Sony Radio Academy Awards 2006

Monday 8th May 2006 - Grosvenor House Hotel, London, W1

Hosted by Paul Gambaccini & Kevin Greening

Winners highlighted in red

The Breakfast Show Award
Macdonald & Maguire at Breakfast - Magic 1152
Nick Ferrari at Breakfast - LBC 97.3FM
The Today Programme – BBC Radio 4
Toolan in the Morning - Key 103 
Wes at Breakfast - Galaxy Manchester 

The Music Programme Award
Ben Jones Most Wanted  - Virgin Radio 
hit40uk - Somethin’ Else for GCap, Chrysalis, SRH and various UK radio stations
Mornings with Rick Shaw - Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands
Scott Mills - BBC Radio 1
The Weekender with Adam Longworth - XFM

The Specialist Music Programme Award
Andy Kershaw - BBC Radio 3
The 6 Mix - BBC 6 Music
The Charles Hazlewood Show  - Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 2
The Loose Cannons - Kiss 100
Zane Lowe - BBC Radio 1

The News & Current Affairs Programme Award 
1800 News Bulletin - BBC Radio News for Radio 4
Real News at Five  - Real 24/7 News for Real Radio Yorkshire 
Talkback - BBC Radio News & Current Affairs for Radio Ulster
The Today Programme - BBC Radio News for Radio 4
Viking FM News - 96.9 Viking FM

The Sports Programme Award 
Fighting Talk - Worlds End Television for BBC Radio Five Live
Hearts - That Penalty! - BBC Radio Scotland
The Danny Kelly Sports Show  - BBC London 94.9
The Real Football Phone-In - Real Radio Scotland
The Summer Club - BBC Radio Ulster

The Speech Programme Award 
Broadcasting House - BBC Radio News for Radio 4
Jon Ronson On. . . Unique the production company for BBC Radio 4
The Reunion - Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4
The Stephen Nolan Show – BBC Radio Ulster 
The Umberto Show - Real Radio Yorkshire

The Interactive Programme Award 
606 - Campbell Davison Media for BBC Radio Five Live
Alex Dyke Phone-In - Isle of Wight Radio
Justin Moorhouse  - Key 103
Scott Mills - BBC Radio 1
Simon James and Hill - Chase Enterprises for TLRC Network

The Entertainment Award 
Chris Evans  - BBC Radio 2
Chris Moyles - BBC Radio 1
The Danny Baker Show - BBC London 94.9
The Jonathan Ross Show - Off The Kerb Productions & BBC Radio 2 for Radio 2
The Ugly Phil Breakfast Show - Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands

The Music Broadcaster of the Year 
Andrew McGregor  - BBC Radio 3
Paul Gambaccini - Howlett Media Productions and BBC Radio & Music Factual for Radio 2 & Radio 4
Suzi Quatro  - Howlett Media Productions for BBC Radio 2
Tim Westwood - Justice Entertainment for BBC Radio 1
Zane Lowe - BBC Radio 1

The Music Radio Personality of the Year
Chris Evans  - BBC Radio 2
Jamie Theakston - London’s Heart 106.2
Lauren Laverne - XFM
Marc Riley - BBC 6 Music
Tim Lovejoy - Virgin Radio

The News Journalist of the Year 
Angus Stickler - BBC Radio 4
Christian Fraser - BBC Radio Five Live
Eddie Mair - BBC Radio 4
Peter Allen - BBC Radio Five Live
The Radio City News Team - Radio City 96.7

The Speech Broadcaster of the Year 
Eddie Mair - BBC Radio 4
Jeremy Vine - BBC Radio 2
Jim Hawkins - BBC Radio Shropshire
Simon Mayo - BBC Radio Five Live
Umberto Saoncella - Real Radio Yorkshire

The Station Programmer of the Year 
Jeff Zycinski - BBC Radio Scotland
Mark Browning - London’s Heart 106.2
Richard Park - Magic 105.4

The Drama Award 
Hitler in Therapy - BBC World Service Drama for the World Service
In Search of Lost Time - Fiction Factory for BBC Radio 4
Last Loves - BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
No Background Music - BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4 
What a Carve Up!  - Tiger Aspect for BBC Radio 4

