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Date: 07.09.2004
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The nominations
for this year's Frank Gillard Awards are announced today with
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London 94.9 and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Nottingham leading the chase
for honours with four nominations each.
Twenty of the 41 eligible stations and services have achieved nominations
for the annual awards that celebrate the very best of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio.
With a high standard of entries across the board, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leeds,
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Solent and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Essex have three nominations
apiece.
The prestigious Station of the Year category sees three southern stations
fighting it out: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Essex, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London 94.9 and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Solent.
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The Outstanding Contribution to Local Radio award reveals
an astonishing record of service.
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Nominations include a man who has been reporting on
football for 36 years; a station engineer and IT specialist who has
chalked up 42 years with the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ; a presenter who has been broadcasting
daily for more than 30 years; and a Local Radio Editor...
For the programme presenter award, Vanessa Feltz of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London
94.9 takes on Julian Clegg of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Solent and Nick Pandolfi
from Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Suffolk.
In the Breakfast Programme category, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Kent, which was
the runner up last year, hopes to do one better in 2004 against the
big stations GMR and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ WM.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leeds defends last year's Outside Broadcast
win, vying with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Essex and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Kent for the honour.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Devon - another Gold winner from 2003 - is seeking
to keep possession of the Radio Promotion title but will be pressed
for top slot by Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Lincolnshire and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Solent.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Cleveland - which won Gold in the Sony Awards in May
for its coverage of the State Visit of President Bush - is hoping to
repeat that triumph in the Coverage of a News Story category where it
goes up against two stations reporting on high profile murders: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ
Radio Humberside on Soham and the Bichard Inquiry, and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio
Nottingham on the murder of Marian Bates.
Gold, Silver and Bronze winners will be announced on Thursday 14 October
in an awards ceremony at Birmingham's International Convention Centre.
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Jon Sopel of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ News is the host and he will
be joined by Mark Thompson, Director-General of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, to present
the coveted miniature busts of Frank Gillard to the Gold winners.
The awards are named in honour of the founder of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio in
England, Frank Gillard, who died in 1998.
The Frank Gillard Awards
2004 - nominations
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The Breakfast Programme
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ GMR – Greater Manchester's Breakfast
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Kent – Good Morning Kent
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ WM – The Adrian Goldberg Breakfast Show
Programme Presenter
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London 94.9 – Vanessa Feltz
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Solent – Julian Clegg
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Suffolk - Nick Pandolfi
Coverage of a News Story
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Cleveland – The state visit of President
Bush
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Humberside – Soham murders and the Bichard
Inquiry
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Nottingham – The murder of Marian Bates
Interactive Programme
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leeds – It's Your Call
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Nottingham – Groundswell: No Room for
Students?
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Stoke – Inside Lives
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Reporter
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Cambridgeshire – Max Rushden
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Lincolnshire - Scott Dalton
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London – Ben Wilkins
Sports Coverage
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Cleveland - The Welsh Weekender
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Humberside – Hull City: Promotion to
Division Two
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Merseyside – I don't know what it is
but I love it – The story of Rome '84
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Oxford – British Speedway GP 2004
Social Action Campaign
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Devon – The Chestnut Appeal Story
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Gloucestershire – Bio-Diversity Day
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Merseyside – Taking Care on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio
Merseyside
Radio Feature
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Essex – All at Sea
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Three Counties Radio – The Stephen Rhodes Consumer
Programme
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio York – One Soldier's Story
Outside Broadcast
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Essex – Pirate Radio Essex
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Kent – The Drive Show D Day OB
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leeds – The Funeral of John Charles
Diversity
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London 94.9
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Nottingham
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Stoke
Radio Promotion
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Devon – Test the County
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Lincolnshire – Proud to be a Yellowbelly
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Solent – D-Day Sixty Years On
Religious Programming
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Gloucestershire
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leeds
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Nottingham
Station of the Year
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Essex
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London 94.9
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Solent
Outstanding Contribution to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio
To be announced at the awards ceremony
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