The nominations are out for the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, the annual awards bash preferred by commercial radio types because none of those pesky better funded BBC types can sweep in and take all the plum prizes. I'll just get on to the nominations rather than boring you with any analysis, though I have my fingers crossed for Goldie Lookin Chain types Rhys and Eggsy winning the Best Newcomer prize – I love it when radio stations that have just been closed down win awards. Their show, of course, was on the all new Xfm South Wales, which has just been sold and turned into a completely different radio station, Nation, which properly launches on Monday, though whether GLC will still be there I don't know. Here are your shortlists.
Marketing Award: Stuart Robinson – Citybeat, Julie Halford, Melanie Wills and Riah Matthews - Heart 106, Gavin Bruce and Jay Crawford - Real Radio Scotland
National Sales Team of the Year: Bauer Advertising, talkSPORT, Virgin Radio
Local Sales Team of the Year: Central FM, GWR Wiltshire, Orchard FM
Station of the Year < 300,000 TSA: Northsound 1, Star Radio Cambridge, 97.2 Stray FM
Station of the Year 300,000 - 1 million TSA: Beacon Radio (West Midlands), GWR Bristol, Lincs FM
Station of the Year > 1 million TSA: Classic FM, Magic 105.4, Xfm Manchester
Programmer of the Year: Paul Andrew - GWR Bristol, Andy Roberts - Kiss 100, Matt Whyatt - Xfm
Manchester
Radio Presentation Newcomer(s) of the Year: Chris Wise – 107.4 The Quay, Hywel Evans and Jamie Atherton - 97.4 Rock FM, Rhys and Eggsy - Xfm South Wales
Presenter(s) of the Year: Boogie and Jill - 97.3 Forth One, Emma B - Heart 106.2, Jo and Twiggy - Trent FM
Radio Station Sound Award: James Stodd, Arden Hanley and Dan Riedo - Capital 95.8, Matt Robinson and GMG Group Imaging Team, talkSPORT Creative
News Award: Nomia Iqbal and Katie Collins - 107.6 Juice FM, 97.4 Rock FM News Team, Virgin Radio News Team
Programme or Feature of the Year: 'Gun Crime' - Century Radio 105.4, 'The Rehab' - Kiss Network, 'V Festival 2007' - Virgin Radio
Creative Award: Andrew Fraser, Jessica Smith and Mark Aldred - Kiss 105-108, Tom Turner and Sharon Dennis - Metro Radio, Andy Griffiths and Mike Doyle - 102.1 Swansea Bay Radio
Technical Innovation Award: myclassicfm - Classic FM, 100.7 Heart fm Multimedia – 100.7 Heart fm, Juicetube - 107.6 Juice FM
Digital Station of the Year: GaydarRadio, Heat Radio, The Hits
Social Action Initiative Award: Bauer Radio - For the Kids Day, CFM - Robbie's Runners, Severn Sound - The Floods 2007
Schools Radio Award (in association with Vision Charity): Maxine Bradley - King Edward VI School, Morpeth, Ringwood School in Hampshire, Becky Hardesty - Royal National College for the Blind
The awards are organised by commercial radio body RadioCentre, the boss of which, Andrew Harrison, said this: "Commercial radio offers a huge breadth of programming including news and current affairs, sport, community and local issues and a vast range of music. The Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards are a great opportunity for the stations to highlight the programming they make; output that is loved by the 31 million listeners who tune in each week".