BBC Radio Scotland is among the nominations for awards recognising the best in UK radio production.
At a nominations ceremony held this evening in Manchester for the inaugural Radio Production Awards – hosted by the Radio Academy and the Radio Independents Group – BBC Radio Scotland was shortlisted in the ‘Live music (studio) production’ category.
Also among the nominees was Glasgow community radio station, Celtic Music Radio.
The awards were established to reward achievement by individual producers and production companies. Gillian Reynolds, the highly respected radio critic of the Daily Telegraph is the judging panel chair.
The winners will be announced on the 11th of next month.
Said Celtic Music’s Ross MacFadyen: “I’m chuffed to bits to be nominated for this award. Since joining Celtic Music Radio in July 2008, I have been particularly interested in promoting live music that otherwise would not get heard on the radio.”
Celtic Music Radio 1530AM has been broadcasting full-time around the Greater Glasgow area on 1530 kHz AM/MW since January two years ago. It can be listened to online at www.celticmusicradio.net.
The nominations are:
BEST FACTUAL PRODUCER
Adam Fowler
Simon Jacobs – Unique
Catherine Miller – BBC News
David Prest – Whistledown Productions
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCER
Wayne Clark, Paul Deacon, Chris Parker – Txmediasuite
James Hodder – Resonance 104.4FM
Owen McFadden – BBC Radio Ulster
David Tyler – Pozzitive Television
BEST MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCER
Nick Barraclough – Smooth Operations
Kate Bland, Chris O’Shaughnessy – Just Radio
Sue Clark – Sue Clark Productions
Ben Walker – Ora Et Labora
LIVE MUSIC PRODUCER
(a) The Live Music (concert) Award
Joe Adams – TBI Media
Charis Blyth – Somethin’ Else
Ross MacFadyen – Celtic Music Radio
Paul McClean – BBC Radio Ulster
(b) The Live Music (studio session) Award
Muslim Alim, Niall Young – BBC Radio Scotland
Chris Denman – XFM, Global Radio
Peggy Sutton – Somethin’ Else
Dean Woodcock – Absolute Radio
BEST ONLINE PRODUCER
Sam Coley – Birmingham City University
Sam Gregory – Sun Talk
Vince Lynch – Absolute Radio
Francesca Panetta – The Guardian
BEST DRAMA PRODUCER
Gordon House – Goldhawk Essential
Judith Kampfner – Corporation for Independent Media
Eoin O’Callaghan – BBC Radio Drama Northern Ireland
Frank Stirling – Unique
NEWCOMER
Katie Burningham – Falling Tree Productions
Eloise Carr – Absolute Radio
Susie Matthews – Unique
James Wilson – Galaxy Manchester, Global Radio
CREATIVE AWARD
Peregrine Andrews, Kate Bland – Just Radio
Dinah Bird – Loftus Audio
Tom Jackson, Susan Marling – Just Radio
Francesca Panetta – The Guardian
