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Frank
Gillard Awards - Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's smaller stations prove small is beautiful
This
year's Frank Gillard Awards ceremony demonstrates that size doesn't
always matter in the radio industry, with many of the major awards
being taken home by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's smaller stations.
The
awards, which celebrate the very best of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio, were presented
by the Director-General of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, Greg Dyke, at a special ceremony
hosted by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Asian Network star presenter, Sonia Deol, and
held at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television
in Bradford last night (6 October 2003).
It
was Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Derby's night at the awards ceremony.
The station, which did not achieve a single nomination at last year's
awards, took three gold awards this year in the Coverage of a News
Story, Breakfast Programme and Sports Coverage categories (see below
for a full list of winners).
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Radio Suffolk took the prestigious Station of the Year
award and scored gold with its Interactive category entry: Rachel
Sloane in the Afternoon.
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Radio Shropshire, another small station, beat 31 other
entries to win gold in the Voices category. New for this year, the
category featured the best of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio wide Voices project
which encouraged groups and communities seldom heard on the local
media to voice their interests and concerns.
Speaking
at the dinner after the awards ceremony, Greg Dyke congratulated
the winners and said: "Throughout its 35 year history, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ
Local Radio has been an innovator but at last the penny is dropping
about Local Radio being a central pillar of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ."
He
went on to pinpoint areas in which Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio has excelled:
"In the last few years, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio has really cemented
its reputation as a catalyst for social action broadcasting - both
your locally generated projects and your big central campaigns."
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Radio Leeds, which dominated the Awards last year, added
to its haul of Gillards by taking gold in the Outside Broadcast
category for its live broadcast of the Queen's visit to Harewood
House.
The
Outstanding Contribution to Local Radio Award was won by the Radioman
Training Team which was responsible for training all staff during
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio's transition from analogue to digital radio equipment.
Supporting 40 stations they trained 2,500 staff in 6,500 training
sessions.
There
was a special commendation for Peter Grant, one
of the small team from the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's General News Service (GNS) which
reported the war in Iraq for all the local stations.
There
were 14 different categories in this year's competition, and the
judges included past and present local radio broadcasters along
with leading journalists, managers and regulators from both public
service and commercial radio.
The
2003 Awards attracted a record number of entries from a record number
of entrants - 313 entries from 44 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio stations and services.
The
annual Frank Gillard Awards were launched in 2000 in memory of the
war correspondent and founder of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio.
Their
aim is to recognise achievements and encourage excellence in the
programming at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio stations across England.
The
following are the Frank Gillard Awards 2003 winners in gold, silver
and bronze order:
The
Breakfast Programme
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Radio Derby - Andy Whittaker's Breakfast Show
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Radio Kent - Good Morning Kent
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Radio Gloucestershire - The Breakfast Show – Storms
Programme
Presenters
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Radio Newcastle - Ian Robinson and Paul Wappat
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Radio Sheffield - Toby Foster
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London 94.9 - Danny Baker
Coverage
of a News Story
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Radio Derby - Royal Pageant Story
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Radio Newcastle - Capital of Culture Bid
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Three Counties Radio - The Luton Town Takeover
Interactive
Programme
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Radio Suffolk - Rachel Sloane in the Afternoon
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Radio Gloucestershire - The Dozy Parker
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Radio Leeds - It's Your Call
Reporter
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Radio Nottingham - Jeremy Ball
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Radio Leeds - Spencer Stokes
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Radio Merseyside - Shari Vahl
Sports
Coverage
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Radio Derby - Derby's First World Boxing Champion
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Radio Solent - When the Saints Marched to Cardiff
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Radio Oxford - 2003 British Speedway Grand Prix
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Radio Sheffield - Sunday Sport (Ice Hockey)
(Derby
won gold, Solent and Oxford joint silver, and Sheffield, bronze)
Social
Action Campaign
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Radio Sheffield - Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Sheffield Hospice Appeal
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Radio Suffolk - The Hollies
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Radio Bristol with Special Features Unit - Hitting Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ
Radio
Feature
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Radio Cleveland - The Daisy Chain Dream
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Radio Cornwall - Launceston Car Park
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Three Counties Radio - Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵless in Bedford
Outside
Broadcast
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Radio Leeds - The Queen's Visit to Harewood House
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Radio Derby - Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide
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Radio Lincolnshire - Dambusters Day
Voices
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Radio Shropshire - Woodside
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Radio Lancashire - Voices in Burnley
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Radio Kent - Romany Voices
Diversity
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GMR
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Radio Derby
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Southern Counties Radio
Radio
Promotion
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Radio Devon - The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Devon Chestnut Appeal
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Radio Cleveland - Middlesbrough FC Commentary Campaign
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ
Radio Kent - Radio Kent Charity Appeal
Station
of the Year
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Radio Suffolk
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Radio Leeds
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Radio Newcastle
Outstanding
Contribution to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio
The
Radioman Training Team
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