SEVERAL Scots stations have made it to the shortlist of an annual awards competition celebrating the best of the commercial radio sector.
Northsound 1 and Moray Firth Radio are among those to have secured nominations in the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, which will be announcing its winners on July 4.
Also among the nominees, Real Radio Scotland’s breakfast duo Ewen Cameron and Cat Harvey are shortlisted in one of the most prestigious and hotly contested categories: Breakfast Show of the Year (with a potential adult audience over one million or less).
The shortlist reads:
Presenter of the Year (under 1million TSA)
Greig Easton & Yasmin Zemmoura – Northsound 1
Matt Foister – Trax FM
Trevor Marshall – 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
Presenter of the Year (over 1m TSA)
Christian O’Connell – Absolute Radio
John Suchet – Classic FM
Danny Wallace – XFM
Programmer of the Year
James Brownlow – 95.8 Capital FM
Ricky Durkin – Real Radio Yorkshire
Chris Pegg – Metro Radio
Newcomer(s) of the Year
Alun Cochrane – Absolute Radio
Emma Barnett – LBC 97.3
Eoghan McDermott – XFM
Journalist or News Team of the Year
106 JACKfm Hertfordshire
GMG Radio North West News Team
Radio Aire News
Station of the Year (under 300,000 TSA)
The Bay
Isle of Wight Radio
MFR (Moray Firth Radio)
Station of the Year (300,000 to 1m TSA)
106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
Northsound 1
Radio Tay
Station of the Year (over 1m TSA)
95.8 Capital FM
Radio City 96.7
Absolute Radio
Breakfast Show of the Year (under 1m TSA)
Radio Aire Breakfast – Radio Aire
The Bay Breakfast with Danny Matthews – The Bay
JACK’s Morning Glory – 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
Breakfast Show of the Year (over 1m TSA)
The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show – Absolute Radio
Des & Jennie at Breakfast – Capital Scotland
Real Radio Breakfast with Ewen & Cat – Real Radio Scotland
Feature(s) of the Year
Oldham Riots: The Legacy – Smooth Radio
Raoul Moat: One Year On presented by PC David Rathband and Kath Rathband – Metro Radio
Ronnie Wood – The Guests – Absolute Radio
Specialist Programme of the Year
The Ronnie Wood Show – Absolute Radio
Music : Response with Mary Anne Hobbs – XFM
Matt Stocks – Kerrang!
Social Action Initiative
Walkathon 2011 – brmb
Positive Mental Health Week – Cool FM
Cocaine Unwrapped – Real Radio North West
Station Imaging Award
106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
The Capital Network
Kiss Network Imaging
Marketing Award
Absolute Radio – Faces for Radio & #NowPlaying
Capital FM Marketing
Touch FM – Pride of Stratford Awards 2012
Radio Station Event of the Year
Absolute Radio Live – Absolute Radio
Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball – The Capital Network
Jagger & Woody ‘Beside the Seaside’ Tour – Real Radio Wales
Local Sales Team of the Year
The Bay
Gem 106
Real Radio North West
National Sales Team of the Year
Absolute Radio
Bauer Media
Global Radio
Best Branded Content
Absolute Radio Live with Swiftcover.com – Spark
Arla Starbuck’s Frappuccino and Capital FM Summertime Ball – Carat
‘Dangerous’ Dave Vs The Log Flume – Gem 106
Best Creative Campaign
comparethemarket.com – VCCP
Honda – Do You Believe In The Power of Dreams? – Wieden + Kennedy
Peppa Pig World at Paultons Park – Global Radio Creative
Most Effective Campaign
Autoglass Radio Effective Frequency Test – Starcom Mediavest
Heart & More Th>n 2011
Ikea ‘Happy to Bed’ with Absolute Radio
Advertiser of the Year
Lloyds TSB
Unilever
Vodafone
Media Agency of the Year
Mediacom
PHD
Mindshare
PPL Most Played UK Artist on Commercial Radio
Adele
Take That
The Wanted
PPL Breakthrough UK Artist on Commercial Radio
Ed Sheeran
Example
Jessie J
