THE reporting by Radio Clyde of the Clutha tragedy – when a helicopter crashed into the Clutha bar in Glasgow, in November, killing ten people – has earned the station a prize at awards celebrating the best of UK commercial radio.
Now in their 19th year, the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards are, say the organisers, “the biggest celebration of commercial radio, marking achievement from presenters and programming to advertising and marketing”.
And Radio Clyde took the main prize in the News Coverage of the Year category.
The winners’ list reads, as follows:
Presenter of the Year (under 2 Million TSA)
Steve & Karen – Metro Radio
Presenter of the Year (over 2 Million TSA)
Christian O’Connell – Absolute Radio
Programmer of the Year
Chris Pegg – Metro Radio
Unsung Hero of the Year
Emma Oxborrow
Journalist of the Year (Ali Booker Memorial Award)
Michelle Livesey – Key 103
Station of the Year (<500,000 TSA)
Free Radio (Herefordshire & Worcestershire)
Station of the Year (500,000 to 2M TSA)
Hallam FM
Station of the Year (2 Million + TSA)
LBC
Breakfast Show of the Year (under 2 Million TSA)
Capital Breakfast with Matt, Polly & Geraint – Capital South Wales
Breakfast Show of the Year (over 2 Million TSA)
The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show – Absolute Radio
Feature(s) of the Year
Christian O’Connell’s 40 List – Absolute Radio
Single Programme or Broadcast of the Year
The Funeral of Margaret Thatcher – LBC
Specialist Programme of the Year
The Sunday Roast with Caroline – 106JACKfm (Oxfordshire)
Social Action Initiative
Slavery on our Streets – LBC
Station Imaging Award
Captial Xtra Launch
News Coverage of the Year
The Clutha Tragedy – Radio Clyde News
Marketing Award
The Kiss at the Kiss with Cheltenham Art Gallery – Heart Gloucestershire
Local Sales Team of the Year
Global Radio Manchester
National Sales Award
Begin with a Bulmers – XFM
Radio Station Event of the Year
The Absolute Radio Sessions – Absolute Radio
Advertiser of the Year
Heinz
Media Agency of the Year
PHD
PPL Breakthrough UK Artist of the Year
Naughty Boy
PPL Most Played UK Artist on Commercial Radio
Olly Murs
Chairman’s Award
Dianne Thompson
Special Award
Phil Riley
Lifetime Achievement Award
Grae Allan
NB The Ali Booker Award remembers former winner, journalist Ali Booker, who died of breast cancer four years ago.
