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The 24th Sony Radio Academy Awards were held on 8 May 2006 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London. There were 29 categories of award and two special awards.

Contents

Programme awards and winners

  • The Breakfast Show Awards — Nick Ferrari at Breakfast (LBC 97.3FM)
  • The Music Programme Award — Mornings with Rick Shaw (Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands)
  • The Specialist Music Programme Award — Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1)
  • The News and Current Affairs Programme Award — 1800 News Bulletin (BBC Radio 4)
  • The Sports Programme Award — Fighting Talk (BBC Radio Five Live)
  • The Speech Programme Award — The Stephen Nolan Show (BBC Radio Ulster)
  • The Interactive Programme Award — Scott Mills (BBC Radio 1)
  • The Entertainment Award — Chris Moyles (BBC Radio 1)

    • Personality awards and winners

  • The Music Broadcaster of the Year — Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1)
  • The Music Radio Personality of the Year — Chris Evans (BBC Radio 2)
  • The News Journalist of the Year — Angus Stickler (BBC Radio 4)
  • The Speech Broadcaster of the Year — Eddie Mair (BBC Radio 4)
  • The Station Programmer of the Year — Richard Park (Magic 105.4)

    • Production awards and winners

  • The Drama Award — No Background Music (BBC Radio 4)
  • The Comedy Award — The Ape That Got Lucky (BBC Radio 4)
  • The Feature Award — A Requiem for St Kilda (BBC Radio 4)
  • The Musical Special Award — Lennon: The Wenner Tapes (BBC Radio 4)
  • The News Feature Award — Return to Sarajevo (BBC World Service)
  • The Breaking News Award — The London Bombings (Capital Radio)
  • The Live Event Coverage Award — The Boat Race 2005 (LBC)
  • The Community Award — Hearing Voices (BBC Hereford & Worcester)
  • The Promo Award — Kerrang! Christmas (Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands)
  • The Competition Award — Xfm’s Rock School (Xfm)
  • The Station Imaging Award — Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands

    • Station awards and winners

  • Station of the Year with a potential audience of under 300,000 — Coast 96.3 (North Wales Coast)
  • Station of the Year with a potential audience of 300,000 – 1 million — Pirate FM (Cornwall, Plymouth & West Devon)
  • Station of the Year with a potential audience of 1 million plus — Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands
  • Digital Terrestrial Station of the Year — Planet Rock
  • UK Station of the Year — BBC Radio 1

    • Special awards

  • The Special Award — The Beethoven Experience
  • The Gold Award — Terry Wogan

    • References

    24th Sony Radio Academy Awards Wikipedia
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