Tag: sonys
Chris Evans to host Sonys for next 2 years
BBC Radio 2 breakfast show presenter Chris Evans has committed to hosting the Sony Radio Academy Awards for the next two years.
Sony Radio Academy Awards – the best bits
We’ve compiled a 10 minute montage of some of the highlights of the mammoth RadioToday live radio show with Bionics from the Sonys 2013.
BBC takes home 70% of 2013 Sony Awards
Whilst the 2012 Sonys saw commercial radio claw back a larger number of awards, this year the BBC hits back with 70%.
Sony Radio Academy Awards – all winners
The full list of winners at the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards is below, including the new Golden Headphones Award.
Ten Sony Gold Awards in ten years for OC
Absolute Radio breakfast presenter Christian O’Connell has won another two Sonys Radio Golds this year taking his total to 10.
Industry gets ready for 2013 Sony Awards
One of the biggest nights of the UK radio calendar takes place this evening as the Sony Radio Academy Awards are announced.
Robbie Williams to headline Sony Awards
The 31st Sony Radio Academy Awards look set to entertain guests with a line-up of Robbie Williams, The Saturdays and Jamie Cullum.
Radio Today to repeat Sonys radio show
Leading radio industry news website RadioToday (hey, that’s us!) will be repeating its live radio show direct from the Sony Radio Academy Awards.
Sony Golden Headphone voting goes live
Phone lines are now open! Voting for the new Golden Headphones award at the Sony Radio Academy Awards is now available.
Sony Radio Academy Awards 2013 nominations
A webcast by the Radio Academy has revealed all the nominees for the Sony Awards 2013. See all the details here but scroll down for the complete list.
Nick Grimshaw gets first Sony nomination
New BBC Radio 1 breakfast show presenter Nick Grimshaw has been shortlisted for his first Sony Radio Academy Award in the 2013 nominations.
Sony introduces new Listener Choice Award
A new category will be introduced at the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards, with the winner decided by public vote.
Kiss team to announce Sony nominations
The nominations for the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2013 are to be announced by Kiss breakfast team Rickie, Melvin and Charlie.
Academy Podcast returns with Sonys advice
How to win a Sony is the title of the first Radio Academy Podcast of 2013, with Sony Awards Chairman John Myers at the helm.
2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards now open
The Radio Academy has today informed us that the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards are now officially open for entries, till 5pm on February 6th 2013.
2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards announced
A new award for UK Radio Brand of the Year and fewer categories than previous years make up the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards.
Winners announced for Nations and Regions
The Radio Academy’s 2012 Nations and Regions Awards winners are out, with one of the stations going forward to win Station of the Year.
Gold-winning Sony Award entries go online
The audio entries from all of this year’s Gold winners at the 2012 Sony Radio Academy Award is to be put online for people to listen to during July.
The Radio Academy says it has come to an arrangement with PPL and PRS so that the winning entries can be streamed, although they won’t be available for download.
RadioToday summer magazine out now
The Summer 2012 edition of RadioToday THE MAGAZINE has been arriving at radio stations across the UK this week.
In our second issue, we focus on last month’s Sony Radio Academy Awards with a photo special and interviews with big winners – including Kiss and BBC Radio 6 Music.
Beryl and Betty do Radio Academy Q&A
Sony Award winning Beryl and Betty from BBC Radio Humberside are taking part in an event hosted by the Yorkshire branch of the Radio Academy next week.
The duo – who last month became the oldest ever winners of a Sony Gold when they won in the Entertainment category – will be in conversation with their producer David Reeves and will take questions from the audience.
Sony Radio Awards take place tonight
The radio industry is preparing for the biggest night in the calendar, as the Sony Radio Academy Awards take place in London.
Radio Today is hosting a special live webcast hosted by Editor Stuart Clarkson and radio legend Pat Sharp with the countdown starting from 5pm at radiotoday.co.uk/live
Radio Today to host live Sonys webcast
We’re teaming up with The Radio Academy and Broadcast Bionics to bring you exclusive live coverage of this year’s Sony Radio Academy Awards later this month.
For the first time, Radio Today will stream a live radio show on this website so that people from the industry not attending the awards can follow proceedings from home.
Gary Barlow to perform at Sony Radio Awards
Take That frontman Gary Barlow will do a live performance at this year’s Sony Radio Academy Awards ceremony on 14th May.
Jessie J and Alexandra Burke are also on the line-up for the 30th anniversary of the awards dinner in London.
Sony nominations 2012 announced
This year’s Sony Radio Academy Award nominations have been announced in a special lunchtime webcast presented by Capital FM’s Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon.
The BBC leads the field – but only just – with 53% of the nominations, signalling a decent representation from commercial radio.
Sony Award shortlists for 2012 in full
The shortlists for the 2012 Sony Radio Academy Awards have been announced in a special lunchtime webcast.
On the awards night on 14th May, the winner of the Gold Award will be announced along with Silver and Bronze winners.
Sony Award nominations out next Friday
The shortlists for this year’s Sony Radio Academy Awards are to be announced in a special lunchtime webcast a week on Friday.
Capital FM London breakfast presenters Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon will host the announcement, which will be streamed via the awards’ website.
2012 Sony Radio Award judges announced
The list of 127 individuals who will judge this year’s Sony Radio Academy Award entries has been revealed by organisers.
They include representatives from the BBC and most of the major commercial radio operators, as well as people from TV, the music industry and radio reviewers and commentators.
Nominations wanted for Sony Rising Stars
Nominations are now being taken for the Sony DAB Rising Star Award – handed out to one lucky person at the annual Sony Radio Academy Awards.
The closing date for entries is March 1st 2012.
Record number of entries for 2012 Sonys
The Radio Academy has received a record number of entries for this year’s Sony Radio Academy Awards.
Over 120 radio judges will soon start listening to entries across 34 categories ahead of the annual event, on May 14th.
Nations and Regions announced for Sonys
The regional winners for the Radio Academy’s Station of the Year under 300,000 category have been announced.
The winner from each region will go on to battle it out between themselves at the 2012 Sony Radio Academy Awards in May next year.
