NTL staged their annual Commercial Radio Awards in London last Thursday night. Organised by the Commercial Radio Companies Association, the trade body for commercial radio in the UK, the CRAs are a little like the Sonys without the BBC Competition. And the winners are…
Award for Marketing Excellence: Gareth Roberts, Century 106
National Sales Team of the Year: Capital Radio Group
Local Sales Team of the Year: 107.4 The Quay Sales Team
Commercial Station of the Year (under 300,000 TSA): Compass FM
Commercial Station of the Year (300,000 - 1m TSA): Belfast City Beat
Commercial Station of the Year (over 1m TSA): Juice 107.6
Commercial Radio Programmer of the Year: Alan Carruthers, 100.7 Heart FM
Commercial Radio Presentation Newcomer of the Year: Saffron, Galaxy 105-106
Commercial Radio Presenter of the Year: Nick Ferrari, LBC 97.3
Commerical Radio ID Liner, Jingle, Sting or Sweeper of the Year: Andrew Fewster, Leicester Sound
Commercial Radio News Award: Real Radio News Team, Yorkshire
Commercial Radio Programme or Feature of the Year: The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music, Classic FM
Social Action Initiative Award: 96.9 Viking FM Creative with Hull City Safe and Hull Women's Aid
Commercial Radio Technical Innovation Award: CORE
Commercial Radio Digital Station of the Year: Oneword Radio
Neil Robinson Memorial Award: Steve Parkinson, Chrysalis Radio
Commercial Radio Gold Award: Emap Big City Network
Commercial Radio Special Award: Douglas Cameron