & Current Affairs Programme: Asian Network Reports – BBC News for BBC Asian Network, Call Clegg – LBC 97.3, PM – BBC Radio 4, The World at One – BBC Radio 4, Victoria Derbyshire – BBC Radio 5 live

Best Coverage Of A Live Event: Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball – The Capital Network for Capital FM, Great North Run 2013 – Metro Radio, Live@Wimbledon Radio – the AELTC’s Official Radio Coverage of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – IMG Media Ltd for Live@Wimbledon Radio, The Dambusters – 70 Years On – BBC Radio 2 with TBI Media and Snappin’ Turtle Productions for BBC Radio 2, The Death of Nelson Mandela – BBC World Service News and BBC Africa Service for BBC World Service

Best Community Programming: Free Radio Walk for Kids – Orion Media for Free Radio, Knives Wreck Lives – 107.6 Juice FM, Pete’s Pensioner Party – BBC WM 95.6, Slavery On Our Streets – LBC 97.3, The Joy Of Reading – BBC Radio Oxford

Music Radio Personality Of The Year: Chris Evans – BBC Radio 2, Christian O’Connell – Absolute Radio, Graham Norton – BBC Radio 2, Radcliffe & Maconie – Smooth Operations for BBC Radio 6 Music, Sam & Amy – Gem 106

Music Radio Broadcaster Of The Year: Guy Garvey – BBC Radio 6 Music, Mary Anne Hobbs – Wise Buddah for BBC Radio 6 Music, Scroobius Pip – Xfm London & Xfm Manchester, Tom Service – BBC Radio 3 Music Department for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6 Music, Zane Lowe – BBC Radio 1

Speech Radio Personality Of The Year: Alan Robson – Metro Radio & TFM, Danny Baker – Campbell Davison Media for BBC Radio 5 live, Johnny Vaughan – talkSPORT, Nick Ferrari – LBC 97.3, Phin Adams – CAMFM

Speech Radio Broadcaster Of The Year: Jane Garvey – BBC Factual for BBC Radio 4, Justin Webb – BBC News for BBC Radio 4, Melvyn Bragg – BBC Factual for BBC Radio 4, Rony Robinson – BBC Radio Sheffield, Victoria Derbyshire – BBC Radio 5 live

National Radio Journalist Of The Year: Becky Milligan – BBC Radio 4, Declan Harvey – BBC News for BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra, Ian Pannell – BBC News for BBC Radio 4 & BBC World Service, Jon Manel – BBC Radio 4, Tom Swarbrick – LBC 97.3

Local Radio Journalist Of The Year: BBC Radio Norfolk News Team – BBC Radio Norfolk, Heart North West and Wales News Team – Heart North West and Wales, Jo Taylor – BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Radio City & City Talk News Team – Radio City & City Talk, The Nolan Show Team – BBC Radio Ulster

Best Interview Of The Year: Becky Milligan interviews the wife of a child sex offender – BBC Radio 4, Iain Dale interviews James in Woolwich – LBC 97.3, Iain Lee interviews Stephen Conroy – BBC Three Counties Radio, Stephen Sackur interviews Pavel Khodorkovsky – BBC News for BBC World Service, Winfred Robinson interviews Ralph Bulger – BBC Radio Documentaries for BBC Radio 4

Best Use Of Branded Content: BOWIE with the Victoria & Albert Museum – Absolute Radio, More Tomorrows on Classic FM with Cancer Research UK – Classic FM, The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show with Wickes – Absolute Radio, The Manuscript with Just for Men – Absolute Radio, Xfm Presents with Ford SYNC – Xfm London & Xfm Manchester

Best Promotional Campaign: Saturday Night at the Movies with Howard Goodall – Classic FM, The Last Of Us – Xfm/Global Radio Creative/Drum for Xfm, The Sound of Cinema on 6 Music – BBC Radio 6 Music, The Voices of Birmingham and the Black Country – BBC WM 95.6 and Fresh Air Production for BBC WM 95.6, Wimbledon 2013 – BBC Global News Creative Services for BBC World Service

Best Competition: 500 Words – BBC Radio 2, A Flag for Worcestershire – BBC Hereford & Worcester, Christian O’Connell – Make ‘Em or Break ‘Em! – Absolute Radio, Fifty Grand Friday – Real Radio Group, The Heart House – Heart West Midlands

Best Station Imaging: BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music, Kiss FM (UK), TeamRock Radio, The Capital Network

Radio Brand Of The Year: Capital, Classic FM, Kiss UK, Planet Rock, The Absolute Radio Network

Best Music Feature or Documentary: Adam Buxton on David Bowie – BBC Radio 6 Music, Soul Music: Strange Fruit – BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4, The Dambusters – 70 Years On – TBI Media with Snappin’ Turtle Productions for BBC Radio 2, The Sash My Father Wore – BBC Radio Ulster, Who Sold The Soul – Factual & Music Department, BBC Wales for BBC Radio 4

Best News Feature or Documentary: Assignment: The Man Who Fell to Earth – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World Service, Crossroads: The Girls – Prison Radio Association for BBC Radio 1, Slavery On Our Streets – LBC 97.3, Tempted By Teacher – markthree media for BBC Radio 1, The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute – TBI Media for BBC Radio 2

Best Feature or Documentary: A Different Kind of Justice – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 4, Advice from the Edge of Life – BBC Radio Scotland, Between the Ears: Mighty Beast – BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 3, Johnny Cash And The Forgotten Prison Blues – Unique for BBC Radio 4, The Day We Won Wimbledon – BBC Radio 5 live

Best Comedy: Bridget Christie Minds The Gap – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4, Here Be Dragons – John Stanley Productions Ltd for BBC Radio Wales, John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4, The Blagger’s Guide To Doctor Who – Unique for BBC Radio 2, The Secret World – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4

Best Drama: Babbage – Pier Productions Ltd for BBC Radio 3, Darkside – BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 2, How To Have A Perfect Marriage – Sparklab Productions for BBC Radio 4, Lost And Found – BBC Salford for BBC Radio 4, The Morpeth Carol – BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4

Best Creative Innovation: #Lipdublincoln – BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Now Playing @6Music – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 6 Music, TBI Minute by Minute Interactive – TBI Media, The voice of the under 20s across the UK – Podium.me, Trending – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World Service

Best Technical Innovation: BBC Playlister – BBC Radio Multiplatform & BBC Future Media, InStream for Absolute Radio – Absolute Radio, Multi Player Competition Technology – Wise Buddah, RadioDNS Hybrid Radio in a Smartphone – Global Radio Creative Technology, Responsive Radio and Unified Station Management – URB

Station Of The Year (under 1 million): BBC Tees, Moray Firth Radio, National Prison Radio

Station Of The Year (1 million plus): BBC Radio Ulster, LBC 97.3, Metro Radio

UK Station Of The Year: BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, talkSPORT

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