The Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards have taken place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, once again organised by CRCA and sponsored by Arqiva (formerly NTL). This year the events were hosted by Christian O’Connell, and guests handing out awards included Tony Blackburn, Jamie Theakston and Simon Bates.
GCap Media took home five awards, with Chrysalis and GMG Radio each winning three. In addition, GMG won the Arqiva Gold Award for Real Radio Scotland.
The full list is below:
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Marketing Award:
Sue Green, Graham Lysaght and Hamish Law – 107.6 Juice FM
The Arqiva Local Sales Team of the Year
Dearne FM
The Arqiva National Sales Team of the Year
Classic FM Sales Team
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station of the Year (<300,000 TSA)
102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station of the Year (300,000 to 1 million TSA)
97.2 Beacon Radio
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station of the Year (>1 million TSA)
Real Radio Scotland
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Programmer of the Year
Mark Browning – Heart 106.2
The Arqiva / Skillset Commercial Radio Presentation Newcomer(s) of the Year
Rupert Jones and Thomas Bowker – Fox FM
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Presenter(s) of the Year – in association with x-trax
Nick Ferrari – LBC 97.3FM
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station Sound Award
Peter Gee, Jonathan Young and Liz Brace – talkSPORT
The Arqiva Commercial Radio News Award
Real Radio Scotland
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Programme or Feature of the Year
The Bradford City Fire, 20 years after – Real Radio
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Technical Innovation Award
Chrysalis Radio Engineering for LBC 97.3FM and LBC News 1152AM
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Digital Station of the Year
Planet Rock
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Social Action Initiative Award
Radio in Schools – GWR FM Bristol
The Arqiva / British Heart Foundation Action on Health Award
Wessex FM
The Neil Robinson Memorial Award for Marketing Excellence
Dawn Gibson – TFM
The Arqiva / IRN Newslink Commercial Radio Special Award
Simon Bates
The Arqiva Gold Award
Real Radio Scotland