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Record entries for Gillard Awards as Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio turns 40
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More than half of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio stations are competing to be the Frank Gillard Awards' Station Of The Year, the year Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio marks its 40th birthday.
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A record 21 stations have entered the Station Of The Year category, won last year by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Manchester.
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And there's a David and Goliath feel about this year's contest with Manchester defending the title and both Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Guernsey and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ London – serving around 20,000 and almost 550,000 listeners respectively – in search of this most coveted award.
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There are the usual big fields for best Breakfast Programme – 26 entries – and Programme Presenter – 27 entries – and a doubling of entries for the Outstanding Contribution To Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio awards, which in this anniversary year covers outstanding contributions in any of the four decades of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio's existence.
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Nominations will be announced on 9 October 2007, with the Frank Gillard Awards presented to the winners by well–known alumni of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio – Kate Adie, Michael Buerk, Jane Garvey, Simon Mayo, Garry Richardson, Sophie Raworth, Sonia Deol and Mary Rhodes – at an awards ceremony hosted by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Director-General Mark Thompson in Birmingham Town Hall on 24 November.
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