Away from the doom and gloom in the radio industry, some happy news for you, with the big awards bash for commercial radio types, the Arquiva Commercial Radio Awards, held in London yesterday. And the winners are...
Station of the Year < 300,000 TSA: 97.2 Stray FM
Station of the Year 300,000 - 1 million TSA: GWR Bristol
Station of the Year > 1 million TSA: Magic 105.4
Digital Station of the Year: GaydarRadio
Presenters of the Year: Jo & Twiggy - Trent FM
Presentation Newcomer of the Year: Chris Wise - 107.4 The Quay
Programmer of the Year: Andy Roberts - Kiss 100
Programme or Feature of the Year: 'V Festival 2007' - Virgin Radio
News Award: Nomia Iqbal & Katie Collins - 107.6 Juice FM
IRN Newslink Special Award: Ralph Bernard CBE
Social Action Initiative Award: Severn Sound - The Floods 2007
Schools Radio Award: Becky Hardesty - Royal National College for the Blind
Commercial Radio Station Sound Award: talkSPORT Creative
Creative Award: Andy Griffiths & Mike Doyle - 102.1 Swansea Bay Radio
Technical Innovation Award: Juicetube - 107.6 Juice FM
Marketing Award: Gavin Bruce & Jay Crawford - Real Radio Scotland
Sales Team of the Year: talkSPORT
Local Sales Team of the Year: Central FM
Gold Award: Neil Fox - Magic 105.4
Neil Robinson Memorial Award for Marketing Excellence: Vicky Sanders - Key 103
The RadioCentre Chairman's Award: Global Radio
PPL Most Played Artist on Commercial Radio: Take That