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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Derby nominated for five prestigious Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio
awards
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Radio Derby has been nominated for no fewer than five awards at
this year's Frank Gillard Awards which honour the achievements of
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio in England.
The
nominations were announced yesterday (9 September) and Radio DerbyΒ’s
are best breakfast programme, coverage of a news story, outside
broadcast, sports programme and a diversity award.
Radio
Derby will be hoping to follow its success at the Sony awards this
year where it won the Gold award in the News Output category.
Despite
not receiving any nominations at last year's Frank Gillard Awards,
Radio Derby will be hoping to emulate Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Leeds which took
home four Gillard awards in 2002.
The
breakfast programme and news story nominations centre on an exclusive
about the Queen's Jubilee celebrations in Derby's Pride Park stadium.
An
investigation by Radio Derby raised concerns about the apparently
charitable nature of the event.
The
Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire and one of his deputies (the county's
former Chief Constable) were called to account.
Radio
Derby's outside broadcast nomination is for coverage of the Prince
of Wales as he "turned up the ball" at the Ashbourne Royal
Shrovetide football game.
It's
an event steeped in centuries of history and tradition as two local
teams, watched by thousands, move through the town trying to reach
one of the two goals at opposite ends of the town.
The
action starts when the invited guest is paraded through the streets
after attending the traditional lunch at the Green Man Hotel.
The
eight hour live outside broadcast (simultaneously broadcast on the
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's website for Derbyshire) covered every aspect of the Prince's
visit.
In
April 2003 Damon Hague became the first boxer from Derby to win
a World Championship, the WBF Middleweight title.
He
knocked out Manchester's Wayne Pinder in a rematch, 11 weeks after
being beaten by Pinder for the vacant title.
Both
fights were broadcast on Radio Derby and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's website for Derbyshire.
To
mark this first for Derby, which has generated a lot of pride in
the city, Radio Derby compiled a documentary telling the story of
Damon Hague's route to the world title.
As
well as extracts from the boxing specials, additional material following
Hague's success was gathered by Ross Fletcher, the documentaryΒ’s
producer and presenter.
The
diversity award nomination is a compilation of material by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
local radio station.
It
includes an interview, during Black History Month, with two nurses
from the Caribbean who recalled their first experiences of life
in Derby.
As
part of a week long series on the Breakfast Show about domestic
violence, a gay man and an Asian woman told their stories.
Another
feature on the Breakfast Show about same-sex blessings generated
calls from listeners including a woman who spoke movingly about
dealing with her daughter being gay.
Radio
Derby also produced a documentary called I See What You Say about
Derby's deaf community.
Simon
Cornes, Managing Editor of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Derby, says: "This is
a fantastic achievement.
"Five
nominations from our peers in the radio industry is testament to
the skill, creativity and hard work of the team at the station.
"Coming
on the back of a Sony Gold Award, an Andrew Cross award and very
strong audience figures, this has crowned an incredible cluster
of accolades."
The
Gillard winners will be announced on 6 October at a special awards
ceremony at the National Museum of Film, Photography and Television
in Bradford.
Sonia
Deol of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Asian Network is the ceremony presenter and she
will be joined by Greg Dyke, Director-General of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, to present
the coveted miniature busts of Frank Gillard to the winners.
The
awards are named in honour of the founder of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio in
England, Frank Gillard, who died in 1998.
Notes
to Editors
Frank
Gillard Awards - nominations announced (09.09.03)
Radio
Derby wins prestigious Sony Award (09.05.03)
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