TalkSport, Classic and Star win double gongs at Arqiva awards

LONDON - UTV's TalkSport, Global Radio's Classic FM and UKRD's Star Radio Cambridge picked up two awards apiece at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards on Friday (5 June).

TalkSport: double winners at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards
TalkSport: double winners at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards

At the ceremony, national speech radio station TalkSport took home two of the most-prized gongs, scooping both the National Sales Team of the Year award and the prize for the Station of the Year above one million TSA (total survey area).

Darren Henley from Classic FM, the only national commercial FM station, won the prize for Radio Programmer of the Year and also received the Feature of the Year award for the A-Z of Classic FM Music.

Star Radio Cambridge won the award for smaller stations, under 300,000 TSA, and Star Radio Cambridge mid-morning presenter Ryan Taylor won the Presentation Newcomer award.

The independent station Lincs FM, of Lincs FM Group, won the prize for mid-sized stations, between 300,000 and one million TSA, and the digital-only national station Planet Rock took the award for Digital Station of the Year.

The Local Radio Company, which has recently been subject to a buyout by UKRD, also picked up an award with Alpha Radio receiving the prize for the Local Sales Team of the Year.

Guardian Media Group's GMG Radio was awarded the Arqiva Gold Award for its investment in documentaries and former GMG chief executive John Myers was awarded the Commercial Radio Special Award for his outstanding contribution to the commercial radio industry.

Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott won the prize for presenters of the year and Take That picked up the award for the most-played UK artist on commercial radio for the second year running.

The Central Office of Information (COI) picked up the RadioCentre chairman's award for its support of the commercial radio industry.

Global Radio's creative technology team won the award for technical innovation for its iPhone application.

Full list of awards and winners:

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Marketing Award
Sponsorship & Promotions Team - 107.6 Juice FM

The Arqiva National Sales Team of the Year
TalkSport

The Arqiva Local Sales Team of the Year
Alpha Radio

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station of the Year - 300,000 TSA
Star Radio Cambridge

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station of the Year 300,000 - one million TSA
Lincs FM

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station of the Year - one million TSA
TalkSport

The Arqiva / RCS Commercial Radio Programmer of the Year
Darren Henley - Classic FM

The Arqiva/Skillset Commercial Radio Presentation Newcomer of the Year
Ryan Taylor - Star Radio Cambridge

The Arqiva/Triple A Media Commercial Radio Presenters of the Year
Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott - London's Heart

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station Sound Award
Jackfm

The Arqiva Schools Radio Award in association with Vision Charity
Chepping View Primary School

The Arqiva Commercial Radio News Award
Pirate FM News Team

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Programme or Feature of the Year
Classic FM - The A-Z of Classic FM Music

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

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Station Creative Award
Gary Muircroft, Carole McConnell & Ann-Marie Miller - Central FM

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Technical Innovation Award
Global Radio Creative Technology Team for the iPhone Application

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Digital Station of the Year
Planet Rock

The Arqiva Social Action Initiative Award
97.4 Rock FM - Breakfast Breakout

The Neil Robinson Memorial Award for Marketing Excellence
Suzanne Grant - Radio City 96.7, City Talk 105.9 & Magic 1548

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Special Award
John Myers

The RadioCentre Chairman's Award
Central Office of Information (COI)

The Arqiva Gold Award
GMG Radio

 

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