SCOTS entries were, last night, among the winners at an annual competition celebrating the best of UK commercial radio.
The Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards saw the likes of Radio Borders and Clyde 1 among those taking the top prizes.
The 2016 winners were, as follows:
Presenter of the Year (under two million TSA)
Gold: Trevor Marchall and Caroline Verdon, 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
Silver: Dave Connor and Vanessa Motion, Kingdom FM
Bronze: Jordan North, Rock FM
Presenter of the Year (over two million TSA)
Gold: Iain Dale, LBC
Silver: Christian O’Connell, Absolute Radio
Bronze: Boogie and Dingo, Bauer City Network
Programmer of the Year
Gold: Paul Sylvester, Absolute Radio
Silver: James Rea, LBC
Bronze: Gavin Harris, 107 JACK fm Berkshire
Unsung Hero of the Year
Gold: Robin Duff, The Bay
Silver: Zach Watson, Heart Network
Bronze: Giles Gear, 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire and JACK 2
Journalist of the Year (Ali Booker Memorial Award)
Gold: Ella Griffith, Global’s Newsroom Yorkshire
Silver: Shiona McCallum, Forth One
Laura Pennington, Hallam FM
Station of the Year (500,000 TSA)
Gold: Radio Borders
Silver: 103.1 Central FM
Bronze: MFR
Station of the Year (500,000 to 2m TSA)
Gold: Clyde 1
Silver: Hallam FM
Bronze: Metro Radio
Station of the Year (2m + TSA)
Gold: Absolute Radio
Silver: Classic FM
Bronze: LBC
Breakfast Show of the Year (under two million TSA)
Gold: Capital Breakfast with Matt, Polly and Geraint, Capital South Wales
Silver: Heart Breakfast with Tom, Nicola and Jack, Heart Sussex
Bronze: JD and Roisin, Free Radio
Breakfast Show of the Year (over two million TSA)
Gold: The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show, Absolute Radio
Silver: KISS Breakfast with Rickie, Melvin and Charlie, KISS
Bronze: Capital Breakfast with Bodg, Matt and Scarlett, Capital North East
Feature of the Year
Gold: Heart’s 100 Happy Days, Heart Network
Silver: Classroom SOS, Heart Sussex
Bronze: Not Just a Number, LBC
Single Programme or Broadcast of the Year
Gold: Torture on the Kwai: The Diary of Raymond Savage, 101 Touch FM
Silver: 7/7: London Remembers, LBC
Bronze: Justice for Karen Buckley, Heart Scotland
Specialist Programme of the Year
Gold: The Farming Programme, Lincs FM, KCFM, Rutland Radio
Silver: Rock N Roll Football, Absolute Radio
Bronze: Charlotte Green’s Culture Club, Classic FM
Social Action Initiative
Gold: Global’s Make Some Noise
Silver: The Bay and Storm Desmond
Bronze: Capital XTRA’s Music Potential
Station Imaging Award
Gold: JACKfm Oxfordshire
Silver: Absolute Radio, Real Music Matters
Bronze: Classic FM, The Home of Christmas Music
News Coverage of the Year
Gold: Hallam FM
Silver: Lincs FM Group Yorkshire
Bronze: The Bay
Marketing Award
Gold: Radio X Launch, Radio X
Silver: VOD Campaign 2015, LBC
Bronze: Absolute Radio and Q Magazine
Local Sales Team of the Year
Gold: The Bay
Silver: Radio Clyde
Bronze: Manx Radio
National Sales Award
Gold: Helping Lucozade ‘find their flow’, GTN
Silver: Exhibitionism – The Rolling Stones Story, Absolute Radio
Bronze: Bauer Media and JUST EAT
Radio Innovation of the Year
Gold: My Capital XTRA, Capital XTRA
Silver: Global’s Dax, Vizeum and Panasonic
Bronze: N60Sean, Fun Kids
Media Agency of the Year
Gold: Mindshare
Silver: MediaCom
Bronze: the7stars
Most Creative Campaign of the Year
Gold: P&G Duracell Perfectionist
Silver: AA Fuel Assist, Adam and Eve DDB
Bronze: Specsavers Bat, Specsavers
Most Effective Agency Case Study of the Year
Gold: Lucozade Energy – ‘Find Your Flow’, MediaCom
Silver: Yorkshire Gold Tea, Classic FM Live Partnership, Goodstuff Communications
Bronze: Wickes and The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio, Carat
Breakthrough UK Artist of the Year: Jess Glynne
Most Played UK Artist on Commercial Radio: Ed Sheeran
Music Champion Award: John Kennedy, Radio X
Industry Leader of the Year: Stephen Miron, Global Radio
Lifetime Achievement Award: Gillian Reynolds
Gold Award: Steve Allen, LBC
