Bauer, Absolute and Nick Ferrari among winners at Arqiva radio awards

Bauer Media are the big commerical radio winners with five awards at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards tonight.

Bauer, Absolute and Nick Ferrari among winners at Arqiva radio awards

Bauer won Radio Station of the Year (1m + TSA) for Hallam FM, Feature of the Year, Radio Marketing Award, Presenter of the Year (<300,000) and Presenter of the Year (300,000 to 1m).

Other winners tonight include GTN, which sells ad spots next to traffic and entertainment news and was awarded National Sales Team of the Year for ‘exciting advertisers with brand new on-air ideas'.

Global Radio's LBC 97.3's Nick Ferrari, who was passed over for a gold award at the Sony Radio Academy Awards last month despite getting a record five nominations, got the award for Breakfast Show of the Year.

The DJ also won The Arqiva Gold Award in recognition of his ‘outstanding contribution to the industry over the last twelve months'.

Absolute Radio's Clive Dickens was named Programmer of the Year for making Absolute "one of the most engaging and ambitious stations in the UK". Geoff Lloyd of Absolute was named Presenter of the Year (1m + TSA).

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards are organised by RadioCentre, the trade body for the commercial radio industry, and were presented by Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell.

Folder Media's children's station FunKids was honoured as Digital Station of the Year and was described by judges as "unique in targeting parents who want their children to listen to radio for fun, games and learning".

CN Group's local radio station The Bay took the prize for Local Sales Team of the Year and Commercial Radio Station of the Year (300,000 to 1m TSA).

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards 2010 winners:

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Feature of the Year
The Afghan Diaries - On the Front Line - Radio City 96.7

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Special Programme of the Year
Ali Booker's Cancer Diaries - Oxfordshire's 106 JACKfm

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Specialist Programme of the Year

Friday Night Sport Show with Bill & Ben - 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Social Action Initiative Award
Real Radio Websafe - Real Radio North West

The Arqiva/Triple A Breakfast Show of the Year
Nick Ferrari at Breakfast - LBC 97.3

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Schools Radio Award (in association with The Vision Charity)
Pudsey Grangefield School

The Arqiva/PPL Most Played UK Artist on Commercial Radio
Take That

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Marketing Award
Get Me to the Church on Time 2 - Hallam FM

The Arqiva Local Sales Team of the Year
The Bay Sales Team

The Arqiva National Sales Team of the Year

GTN

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Technical Innovation Award
Global Radio RadioVIS System - Global Radio Creativity Technology Team

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station Imaging Award
Oxfordshire's 106 JACKfm

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Journalist/News Team of the Year
Real Radio North West News Team

The Arqiva/RCS Commercial Radio Programmer of the Year
Clive Dickens - Absolute Radio

The Arqiva/Skillset Commercial Radio Newcomer of the Year
Lucy Jones - 107.6 Banbury Sound

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Presenter of the Year (<300,000 TSA)
Knoxy - Moray Firth Radio (MFR)

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Presenter of the Year (300,000 to 1m TSA)
Rich Williams - 96.3 Radio Aire

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Presenter of the Year (1m + TSA)
Geoff Lloyd - Absolute Radio

Special Award - Lifetime Achievement Award
John Perkins

Special Award - The RadioCentre Chairman's Award
Lisa Kerr

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Digital Station of the Year
FunKids

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station of the Year (<300,000 TSA)
106.4 Andover Sound

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station of the Year (300,000 to 1m TSA)
The Bay

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station of the Year
(1m + TSA)
Hallam FM

Special Award - The Arqiva Gold Award
Nick Ferrari - LBC 97.3

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