Category: BBC; Radio Berkshire; Radio Cumbria
Date: 28.09.2005
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BBC Radio Berkshire has scooped top honours in three categories at this year's Frank Gillard Awards - the first time the station has ever won one of the coveted busts!
The awards, which celebrate the very best of BBC Local Radio, were presented by the Chairman of the BBC, Michael Grade, at the historic naval dockyard in Portsmouth last night.
Radio Berkshire claimed Gold in the Programme Presenter, Social Action and Diversity categories.
It was a question of persistence paying off for Andrew Peach who took the Programme Presenter award. He has been entered for the Gillards every year and this is his first gold success after gaining a bronze in 2002.
BBC Radio Cumbria repeated its 2001 triumph by winning the prestigious Station of the Year Award whilst last year's winners BBC Radio Solent showed its strength in journalism by taking the honours in the Coverage of a News Story and Reporter categories.
The keenly contested Breakfast Programme award went to BBC Radio Newcastle's Mike Parr Breakfast Show while BBC Radio Devon won the Radio Promotion award for an unprecedented third successive year.
BBC Chairman Michael Grade said: "In an increasingly global world people are cherishing that which is familiar, friendly and local.
"On behalf of all licence fee payers, I'm delighted that a global BBC provides a much valued local presence throughout England via BBC Local Radio.
"Congratulations to all those who have been recognised with a Gillard Award."
Outstanding Contribution to BBC Local Radio awards went to Kenny Burton, the popular long-serving BBC Radio Nottingham station engineer known for his gadgetry and problem solving, and to Nigel Kay, the Head of Journalism Development for BBC Nations and Regions.
Nigel retires from the BBC this year after a career embracing all aspects of regional broadcast journalism, from local radio reporting and television news reading to managing BBC Radio and TV stations before becoming a senior member of the Nations and Regions Executive.
41 BBC Local Radio stations and services put forward 261 entries for the awards which are named in honour of Frank Gillard, the founder of BBC Local Radio.
Full list of winners in Gold, Silver and Bronze order
The Breakfast Programme
BBC Radio Newcastle - Mike Parr Breakfast Show
BBC WM - The Adrian Goldberg Breakfast Show
BBC Three Counties Radio - The Robert Perrone Breakfast Show
Programme Presenter
BBC Radio Berkshire - Andrew Peach
BBC Radio Merseyside - Tony Snell
BBC Radio Leeds - Graham Liver and Nicola Rees
Coverage of a News Story
BBC Radio Solent - Silent Calls
BBC Radio Nottingham - The Death of Brian Clough
BBC Southern Counties Radio - General Election
Interactive Programme
BBC Radio Northampton - The Weekender
BBC Three Counties Radio - The Robert Perrone Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Oxford - Bill Heine Show
Reporter
BBC Radio Solent - Jo Palmer
BBC Radio Cleveland - Jonathan Swingler
BBC Radio Cumbria - Gordon Swindlehurst
Sports Coverage
BBC Radio Derby - Sportscene Special: Brian Clough
BBC Radio York - City Till I Die
BBC Radio Oxford - Didcot Town FA Vase Special
Social Action Campaign
BBC Radio Berkshire - Oxford Road - The Story
BBC Radio Bristol - Babe's Big Appeal
BBC GMR - BBC GMR's 4 Life Campaign
Radio Feature
BBC Radio Stoke - Making Waves
BBC Southern Counties Radio - Diary of a Sex Change
BBC Radio Lincolnshire - Carla's Story
Outside Broadcast
BBC Radio Merseyside - Halfway to Paradise
BBC Radio Cleveland - Tees Valley Day
BBC Radio Solent - Trafalgar 200: The Son et Lumiere
Religious Programming
BBC Radio Nottingham - Sunday Breakfast and Lunchtime programmes
BBC Radio Derby - Compilation Sunday Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Shropshire - BBC Radio Shropshire Religion
Radio Promotion
BBC Radio Devon - A Christmas Murder Mystery
BBC Radio Bristol - Bringing Home the Bacon
BBC Radio Gloucestershire - Dick Whittington
Diversity
BBC Radio Berkshire
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
BBC Radio Merseyside
Outstanding Contribution to BBC Local Radio
Kenny Burton (BBC Radio Nottingham) and
Nigel Kay (Head of Journalism Development)
Station of the Year
BBC Radio Cumbria
BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Radio Merseyside