The Comedy Award 
oneclick/comedy...The Milk Run - BBC Radio Entertainment for Radio 1 
That Mitchell & Webb Sound - BBC Radio Entertainment for  Radio 4
The Ape that Got Lucky - BBC Radio Entertainment for Radio 4
The Flight of the Conchords - BBC Radio Entertainment for Radio 2
The Lee Mack Show - BBC Radio Entertainment for BBC Radio 2

The Feature Award 
84 Book Crossing Road - Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4
A Requiem for St Kilda - BBC Radio & Music Factual for Radio 4
Nobody Told Me There’d Be Days Like These: John Lennon 25 Years On - Radio City News for Radio City 96.7
The Search for Black Trafalgar - Praxis Productions for 1Xtra for the BBC
Voyages - Soundscape Productions for BBC Radio 4

The Music Special Award 
Classic Singles - Ten Alps Radio for BBC Radio 2
It’s Crazy Man - BBC Radio Wales
KRS ONE: The Judgement Day Interview  - Choice FM
Lennon: The Wenner Tapes - Brook Lapping Productions for BBC Radio 4
Talking with Kate  - BBC Radio 2 

The News Feature Award 
101 Days On: The Injured Survivors of the July 7th Bombings – BBC Radio News for Radio 4
Assignment: Message from Mavembo – BBC Radio Current Affairs, Manchester for the World Service
The Big Issue - 96.9 Viking FM 
The Bradford City Fire: 20 Years After - Real 24/7 News for Real Radio Yorkshire
Return to Sarajevo – BBC World Service News & Current Affairs for the World Service

The Breaking News Award
Glazer and Manchester United - Key 103
The Death & Funeral of Pope John Paul II - BBC Radio News and Religion & Ethics for Radio 4
The Death of The Pope - BBC Radio Five Live
The Demise of Rover at Longbridge - The World Tonight, BBC Radio News for Radio 4
The London Bombings - GCap Media News for Capital Radio, 1548 am Capital Gold, XFM & Choice FM

The Live Event Coverage Award 
Can Didcot Tower Over Sudbury? The FA Vase Final - BBC Radio Oxford
Escape to Victory - LFC Champions of Europe - Radio City 96.7
Live 8 - Capital Radio on behalf of UK Commercial Radio
The Boat Race 2005 - LBC Newsroom & Programming for LBC 97.3FM & LBC News 1152AM
The Oval Test - BBC Radio Sport for Five Live

The Community Award 
Cash for Kids 2005- Radio Clyde & Clyde Action for Clyde 1 and Clyde 2
Hearing Voices - BBC Hereford & Worcester
One Million Pounds of Work – The West Midlands 97.2 Beacon Radio
Radio 1’s Sex Tour - BBC Radio 1
The Good Drugs Guide - Resonance 104.4 FM

The Promo Award 
Heist - Galaxy Programming for Galaxy 105 & 106
Kerrang! Christmas - Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands
Squeak Your Mind - Galaxy programming for the Galaxy Network
The Six Nations - Fresh Air Productions for BBC Radio X-Trails for Radio 1, 2, 4, Five Live & BBC Local Radio
Auschwitz - BBC Radio X-Trails for Radio 2, 3, 4, Five Live and BBC Nations and Local Radio

The Competition Award 
25K Joke Competition - Virgin Radio
Magic Mystery Voices - Magic 105.4
Santa’s Sacks – Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands
The Today Programme’s Greatest Painting Competition - BBC Radio 4
XFM’s Rock School - XFM

The Station Imaging Award
Galaxy Network 
Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands
talkSPORT
XFM 
BBC Radio 1

Station Of the Year: with a potential audience of under 300,000 
Coast 96.3 (North Wales Coast)
Isle of Wight Radio
The New Fire 107.6 FM (Bournemouth & Poole)

Station Of the Year: with a potential audience of 300,000 -1 million
BBC Radio Norfolk  
Lincs FM 102.2
Pirate FM (Cornwall, Plymouth & West Devon)

Station Of The Year: with a potential audience of 1 million plus 
BBC Radio Ulster
Choice FM (London)
Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands

Digital Terrestrial Station Of The Year  
1Xtra for the BBC  
Capital Disney  
Planet Rock  

UK Station of the Year
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2
XFM  

The Special Award
The Beethoven Experience

The Gold Award
Terry Wogan