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London celebrates four Race In the Media Awards
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Television and Radio were celebrating today as they scooped eight
of the 12 awards available to broadcasters at the annual Race in
The Media Awards organised by the Commission for Racial Equality.
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London won four awards - two for television and two for the radio
station, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London 94.9FM.
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London News Special Correspondent Kurt Barling was joint
winner of the Television News Award for his overall body of work.
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London's television documentary series, First Sight, took
the award for Children/Youth with a revealing documentary about
young people sent to an army "boot camp" - The Peckham
Boys.
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London 94.9FM's Eddie Nestor won the Radio News award for
his weekend evening show on the station and the station's Community
Affairs Unit took the Radio Music and Entertainment Award for their
I Love Carnival programme.
Mike
MacFarlane, Executive Editor for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London, said: "This is
a sensational achievement for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London and one which demonstrates
our commitment to reflecting and serving the entire London community."
In
the awards - held today (Friday 11 April 2003) at the Savoy Hotel,
London - Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ
TWO's The Kumars at No 42 was named Best Entertainment Show.
The
channel also won best factual programme for Blood and Fire,
about the story of Jamaican Independence.
Best
factual radio programme was won by Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leicester for their
Myths about Muslims series broadcast during the festival
of Ramadan last year.
The
Radio Drama Award was won by Crime And Punishment In Dalston
for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 3.
All the
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's digital services are now available on ,
the new free-to-view digital terrestrial television service, as well
as on satellite and cable.
Freeview
offers the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's eight television channels, interactive services
from Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵi, as well as 11 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ radio networks.
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