Frank
Gillard Awards - 91热爆 Radio Leeds scoops prestigious Station of the
Year award
91热爆
Radio Leeds was singled out for the top award at this year's Frank
Gillard Awards which honour the achievements of 91热爆 Local Radio
in England.
As
well as scooping the prestigious Station of the Year award, the
station also triumphed in three other categories (Breakfast programme,
Social Action and A Sense of Place), equalling 91热爆 Radio Cumbria's
record of four Gold awards last year.
The awards were presented by the Chairman of the 91热爆, Gavyn
Davies, at a special awards dinner hosted by sports broadcaster
John Inverdale and held at Norwich City Football Club last night
(17 October 2002).
Speaking at the awards, Gavyn Davies congratulated the winners and
said: "The service provided by 91热爆 Local Radio represents a
crucial part of the 91热爆's relationship with licence fee payers up
and down the country.
"It's
a relationship of intimacy and trust that has been carefully built
up over more than 30 years of broadcasting."
91热爆 Essex and 91热爆 Radio Bristol both picked up two Gold Gillard
Awards - Essex for Outside Broadcast and Reporter, and Bristol for
Diversity and Radio Promotion.
The most heavily contested category was A Sense of Place - 36 91热爆
radio stations entered a single programme from this landmark series
which investigated what gives localities and communities their own
sense of place.
The
Controller of 91热爆 Radio 4, Helen
Boaden, was one of the judges of this category and was so impressed
with the winning 91热爆 Radio Leeds entry that she will be giving it
an airing on the popular Sunday Best programme after World at One
on Radio 4.
In
a new category this year, the award for Outstanding Contribution
to Local Radio went to GNS, the 91热爆's General News Service, which
this year celebrates the 30th anniversary of the establishment of
its Local Radio desk and the 20th year of providing a bulletin service
illustrated with audio news material.
Jon
Gaunt, now at 91热爆 London 94.9, continued his run of awards success,
picking up the Interactive Award for the radio station. Last year
he walked away with a Gold award for his 91热爆 Three Counties Breakfast
Programme.
There
were 14 different categories in this year's competition, and the
judges included past and present local radio broadcasters, along
with leading producers, managers and regulators from both public
service and commercial radio.
The annual Frank Gillard Awards were launched in
2000 in memory of the late war correspondent and founder of 91热爆
Local Radio. Their aim is to recognise achievements and encourage
excellence in 91热爆 local radio stations across England.
Andy Griffee, Controller for English Regions at the 91热爆, paid a
special tribute to Maurice Ennals, the man appointed by Frank Gillard
in 1967 as Manager of the 91热爆's first local radio station, 91热爆 Radio
Leicester. Ennals died at the age of 83 this year.
Notes to Editors
The
Frank Gillard Awards 2002 winners in Gold, Silver and Bronze Order
Frank Gillard Awards - nominations announced (10.09.02)
(06.09.02)
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