Sheffield takes top Gillard

BBC Radio Sheffield has been named Station of the Year at the annual BBC Gillard Awards.

Other winners at the event included the team at BBC Radio Cumbria who took home no less than three Golds, and BBC Radio Norfolk for Original Journalism.

The full list of winners are below:

[B]1. Breakfast[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Cumbria – “Mike Parr”
Silver: BBC Radio York – “Adam Tomlinson at Breakfast”
Bronze: BBC Radio Leeds – “Andrew & Georgey in the Morning”

[B]2. Programme Presenter[/B]
Gold: Paul Stainton – BBC Radio Cambridgeshire {Peterborough}
Silver: Liz Green – BBC Radio Leeds
Bronze: Vanessa Feltz – BBC London 94.9

[B]3. Original Journalism[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Norfolk “Teenage Pregnancy”
Silver: Paul Rowley – Regional Political Unit – “Happy Birthday Maurice Cole”
Bronze: BBC Radio Shropshire – “Turning the Stone”

[B]4. Breaking News[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Cumbria – “Cumbria Shootings”
Silver: BBC London 94.9 – “Peckham Fire”
Bronze: BBC Radio Humberside – “Seven Days That Shook The Tigers”

[B]5. Interactivity[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Oxford –Malcolm Boyden
Silver: BBC Radio Manchester – The Hidden Parent
Bronze: BBC Radio Shropshire – Jim Hawkins

[B]6. Impact[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Wiltshire – “For The Fallen”
Silver: BBC Radio Berkshire – “Warning. May Contain Nuts”.
Bronze: BBC Radio Northamptonshire – “Watford Gap”

[B]7. Daytime Programming[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Leicester – Tony Wadsworth
Silver: BBC Radio Berkshire – Anne Diamond
Bronze: BBC Radio Newcastle – Drive

[B]8. Community[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Berkshire – “Warning. May Contain Nuts”
Silver: BBC Radio Leicester – “The Street”
Bronze: BBC Coventry & Warwickshire – “Just the job”

[B]9. Sports Coverage[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Leicester – “The Leicester City Story”
Silver: BBC Radio Merseyside – “If you know your history – Everton ’85”
Bronze: BBC Radio Manchester – “In the spotlight”

[B]10. Diversity[/B]
Gold: BBC Somerset
Silver: BBC Radio Derby
Bronze: BBC Radio Kent

[B]11. Faith Programming[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Nottingham
Silver: BBC Coventry and Warwickshire
Bronze: BBC London 94.9

[B]12. Radio Promotion Campaign[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Cumbria – “Richard Nankivell Late Show”
Silver: BBC Sussex – “Be Part of It”
Bronze: BBC London 94.9 – “Breakfast with Gaby Roslin and Paul Ross”

[B]Station of the Year[/B]
Gold: BBC Radio Sheffield
Silver: BBC Radio Cumbria
Bronze: BBC Radio Derby

[B]Outstanding Contribution Award[/B]
Billy Butler – Radio Merseyside

The Frank Gillard awards were set up in 2000 honouring achievement in BBC local radio.

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