The Radio Academy Awards 2014 - winners

13 May 2014 - Press release

Best Community Programming
Gold: Slavery on our Streets – LBC 97.3
Silver: The Joy of Reading – BBC Radio Oxford
Bronze: Knives Wreck Lives – 107.6 Juice FM
Nominee: Free Radio Walk for Kids – Orion Media for Free Radio
Nominee: Pete’s Pensioner Party – BBC WM 95.6

Best News Feature or Documentary
Gold: Tempted by Teacher – markthree media for BBC Radio 1
Silver: Assignment: The Man Who Fell to Earth – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World Service
Bronze: Slavery on our Streets – LBC 97.3
Nominee: Crossroads: The Girls – Prison Radio Association for BBC Radio 1
Nominee: The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute – TBI Media for BBC Radio 2

Best News & Current Affairs Programme
Gold: PM – BBC Radio 4
Silver: Call Clegg – LBC 97.3
Bronze: Victoria Derbyshire – BBC Radio 5 live
Nominee: Asian Network Reports – BBC News for BBC Asian Network
Nominee: The World at One – BBC Radio 4

Best Speech Programme
Gold: The Frank Skinner Show – Avalon for Absolute Radio
Silver: The Digital Human – BBC Radio Scotland for BBC Radio 4
Bronze: Call Clegg – LBC 97.3
Nominee: Short Cuts – Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: The Reunion – Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4

Best Coverage of a Live Event
Gold: The Death of Nelson Mandela – BBC World Service News and BBC Africa Service for BBC World Service
Silver: Great North Run 2013 – Metro Radio
Bronze: The Dambusters – 70 Years On – BBC Radio 2 with TBI Media and Snappin’ Turtle Productions for BBC Radio 2
Nominee: Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball – The Capital Network for Capital FM
Nominee: Live@Wimbledon Radio – the AELTC’s Official Radio Coverage of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – IMG Media Ltd for Live@Wimbledon Radio

Best Music Feature or Documentary
Gold: Soul Music: Strange Fruit – BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4
Silver: Adam Buxton on David Bowie – BBC Radio 6 Music
Bronze: Who Sold The Soul – Factual & Music Department, BBC Wales for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: The Dambusters – 70 Years On – TBI Media with Snappin’ Turtle Productions for BBC Radio 2
Nominee: The Sash My Father Wore – BBC Radio Ulster

Best Feature or Documentary
Gold: Between the Ears: Mighty Beast – BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 3
Silver: Johnny Cash and the Forgotten Prison Blues – Unique for BBC Radio 4
Bronze: The Day We Won Wimbledon – BBC Radio 5 live
Nominee: A Different Kind of Justice – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Advice from the Edge of Life – BBC Radio Scotland

Best Competition
Gold: The Heart House – Heart West Midlands
Silver: 500 Words – BBC Radio 2
Bronze: Fifty Grand Friday – Real Radio Group
Nominee: A Flag for Worcestershire – BBC Hereford & Worcester
Nominee: Christian O’Connell - Make ‘Em or Break ‘Em! – Absolute Radio

Best Promotional Campaign
Gold: Wimbledon 2013 – BBC Global News Creative Services for BBC World Service
Silver: The Sound of Cinema on 6 Music – BBC Radio 6 Music
Bronze: Saturday Night at the Movies with Howard Goodall – Classic FM
Nominee: The Last Of Us – XFM/Global Radio Creative/Drum for The XFM Network
Nominee: The Voices of Birmingham and the Black Country – BBC WM 95.6 and Fresh Air Production for BBC WM 95.6

Best Use of Branded Content
Gold: The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show with Wickes – Absolute Radio
Silver: More Tomorrows on Classic FM with Cancer Research UK – Classic FM
Bronze: The Manuscript with Just for Men – TBI Media for Absolute Radio
Nominee: BOWIE with the Victoria & Albert Museum – TBI Media for Absolute Radio
Nominee: XFM Presents with Ford SYNC – The XFM Network

Best Entertainment Programme
Gold: Greg James – BBC Radio 1
Silver: Rob Howard – Capital North East
Bronze: The 12 O’Clock Show – BBC Radio Bristol
Nominee: Alex James’s Magical Musical Tour – Classic FM
Nominee: The Dermot O’Leary Show – Ora Et Labora for BBC Radio 2

Best Creative Innovation
Gold: #Lipdublincoln – BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Silver: Now Playing @6Music – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 6 Music
Bronze: The voice of the under 20s across the UK – Podium.me
Nominee: #BBCtrending – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World Service
Nominee: TBI Minute by Minute Interactive – TBI Media

Best Technical Innovation
Gold: InStream for Absolute Radio – Absolute Radio
Silver: Multi Player Competition Technology – Wise Buddah
Bronze: Responsive Radio and Unified Station Management – University Radio Bath
Nominee: BBC Playlister – BBC Radio Multiplatform & BBC Future Media
Nominee: RadioDNS Hybrid Radio in a Smartphone – Global Radio Creative Technology

Local Radio Journalist of the Year
Gold: BBC Radio Norfolk News Team – BBC Radio Norfolk
Silver: Radio City & City Talk News Team – Radio City & City Talk
Bronze: The Nolan Show Team – BBC Radio Ulster
Nominee: Heart North West and Wales News Team – Heart North West and Wales
Nominee: Jo Taylor – BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

