Sony Radio Academy Awards
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The Sony
Radio Academy
Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British
radio industry. They are run by ZAFER
Associates in association with the Radio Academy
. The categories for the awards are decided by an annual committee, with the aim to include all the main genres from contemporary music, news and speech through to radio drama
, comedy and sport, and not discriminating against station size, or niche categories.
The 28th Sony Awards were held at the Grosvenor House Hotel
in London on Monday 10 May 2010, with 3 awards presented per category (Gold, Silver and Bronze).
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
Radio Academy
Radio Academy
The Radio Academy is a registered charity that is dedicated to 'the encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence in UK broadcasting and audio production'....
Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
radio industry. They are run by ZAFER
Zafer
Zafer is a Turkish given name for males. People named Zafer include:* Zafer Aracagök, Turkish writer* Zafer Biryol, Turkish footballer* Zafer İlken, Turkish educator* Zafer Kılıçkan, Turkish footballer* Zafer Şahin, Turkish footballer...
Associates in association with the Radio Academy
Radio Academy
The Radio Academy is a registered charity that is dedicated to 'the encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence in UK broadcasting and audio production'....
. The categories for the awards are decided by an annual committee, with the aim to include all the main genres from contemporary music, news and speech through to radio drama
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
, comedy and sport, and not discriminating against station size, or niche categories.
The 28th Sony Awards were held at the Grosvenor House Hotel
Grosvenor House Hotel
Grosvenor House is a large and luxurious hotel. The iconic Mayfair, London hotel is owned by the Sahara Group. The name has also been licensed to a property in Dubai....
in London on Monday 10 May 2010, with 3 awards presented per category (Gold, Silver and Bronze).
2010 awards winners
- Breakfast Show of the Year (station with a potential audience of 10 million-plus) - Today (BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
) - Best Music Programme - Dermot O'LearyDermot O'LearyDermot O'Leary is an English television and radio presenter. He established himself as a presenter of Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4 before moving on to The X Factor on ITV. O'Leary has also presented on the BBC and has his own radio show on BBC Radio 2...
Show (BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
) - Best Entertainment Programme - The Capital Breakfast ShowCapital Breakfast with Johnny VaughanCapital Breakfast is the name of the breakfast slot on Capital London . It is currently presented by Greg Burns and Lisa Snowdon. The show is broadcast from 6am to 10am each weekday...
(95.8 Capital FM) - Best Speech Programme - NihalDJ NihalDJ Nihal is an English radio and TV presenter, as well as club night promoter and DJ, currently broadcasting on BBC Radio 1, BBC Asian Network and since August 6, 2010 BBC Radio 5 Live...
(BBC Asian NetworkBBC Asian NetworkBBC Asian Network is a British radio station serving those originating from and around the Indian subcontinent. The music and news comes out of the main urban areas where there are significant communities with these backgrounds. The station has production centres in Birmingham, Leicester and London...
) - Music Radio Personality of the Year - Scott MillsScott MillsScott Robert Mills is a British radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor, best known for presenting The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio 1...
(BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
) - Music Broadcaster of the Year - Zane LoweZane LoweZane Lowe also known as 'Zipper', is a radio DJ and television presenter. He was born in New Zealand and grew up in Auckland, where he was a presenter on the local music station Max TV, before moving to England...
(BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
) - Speech Radio Personality of the Year - Frances Finn (BBC Radio NottinghamBBC Radio NottinghamBBC Radio Nottingham is a BBC Local Radio station serving the English county of Nottinghamshire. It broadcasts on FM, AM, and digital DAB radio from studios located on London Road in Nottingham city centre.-Transmission frequences:...
) - Speech Broadcaster of the Year - Sir David Attenborough (BBC Radio 4)
- News Journalist of the Year - Lyse DoucetLyse DoucetLyse Doucet is a senior BBC presenter and special correspondent from New Brunswick, Canada. She works for both BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television, and also reports for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News in the UK, including reporting on Newsnight.-Education:Doucet was born in Bathurst,...
(BBC World ServiceBBC World ServiceThe BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
) - Station Programmer of the Year - Euan McMorrow (Radio City 96.7Radio City 96.7Radio City 96.7 is a British Independent Local Radio station, based in Liverpool, that serves Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales...
) - Best Station Imaging - Oxfordshire's 106 JACK fm106 Jack FM (Oxfordshire)106 Jack FM is an English language adult hits format radio station that broadcasts on 106.8 MHz FM in Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The station is branded as Jack FM...
- Station of the Year (with a potential audience of up to 300,000) - Moray Firth Radio
- Station of the Year (with a potential audience of 300,000 - 1 million) - BBC Radio DerbyBBC Radio DerbyBBC Radio Derby is the BBC Local Radio station for the English county of Derbyshire, covering all but the northern tip of the county, and also serves eastern Staffordshire, mainly Uttoxeter and Burton upon Trent. The station broadcasts from its studios in Derby on 104.5, 95.3 and 96.0 FM and 1116...
- Station of the Year (with a potential audience of 1 million-plus) - Kiss 100
- Digital Station of the Year - Planet RockPlanet RockPlanet Rock may refer to:* "Planet Rock" , a 1982 song by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force* Planet Rock: The Album, a 1986 album containing the song...
- National UK Station of the Year - BBC Radio 5 LiveBBC Radio 5 LiveBBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
- Sony Gold Award - Trevor NelsonTrevor NelsonTrevor Nelson MBE is an English DJ and presenter.Born in Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, he attended Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Cowper St, Islington, London EC2 and Westminster Kingsway College...
- Special Award - BFBS Radio