Radio Manchester triumphs at Gillard Awards
The winners of The Frank Gillard Awards 2006 were announced last night (28 September) at the Low Wood Hotel, Windermere, Cumbria.
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At the ceremony, hosted by Richard Bilton, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Manchester collected the coveted Station of the Year award - an outstanding achievement for the station which has been going through a re-launch under new Editor John Ryan.
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The team also picked up the Outside Broadcast Award - for a broadcast marking the 10th anniversary of the Manchester bombing.
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It was a good year for the bigger metropolitan stations as Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ London 94.9's Jono Coleman and Joanne Good won the Breakfast Programme Award and Nicola Rees of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Leeds hit Gold in the Reporter category.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Hereford & Worcester added a Gillard to the Sony they won earlier in the year when they claimed the Social Action Campaign category for their mental illness project.
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Another campaign winner was Liz Kershaw of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Coventry and Warwickshire. Her Liz'll Fix It project was the tops in Radio Promotion.
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Smaller stations took a good share of the awards. The Programme Presenter award was won by Bernie Keith of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Northampton and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Shropshire scooped Gold in News Coverage for its reports on a local family's campaign to make the drug Herceptin available on the NHS; whilst Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Suffolk secured the Sports award for its investigation into exploitation in the horse racing industry within the county.
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There were two awards for Outstanding Contributions to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio.
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They went to Margaret Hyde, the Managing Editor of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Essex, whose distinguished career in Local Radio began back in June 1973 as a journalist at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Merseyside; and to Paul Rowley of the Regional Political Unit whose reporting and two-ways on Westminster politics for the past 12 years have become by-words for accessibility and made him a well-known and admired voice throughout the Local Radio chain of stations.
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The awards were presented by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Deputy Director-General Mark Byford.
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Thirty-nine Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio stations and services put forward 256 entries for the awards, which are named in honour of Frank Gillard, the founder of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio.
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At the Gillard Awards evening, a Radio Academy Fellowship was conferred on the former Managing Editor of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Bristol, Jenny Lacey, by the Director of the Radio Academy, John Bradford.
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The Frank Gillard Awards 2006
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Full list of winners in Gold, Silver and Bronze order:
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The Breakfast Programme
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ London 94.9 - Jono And Jo Breakfast Show
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Gloucestershire - Mark Cummings at Breakfast
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Lincolnshire - The Breakfast Show with Rod Whiting
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Programme Presenter
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Northampton - Bernie Keith
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Sheffield - Toby Foster
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Suffolk - Nick Pandolfi
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Coverage of a News Story
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Shropshire - the Herceptin story
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ London 94.9 - Rolling news coverage 7 July 2005
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Nottingham - the Danielle Beccan murder trial
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Interactive Programme
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Oxford - Planet Speedway
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Norfolk - David Clayton's Norfolk Years
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Three Counties Radio - Treasure Quest
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Reporter
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Leeds - Nicola Rees
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Southern Counties Radio - Allison Ferns
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Sports Coverage
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Suffolk - Riding Roughshod
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Sheffield - Football Heaven - Derby Day Special
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Merseyside - FA Cup Final: Liverpool v West Ham
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Social Action Campaign
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Hereford & Worcester - Hearing Voices
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Cornwall - Sea Sense
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Lancashire - Rice Appeal
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Radio Feature
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent - Finding Dad
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Hereford & Worcester - George
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Northampton - The Nag's Head, Wollaston
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Outside Broadcast
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Manchester - The Bomb 10 Years On
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Berkshire - The Queen's 80th Birthday
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ London 94.9 - the 2006 London Marathon
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Religious Programming
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Devon - The Weekend Breakfast Show
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Lancashire - Joe Wilson - Lancashire Sunday
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Nottingham - Breakfast Compilation
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Radio Promotion
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Coventry & Warwickshire - Liz'll Fix It
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Bristol - Brunel 200
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Berkshire - The Reading FC Promotion Campaign
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Diversity
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Merseyside - Ticket To Ride - Journeys on a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Bus
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ London 94.9 - Compilation
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Leicester - Telling Lives
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Outstanding Contribution To Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio
Paul Rowley - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Regional Political Unit
Margaret Hyde - Managing Editor Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Essex
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Station Of The Year
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Manchester
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ London 94.9
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Berkshire
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