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Frank
Gillard Awards - 91Èȱ¬'s smaller stations prove small is beautiful
This
year's Frank Gillard Awards ceremony demonstrates that size doesn't
always matter in the radio industry, with many of the major awards
being taken home by the 91Èȱ¬'s smaller stations.
The
awards, which celebrate the very best of 91Èȱ¬ Local Radio, were presented
by the Director-General of the 91Èȱ¬, Greg Dyke, at a special ceremony
hosted by the 91Èȱ¬ Asian Network star presenter, Sonia Deol, and
held at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television
in Bradford last night (6 October 2003).
It
was 91Èȱ¬ Radio Derby's night at the awards ceremony.
The station, which did not achieve a single nomination at last year's
awards, took three gold awards this year in the Coverage of a News
Story, Breakfast Programme and Sports Coverage categories (see below
for a full list of winners).
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Radio Suffolk took the prestigious Station of the Year
award and scored gold with its Interactive category entry: Rachel
Sloane in the Afternoon.
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Radio Shropshire, another small station, beat 31 other
entries to win gold in the Voices category. New for this year, the
category featured the best of the 91Èȱ¬ Local Radio wide Voices project
which encouraged groups and communities seldom heard on the local
media to voice their interests and concerns.
Speaking
at the dinner after the awards ceremony, Greg Dyke congratulated
the winners and said: "Throughout its 35 year history, 91Èȱ¬
Local Radio has been an innovator but at last the penny is dropping
about Local Radio being a central pillar of the 91Èȱ¬."
He
went on to pinpoint areas in which 91Èȱ¬ Local Radio has excelled:
"In the last few years, 91Èȱ¬ Local Radio has really cemented
its reputation as a catalyst for social action broadcasting - both
your locally generated projects and your big central campaigns."
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Radio Leeds, which dominated the Awards last year, added
to its haul of Gillards by taking gold in the Outside Broadcast
category for its live broadcast of the Queen's visit to Harewood
House.
The
Outstanding Contribution to Local Radio Award was won by the Radioman
Training Team which was responsible for training all staff during
91Èȱ¬ Local Radio's transition from analogue to digital radio equipment.
Supporting 40 stations they trained 2,500 staff in 6,500 training
sessions.
There
was a special commendation for Peter Grant, one
of the small team from the 91Èȱ¬'s General News Service (GNS) which
reported the war in Iraq for all the local stations.
There
were 14 different categories in this year's competition, and the
judges included past and present local radio broadcasters along
with leading journalists, managers and regulators from both public
service and commercial radio.
The
2003 Awards attracted a record number of entries from a record number
of entrants - 313 entries from 44 91Èȱ¬ Local Radio stations and services.
The
annual Frank Gillard Awards were launched in 2000 in memory of the
war correspondent and founder of 91Èȱ¬ Local Radio.
Their
aim is to recognise achievements and encourage excellence in the
programming at 91Èȱ¬ Local Radio stations across England.
The
following are the Frank Gillard Awards 2003 winners in gold, silver
and bronze order:
The
Breakfast Programme
91Èȱ¬
Radio Derby - Andy Whittaker's Breakfast Show
91Èȱ¬
Radio Kent - Good Morning Kent
91Èȱ¬
Radio Gloucestershire - The Breakfast Show – Storms
Programme
Presenters
91Èȱ¬
Radio Newcastle - Ian Robinson and Paul Wappat
91Èȱ¬
Radio Sheffield - Toby Foster
91Èȱ¬
London 94.9 - Danny Baker
Coverage
of a News Story
91Èȱ¬
Radio Derby - Royal Pageant Story
91Èȱ¬
Radio Newcastle - Capital of Culture Bid
91Èȱ¬
Three Counties Radio - The Luton Town Takeover
Interactive
Programme
91Èȱ¬
Radio Suffolk - Rachel Sloane in the Afternoon
91Èȱ¬
Radio Gloucestershire - The Dozy Parker
91Èȱ¬
Radio Leeds - It's Your Call
Reporter
91Èȱ¬
Radio Nottingham - Jeremy Ball
91Èȱ¬
Radio Leeds - Spencer Stokes
91Èȱ¬
Radio Merseyside - Shari Vahl
Sports
Coverage
91Èȱ¬
Radio Derby - Derby's First World Boxing Champion
91Èȱ¬
Radio Solent - When the Saints Marched to Cardiff
91Èȱ¬
Radio Oxford - 2003 British Speedway Grand Prix
91Èȱ¬
Radio Sheffield - Sunday Sport (Ice Hockey)
(Derby
won gold, Solent and Oxford joint silver, and Sheffield, bronze)
Social
Action Campaign
91Èȱ¬
Radio Sheffield - 91Èȱ¬ Radio Sheffield Hospice Appeal
91Èȱ¬
Radio Suffolk - The Hollies
91Èȱ¬
Radio Bristol with Special Features Unit - Hitting 91Èȱ¬
Radio
Feature
91Èȱ¬
Radio Cleveland - The Daisy Chain Dream
91Èȱ¬
Radio Cornwall - Launceston Car Park
91Èȱ¬
Three Counties Radio - 91Èȱ¬less in Bedford
Outside
Broadcast
91Èȱ¬
Radio Leeds - The Queen's Visit to Harewood House
91Èȱ¬
Radio Derby - Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide
91Èȱ¬
Radio Lincolnshire - Dambusters Day
Voices
91Èȱ¬
Radio Shropshire - Woodside
91Èȱ¬
Radio Lancashire - Voices in Burnley
91Èȱ¬
Radio Kent - Romany Voices
Diversity
91Èȱ¬
GMR
91Èȱ¬
Radio Derby
91Èȱ¬
Southern Counties Radio
Radio
Promotion
91Èȱ¬
Radio Devon - The 91Èȱ¬ Radio Devon Chestnut Appeal
91Èȱ¬
Radio Cleveland - Middlesbrough FC Commentary Campaign
91Èȱ¬
Radio Kent - Radio Kent Charity Appeal
Station
of the Year
91Èȱ¬
Radio Suffolk
91Èȱ¬
Radio Leeds
91Èȱ¬
Radio Newcastle
Outstanding
Contribution to 91Èȱ¬ Local Radio
The
Radioman Training Team
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