The UK has gained 67 finalist positions in the New York Festivals 2014 International Radio Programme Awards.
Indie TBI Media, headed by programmer Phil Critchlow, leads the way with 17 nominations, followed by the BBC with 12 and Global Radio with eight.
Snappin Turtle Productions is also a finalist with three, Folded Wing, Trevor Dann’s Company and BFBS get two each, and Bauer and UKRD receive one nomination each.
Some of the BBC’s nominations include The Stephen Nolan Show and coverage of the Death of Nelson Mandela.
Global Radio has been nominated in Best Classical Format, LBC documentaries, station sound at Classic FM and a Live from Vegas competition on Capital. LBC’s Tom Swarbrick, who got National Radio Journalist of the Year at the Radio Academy Awards this year, is also a finalist.
Winners will be announced in New York on June 23rd. See all the finalists below:
| CATEGORY | TITLE | ENTRANT |
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Best Classical Format |
Global Radio |
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Best Coverage Of Breaking News Story |
The Death Of Nelson Mandela |
BBC |
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Best Drama Special |
Alan Robson MBE |
Bauer Media |
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Best Drama Special |
The Prince |
Pacificus Productions |
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Best Drama Special |
The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute |
TBI Media |
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Best Editing |
David Bowie Is… |
TBI Media |
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Best Information/News Talk Show |
The Stephen Nolan Show |
BBC Radio Ulster |
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Best Jazz Format |
Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2 |
Folded Wing |
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Best Live Sound |
The Dambusters 70 Years On |
TBI Media with Snappin Turtle production |
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Best Live Sound |
The Assassination Of JFK: Minute By Minute |
TBI Media |
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Best Music Special |
Let’s Dance at 30 |
Birmingham City University |
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Best Music Special |
Electric Dreams: The Giorgio Moroder Story |
Document Media Ltd |
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Best Music Special |
Bowie |
TBI Media |
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Best Music Special |
The Dambusters 70 Years On |
TBI Media with Snappin’ Turtle |
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Best Music Special |
The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute |
TBI Media |
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Best Music Special |
In Perfect Harmony |
White Pebble Media |
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Best Music Special |
The Songs of Molly Drake |
White Pebble Media |
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Best News Anchor/Reporter: Local Market |
Tom Swarbrick |
Global Radio News for LBC |
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Best News Anchor/Reporter: Network/Syndicated |
Shaimaa Khalil |
BBC |
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Best News Documentary Or Special |
In The Line of Duty |
BBC Radio Manchester |
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Best News Documentary Or Special |
Slavery on Our Streets |
Global Radio News for LBC |
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Best News Documentary Or Special |
Clutha Crash: A City’s Heartbreak |
Real Radio Scotland |
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Best News Documentary Or Special |
Puppet On A String |
Snappin Turtle Productions |
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Best News Documentary Or Special |
The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute |
TBI Media |
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Best Public Affairs Program |
Sitrep |
BFBS Radio |
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Best Radio Personality: Network/Syndicated |
John Suchet |
Global Radio |
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Best Regularly Scheduled Comedy Program |
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones! |
Pozzitive Television Ltd |
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Best Regularly Scheduled Comedy Program |
The Brig Society |
Pozzitive Television Ltd |
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Best Regularly Scheduled Comedy Program |
Cabin Pressure |
Pozzitive Television Ltd |
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Best Regularly Scheduled Comedy Program |
The Maunscript |
TBI Media |
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Best Regularly Scheduled Music Program |
Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2 |
Folded Wing |
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Best Special Event |
The Dambusters 70 Years On |
TBI Media with Snappin Turtle Production |
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Best Sports Special |
Not Just Cricket |
TBI Media with Bite Yer Legs |
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Best Student Comedy |
Phin Adams |
CAMFM |
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Best Talk Show Host |
The Stephen Nolan Show |
BBC Radio Ulster |
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Best Writing |
The Dambusters 70 Years On |
TBI Media with Snappin’ Turtle |
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Best Writing |
The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute |
TBI Media |
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Culture & The Arts |
Crikey DM! David Jason’s Tribute To Cosgrove Hall |
TBI Media |
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Culture & The Arts |
Doctor Who In The South |
BBC |
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Culture & The Arts |
The Secret History of Bossa Nova |
Brook Lapping Productions |
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Culture & The Arts |
Archive on 4: The Long, Long Trail |
Goldhawk Essential |
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Culture & The Arts |
Building Bridges – The Art & Craft of the Middle 8 in Pop Music |
Trevor Dann’s Company |
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Culture & The Arts |
All You Need Is Lab – the role of science & tech in musical innovation |
Trevor Dann’s Company |
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Current Affairs |
Puppet On A String |
Snappin Turtle Productions |
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Drama |
Sometime Never |
Spokenworld Audio/Ladbroke Audio Ltd |
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Environment & Ecology |
Energy Day |
TBI Media |
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Health/Medical |
The Silent Epidemic |
Square Dog Radio for BBC Radio 4 |
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History |
Greenback: How the Dollar came to rule the world |
Ruth Evans Productions Ltd |
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History |
Solent’s Spooky Stories |
BBC |
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History |
Dambusters 70 |
BBC Radio Lincolnshire |
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History |
Some Corner of a Foreign Field |
Square Dog Radio for BBC Radio 4 |
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History |
The Dambusters 70 Years On |
TBI Media with Snappin’ Turtle |
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History |
The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute |
TBI Media |
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History |
Armistice Day |
UKRD |
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Human Relations |
Living With Memory In Rwanda |
Ladbroke Productions (Radio) Ltd |
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Profiles/Community Portraits |
Tony Hancock: From Bournemouth To East Cheam |
BBC |
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Profiles/Community Portraits |
Hal Stewarts Black Rat Tour |
BFBS Radio |
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Profiles/Community Portraits |
Tel Aviv Comes Out |
Tonic Productions for BBC Radio |
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Religious Programs |
The Maha Kumbh Mela |
Overtone Productions Ltd |
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Social Issues |
Warchild Week on XFM |
Global Radio |
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Social Issues |
Puppet On A String |
Snappin Turtle Productions |
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Sound Art |
Rob da Bank’s Headphone Special |
We Are Grape Ltd |
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Sports & Recreation |
100 Years of the Yankees: A Bronx Tale |
BBC |
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Station ID |
Classic FM Station Sound |
Global Radio |
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Station Promotion |
Capital Breakfast – Live from Vegas for the Premiere of Runner Runner |
Global Radio |
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Best Human Interest Story |
The Stephen Nolan Show |
BBC |
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Social Issues |
The Stephen Nolan Show |
BBC |
New York Festivals enlists jurists from all over the world to become The GrandJury members. These men and women include some of the most recognisable voices and captivating programming producers in the industry. Entries are judged on production values, organisation, presentation of information, creativity, and use of the medium.