Hospital Radio Awards 2017 – the winners

This year’s winners of the Hospital Radio Awards have been announced at a ceremony in Bolton.

The awards are open to any HBA member station and are divided into different categories, each one recognising a specific area of excellence; some are awarded to individuals, others to stations.

Most of the categories recognise gold, silver, and bronze winners; however, some prizes are awarded to only one individual with no runner-up places.

Winners

Station of the Year

GOLD: RADIO TYNESIDE
Silver: Radio Brockley
Bronze: Hospital Radio Plymouth

Male Presenter of the Year

GOLD: JAMES EWINS, MERTHYR HOSPITAL RADIO
Silver: Thomas James, Hospital Radio Bedside
Bronze: Peter May, Hospital Radio Plymouth

Female Presenter of the Year

GOLD: NITA JHUMMU, HOSPITAL RADIO CHELMSFORD
Silver: Mandy Morrow Radio Wey
Bronze: Ellie Jackson Harrogate Hospital Radio

Special Event

GOLD: START OF THE GREAT NORTH RUN 2016, RADIO TYNESIDE
Silver: Durham Miners Gala (The Big Meeting) 2016, Durham Hospitals Radio
Bronze: Baby Loss Awareness Week, CHBN

Best Speech Package

GOLD: THE STORY OF RADIO BROCKLEY, RADIO BROCKLEY
Silver: Jon Herd talking to Neil Jerffers, Chief Pilot with London Air Ambulance, Radio Hillingdon
Bronze: Living with Diabetes, Radio Harrow

Best Newcomer

GOLD: MAX FOSH, RADIO TYNESIDE
Silver: Emma Boydell BHBN
Bronze: Jon Stonefield The Hospital Broadcasting Service

Best Specialist Music

GOLD: THE GEORDIE HOUR, RADIO TYNESIDE
Silver: Eurovision Through the Years Radio Chelmsford
Bronze: Music Travels Radio Brockley

Best Programme with Multiple Presenters

GOLD: THE WICKED WEEKDAY SHOW, RADIO CHERWELL
Silver: The Flagship Show Rookwood Sound
Bronze: 65th Birthday Radio Tyneside

Station Promotion

GOLD: THE CHAIR IN THE CHAIR, RADIO GLAMORGAN
Silver: Hospital Radio Chelmsford at thw OSCAs Hospital Radio Chelmsford
Bronze: It Started with Swap Shop Hospital Radio Basingstoke

Fundraiser of the Year

WINNER: MANDY SHEPHERD, ARROWE SOUND

The John Whitney Award

WINNER: RON WALLBANK, COASTWAY HOSPITAL RADIO