The Frank Gillard Awards 2004 have been evenly distributed in contrast
with previous years where stations like Derby and Leeds dominated.
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The 14 awards this year were shared by 13 stations with only Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ
Radio Kent gaining more than one, taking Gold for its Breakfast
and Outside Broadcast entries.
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The awards, which celebrate the very best of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio, were
presented by the Director-General of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, Mark Thompson,
at a ceremony held at Birmingham's International Convention Centre last
night (14 October).
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Solent was named Station of the Year winner
repeating its triumph from 2000 in the inaugural Frank Gillard Awards.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Essex missed out in the Outside Broadcast category
for its recreation of Sixties pirate radio but its programme All At
Sea about the early days of the Essex pirate stations scooped the Gold
award in the Feature category.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Cleveland is celebrating after pulling off
an amazing double this year. Its Gold in the Coverage of a News Story
category for the State Visit of President Bush repeated the programme's
triumph in the Event category at the national Sony Awards.
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Nick Pandolfi from rural Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Suffolk triumphed
over Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London's Vanessa Feltz in the Programme Presenter category
but Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London's Ben Wilkins guaranteed
a Gold for the metropolitan station for his Reporter entry.
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The Outstanding Contribution to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio award went to Peter
Adamson of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Humberside.
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Peter was a contributor on the station in the late Seventies when he
was a teacher, but then went on to present a weekly jazz programme across
ten northern stations and to become the station's key mid-morning presenter.
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He has now presented more than 4,000 programmes for the station, but
is stepping down from his regular Soapbox phone-in later this month.
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Before the awards ceremony Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio's first and only Controller,
Michael Barton, was honoured with the fellowship of
the Radio Academy by Helen Boaden, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Director of News and Chair of
the Radio Academy.
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Speaking at the ceremony, Mark Thompson congratulated the winners and
said: "Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio is a public service cornerstone, a place where
the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's relationship with communities up and down the country comes
to life."
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Judges for this year's awards included past and present Local Radio
broadcasters along with leading journalists, managers and regulators
from both public service and commercial radio.
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The awards are named in honour of the founder of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio in
England, Frank Gillard, who died in 1998.
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Full list of winners (in Gold, Silver and Bronze order):
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The Breakfast Programme
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Kent - Good Morning Kent
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ GMR - Greater Manchester's Breakfast
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ WM - The Adrian Goldberg Breakfast Show
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Programme Presenter
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Suffolk - Nick Pandolfi
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London 94.9 - Vanessa Feltz
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Solent - Julian Clegg
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Coverage of a New Story
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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
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Interactive Programme
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Nottingham - Groundswell: No Room for Students?
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leeds - It's Your Call
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Stoke - Inside Lives
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Reporter
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London 94.9 - Ben Wilkins
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Cambridgeshire - Max Rushden
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Lincolnshire - Scott Dalton
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Sports Coverage
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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 Cleveland - The Welsh Weekender (Silver)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Humberside - Hull City: Promotion to Division Two (Bronze)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Oxford - British Speedway GP 2004 (Bronze)
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Social Action Campaign
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Gloucestershire - Bio-Diversity Day
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Devon - The Chestnut Appeal Story
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Merseyside - Taking Care on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Merseyside
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Radio Feature
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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
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Outside Broadcast
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Kent - The Drive Show D-Day OB
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leeds - The Funeral of John Charles
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Essex - Pirate Radio Essex
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Religious Programming
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leeds
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Gloucestershire
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Nottingham
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Radio Promotion
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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
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Diversity
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Stoke
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Nottingham
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London 94.9
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Outstanding Contribution to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Local Radio
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Peter Adamson - Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Humberside
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Station of the Year
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Solent
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Essex
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ London 94.9
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