The 2017 Audio and Radio Industry Awards have been handed out in Leeds – here’s the full list of winners.
Best New Presenter
GOLD: Andrew Flintoff (BBC Radio 5 live)
SLIVER: Andrew Scott, U2@40 Documentary (TBI Media/Absolute Radio)
BRONZE: Gemma Atkinson (Key 103)
Best New Show
GOLD: Flintoff, Savage & the Ping Pong Guy (BBC Radio 5 live)
SILVER: Quake (BBC Radio 4/Radio Production North)
BRONZE: Soundtracking with Edith Bowman (Ora et Labora/Edith Bowman)
Best News Coverage
GOLD: London Bridge Attacks – (Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio 5 live)
SILVER: The High Street Abduction – (Andrew Bomford for PM (BBC Radio 4)
BRONZE: BBC Radio Leeds
Best Speech Presenter Breakfast
GOLD: Nicky Campbell and Rachel Burden (BBC Radio 5 live)
SILVER: Vanessa Feltz (BBC Radio London)
BRONZE: Liz Green (BBC Radio Leeds)
Best Speech Presenter – non Breakfast
GOLD: Iain Lee (talkRADIO)
SILVER: Jeremy Vine (BBC Radio 2)
BRONZE: Mike Sweeney (BBC Radio Manchester
Sports Show of the Year
GOLD: 5 Live Sport (BBC Radio 5 Live)
SILVER: Our summer: The Story of Wales at Euro 2016 (BBC Radio Wales)
BRONZE: On The Sporting Couch (talkSPORT)
Best Music Presenter – Breakfast
GOLD: The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show (Absolute Radio)
SILVER: JACK’S Morning Glory (JACKfm Oxfordshire)
BRONZE: The Chris Evans Breakfast Show (BBC Radio 2)
Best Music Presenter – non breakfast
GOLD: Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1)
SILVER: Richard Allinson (Magic Radio)
BRONZE: Stephen McCauley (BBC Radio Foyle & BBC Radio Ulster)
Best Specialist Music Show
GOLD: Benji B (TBI Media/BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra)
SILVER: The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe (7digital/BBC Radio 2)
BRONZE: Soundtracking with Edith Bowman (Ora et Labora/Edith Bowman)
Best Entertainment/Comedy Production
GOLD: The Frank Skinner Show (Avalon TV/Absolute Radio)
SILVER: Henry Normal – A Normal Life (BBC Studios Comedy)
BRONZE: BBC Radio 1 24 Hour “LOLathon” for Red Nose Day, Scott Mills & Chris Stark
Best Factual Storytelling
GOLD: The Enemy Within (Falling Tree Productions/BBC Radio 3)
SILVER: Hillsborough: Trevor and Jenni’s Journey (BBC Radio Merseyside for BBC Radio 5 live)
BRONZE: The Tale of June and Gretel (BBC Radio Berkshire)
Best Fictional Storytelling
GOLD: Life Lines (BBC Radio Drama London)
SILVER: Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy (BBC Studios Comedy)
BRONZE: Comment Is Free (BBC Radio 4 Bristol)
Best Community Programme
GOLD: The Manchester Bombing (Key 103)
SILVER: Dig Deep (JACKfm Oxfordshire)
BRONZE: National Prison Radio (Prison Radio Association)
BRONZE: Talking Heads (BBC Radio Berkshire)
Best Online Radio Station
GOLD: Worldwide FM
SILVER: Live @Wimbledon Radio (IMG Media)
BRONZE: Reform
Best Podcast
GOLD: Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy (BBC Radio 5 live)
SILVER: Close Encounters (Rethink Audio/the Guardian)
BRONZE: The Untold: Missing (BBC Radio Documentaries)
Best On-Air Promotion
GOLD: The 6Music Festival in Glasgow (BBC Radio 6Music)
SILVER: UEFA Euro 2016 France on talkSPORT (talkSPORT Creative)
BRONZE: The Archers (BBC Radio 4 Presentation)
Best Branded Content or Partnership
GOLD: The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show with Wickes (Absolute Radio)
SILVER: BBC Local Radio and National Poetry Day (BBC English Regions)
BRONZE: Mardi Gras 2017” with British Airways (Jazz FM)
BRONZE: School of Rock (Magic Radio)
Best Marketing Campaign
GOLD: BBC Radio 1Xtra Street Studio (BBC Radio 1Xtra)
SILVER: See Radio Differently Campaign (Radiocentre)
BRONZE: Superhero Day (Bauer Media)
Best Coverage of an Event
GOLD: Manchester’s Response to the Arena Attack (Key 103)
SILVER: Running the Brighton Marathon (BBC Sussex)
BRONZE: BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend (BBC Radio 1)
Highly Commended: World Cup ‘66 Live (TBI Media/BBC Radio 2)
Local Station of the Year
GOLD: BBC Radio London
SILVER: BBC Radio Merseyside
BRONZE: Metro Radio
National Radio Station of the Year
GOLD: BBC 1Xtra
SILVER: Planet Rock
BRONZE: BBC Radio 1
Team of the Year (voted for by Radio Academy members)
Local Radio Day – UKRD Group
Individual of the Year (voted for by Radio Academy members)
Tony Moorey, Group Content Director, Magic and Absolute Radio
