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Commercial Radio Awards presented, 40 years celebrated

By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 5 July 2013

So the commercial radio sector gathered in London this week for its annual back-slapping fest, the one where the unfairly over-funded (or so most in commercial radio would say) BBC is locked out of the room.

And this year the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards were not only about celebrating the year just gone in the sector, but also the full four decades that commercial radio has now been on the air in the UK. Perhaps also noting that those BBC radio services now so loved by the music community would probably never have developed had the early commercial radio operators not reinvented the medium in the 1970s.

Anyway, have a list of all the people being celebrated in commercial radio in 2013, after a little bit of nostalgia with this RadioCentre video celebrating those 40 years on air:

And the winners…

Presenter Of The Year (under 2 Million TSA): Steve & Karen, Metro Radio
Presenter Of The Year (over 2 Million TSA): Iain Dale, LBC 97.3
Newcomer Of The Year: Andrew Murray, 103.1 Central FM / Forth One & Forth 2
Journalist Of The Year (Ali Booker Memorial Award): Dan Freedman, LBC 97.3
Programmer Of The Year: James Rea, LBC 97.3

Breakfast Show Of The Year (under 2 Million TSA): Steve & Karen’s Breakfast Show, Metro Radio
Breakfast Show Of The Year (over 2 Million TSA): Kiss Breakfast with Rickie, Melvin & Charlie, Kiss
Specialist Programme Of The Year: The Ronnie Wood Show, Absolute Radio
Single Programme or Broadcast Of The Year: Ciaran’s Cause, Real Radio North West
Feature Of The Year: Lionel Glitzy/Hywel and Jamie’s Vegas Adventure, Rock FM
News Coverage Of The Year: IRN News & Sports Coverage produced by Sky News Radio

Station Imaging Award: Classic FM, Global Radio
Marketing Award: The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show with Wickes, Absolute Radio
Social Action Initiative: Walk For Harry, Free Radio
Radio Station Event Of The Year: Capital’s Summertime Ball with Vodafone, Capital FM

Station Of The Year (<500,000 TSA): Isle of Wight Radio
Station Of The Year (500,000 to 2M TSA): Metro Radio
Station Of The Year (over 2 Million TSA): LBC 97.3

Local Sales Team Of The Year (sponsored by NRS Media): Smooth Radio London, Real & Smooth Ltd
National Sales Award: InStream, Absolute Radio
Advertiser Of The Year: British Sky Broadcasting Ltd
Media Agency Of The Year: Mindshare

PPL Breakthrough UK Artist Of The Year: Emeli Sandé
PPL Most Played UK Artist on Commercial Radio: Coldplay

Chairman’s Award: John Mottram, formerly of Department Culture Media & Sport, now at PRS