Derby wins Station of the Year

BBC Radio Derby has been named Station of the Year at the annual BBC Gillard Awards.
Other winners at the event, which was held in Nottingham on Thursday, included Radio Devon for Breaking News and Radio Manchester for Radio Promo.

The ceremony, which celebrates the best of BBC Local Radio, also honoured last year's host, Radio Sheffield's Toby Foster, for best breakfast show.
The full list of results is below:
1 – Breakfast Programme
BRONZE BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE – TONY LIVESEY
SILVER BBC HEREFORD AND WORCESTER – HOWARD BENTHAM
GOLD BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD – TOBY FOSTER
2 – Programme Presenter
BRONZE BBC ESSEX – RAY CLARKE
SILVER BBC RADIO NORTHAMPTONSHIRE – BOB WALMSLEY
GOLD BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM – ANDY WHITTAKER
3 – Original Journalism
JOINT SILVER BBC LONDON 94.9 – LONDON ASSEMBLY
JOINT SILVER PAUL ROWLEY, BBC REGIONAL POLITICAL UNIT – "THE OTHER RADIO
CAROLINE"
GOLD BBC HEREFORD AND WORCESTER – FAMILY LIFE
4 – Breaking News
BRONZE BBC RADIO LEEDS "M62 CRASH"
SILVER BBC RADIO KENT "SCHOOL ROOF COLLAPSE"
GOLD BBC RADIO DEVON "ONE NIGHT IN HALDEN"
5 – Interactivity
BRONZE BBC RADIO SHROPSHIRE, JIM HAWKINS
SILVER BBC NORFOLK, DAVID CLAYTON AND BECKY BETTS
GOLD BBC RADIO SUFFOLK MARK MURPHY
6 – 360
BRONZE BBC LONDON 94.9 – LONDON TUBE STRIKE
SILVER BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD- THE MINERS' STRIKE
GOLD BBC COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE – COVENTRY MARKET
7 – Daytime Programme
BRONZE BBC OXFORD JO THEONES
SILVER BBC LONDON 94.9 VANESSA FELTZ
GOLD BBC RADIO CORNWALL LAURENCE REED
8 – Community
BRONZE BBC WILTSHIRE "WOOTTON BASSETT"
SILVER BBC COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE "COVENTRY MARKET THE MUSICAL"
GOLD BBC WM "KIDNEY KIDS APPEAL"
9 – Sports Coverage
BRONZE BBC RADIO BERKSHIRE – OLYMPIC ROWERS COME HOME TO HENLEY
SILVER BBC RADIO MERSEYSIDE – "BLUE REMEMBERED THRILLS" EVERTON AT THE
FA CUP FINAL
GOLD BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD – "ROVERS TIL I DIE"
10 – Diversity
BRONZE BBC RADIO LEICESTER
SILVER BBC RADIO DERBY
GOLD BBC RADIO MERSEYSIDE
11 – Faith Programming
BRONZE BBC WM
SILVER BBC RADIO BERKSHIRE
GOLD BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM
12 – Radio Promotion Campaign
BRONZE BBC LONDON 94.9 LONDON'S NEWS, LONDON'S STORIES
SILVER BBC RADIO SOLENT – D DAY
GOLD BBC RADIO MANCHESTER "BESWICK AT BREAKFAST"
13 – Station Of The Year
BRONZE BBC HEREFORD AND WORCESTER
SILVER BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM
GOLD BBC RADIO DERBY

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