National Radio Journalist of the Year
Gold: Tom Swarbrick – LBC 97.3
Silver: Becky Milligan – BBC Radio 4
Bronze: Ian Pannell – BBC News for BBC Radio 4 & BBC World Service
Nominee: Declan Harvey – BBC News for BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra Newsbeat
Nominee: Jon Manel – BBC Radio 4

Best Interview of the Year
Gold: Winifred Robinson interviews Ralph Bulger – BBC Radio Documentaries for BBC Radio 4
Silver: Iain Dale interviews James in Woolwich – LBC 97.3
Bronze: Becky Milligan interviews the wife of a child sex offender – BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Iain Lee interviews Stephen Conroy – BBC Three Counties Radio
Nominee: Stephen Sackur interviews Pavel Khodorkovsky – BBC News for BBC World Service

Special Award
The Production & Presentation Team for Call Clegg & Ask Boris - LBC

Best Drama
Gold: The Morpeth Carol – BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4
Silver: Darkside – BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 2
Bronze: Lost and Found – BBC Salford for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Babbage – Pier Productions Ltd for BBC Radio 3
Nominee: How To Have A Perfect Marriage – Sparklab Productions for BBC Radio 4

Best Comedy
Gold: The Secret World – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4
Silver: John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4
Bronze: Here Be Dragons – John Stanley Productions Ltd for BBC Radio Wales
Nominee: Bridget Christie Minds The Gap – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: The Blagger’s Guide To Doctor Who – Unique for BBC Radio 2

Best Music Programme
Gold: Jamie Cullum – Folded Wing for BBC Radio 2
Silver: The People’s Songs – Smooth Operations for BBC Radio 2
Bronze: The XFM Evening Show with Danielle Perry – The XFM Network
Nominee: Alex James’s Magical Musical Tour – Classic FM
Nominee: John Suchet – Classic FM

Best Specialist Music Programme
Gold: The Beatdown on XFM with Scroobius Pip – The XFM Network
Silver: David Rodigan – BBC Radio 1Xtra
Bronze: Zane Lowe – BBC Radio 1
Nominee: Mistajam – BBC Radio 1Xtra
Nominee: The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe – Smooth Operations for BBC Radio 2

Radio Brand of the Year
Gold: The Absolute Radio Network
Silver: KISS UK
Bronze: Capital
Nominee: Classic FM
Nominee: Planet Rock

Speech Radio Broadcaster of the Year
Gold: Victoria Derbyshire – BBC Radio 5 live
Silver: Jane Garvey – BBC Factual for BBC Radio 4
Bronze: Melvyn Bragg – BBC Factual for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Justin Webb – BBC News for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Rony Robinson – BBC Radio Sheffield

Music Radio Broadcaster of the Year
Gold: Zane Lowe – BBC Radio 1
Silver: Scroobius Pip – The XFM Network
Bronze: Tom Service – BBC Radio 3 Music Department for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6 Music
Nominee: Guy Garvey – BBC Radio 6 Music
Nominee: Mary Anne Hobbs – Wise Buddah for BBC Radio 6 Music

Music Radio Personality of the Year
Gold: Sam & Amy – Gem 106
Silver: Radcliffe & Maconie – Smooth Operations for BBC Radio 6 Music
Bronze: Graham Norton – BBC Radio 2
Nominee: Chris Evans – BBC Radio 2
Nominee: Christian O’Connell – Absolute Radio

Speech Radio Personality of the Year
Gold: Danny Baker – Campbell Davison Media for BBC Radio 5 live
Silver: Alan Robson – Metro Radio & TFM
Bronze: Phin Adams – Cam FM
Nominee: Johnny Vaughan – talkSPORT
Nominee: Nick Ferrari – LBC 97.3

Best Station Imaging
Gold: KISS FM (UK)
Silver: TeamRock Radio
Bronze: BBC Radio 2
Nominee: BBC Radio 6 Music
Nominee: The Capital Network

Best Sports Programme
Gold: The Day We Won Wimbledon – BBC Radio 5 live
Silver: Gerr’um On Side – 102.4 Wish FM & 107.2 Wire FM
Bronze: 5 live Sport – BBC Radio 5 live
Nominee: The Team That Never Was – BBC Radio Oxford
Nominee: World Football – BBC World Service Sport for BBC World Service

Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million)
Gold: Iain Lee - BBC Three Counties Radio
Silver: Boogie in the Morning – Forth One
Bronze: Sam & Amy – Gem 106
Nominee: Good Morning Ulster - BBC Radio Ulster
Nominee: Hirsty’s Daily Dose – Capital Breakfast - Capital Yorkshire

Breakfast Show of the Year (10 million plus)
Gold: The Capital Breakfast Show with Dave Berry & Lisa Snowdon – 95.8 Capital FM
Silver: 5 live Breakfast – BBC Radio 5 live
Bronze: The Breakfast Show with Penny Smith & Paul Ross – BBC London 94.9FM
Nominee: KISS Breakfast with Rickie, Melvin & Charlie - KISS
Nominee: Nick Ferrari at Breakfast – LBC 97.3

Station of the Year (under 1 million)
Gold: BBC Tees
Nominee: Moray Firth Radio
Nominee: National Prison Radio

Station of the Year (1 million plus)
Gold: BBC Radio Ulster
Nominee: LBC 97.3
Nominee: Metro Radio

UK Station of the Year
Gold: BBC Radio 2
Nominee: BBC Radio 4
Nominee: talkSPORT

Gold Award
Tony Blackburn