A very good night for stations in the North of England which were recognised in almost every category at the BBC Local Radio Frank Gillard Awards.
BBC Radio Humberside beat Radio Leeds and Radio Tees to be named Station of the Year, while BBC Radio Merseyside’s Tony Snell picked up 2 Golds for Breakfast Programme and Programme Presenter of the year.
BBC Radio Lancashire’s Gerald Jackson was honoured with the outstanding contribution award. Radio Lancashire also picked up the gold award for faith programming.
Speaking about the North West winners, Aziz Rashid, head of regional and local programmes BBC North West said:
“I’m delighted that BBC North West Radio stations picked up four gold awards. It is wonderful for our teams to be recognised by our peers and shows the strength and depth of BBC local radio in this region.”
Journalist of the year went to Tracy Gee at Radio Leeds, with silver going to Radio Lancashire’s Steve Becker and Julie Clayton from Radio Cumbria picking up the bronze award.
Radio Sheffield won the original journalism award, with Radio York and Radio Humberside coming second and third,
Radio York got a gold award in the Ultimate Hot Seat category for Jonathan Cowap’s Big Conversation.
Station of the Year
GOLD BBC Radio Humberside
SILVER BBC Radio Leeds
BRONZE BBC Tees
Breakfast Programme
GOLD BBC Radio Merseyside: Tony Snell
SILVER BBC Radio Leeds: Liz Green
BRONZE BBC Guernsey: Jim Cathcart
Programme Presenter
GOLD BBC Radio Merseyside Tony Snell
SILVER BBC Three Counties Radio Jonathan Vernon Smith
BRONZE BBC Radio Berkshire Andrew Peach
Original Journalism
GOLD BBC Radio Sheffield across the station
SILVER BBC Radio York across the station
BRONZE BBC Radio Humberside “NEETS” and Job Scams
Coverage of a News Story
GOLD BBC Radio Oxford The Bullfinch trial on grooming and child sexual exploitation
SILVER BBC London 94.9 The murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich
BRONZE BBC Tees Katrice Lee – a family’s battle to find out what happened to their missing daughter
Journalist of The Year
GOLD BBC Radio Leeds Tracy Gee
SILVER BBC Radio Lancashire Steve Becker
BRONZE BBC Radio Cumbria Julie Clayton
Best Mid-Morning
GOLD BBC Three Counties Radio Jonathan Vernon Smith
SILVER BBC Essex Dave Monk
BRONZE BBC Radio Cumbria Kevin Fernihough
The Ultimate Hot Seat
GOLD BBC Radio York: Jonathan Cowap’s Big Conversation
SILVER BBC Radio Suffolk: The Mark Murphy Show
BRONZE BBC Three Counties Radio: The JVS Show
Sport
GOLD BBC Radio Oxford: The Team That Never Was – the story of millionaire publisher Robert Maxwell’s plans to merge Oxford United the club with local rivals Reading FC in 1983.
SILVER BBC Tees: Spennymoor Town at Wembley – the story of how a team from a town with a population of 18 000 won the FA Vase at Wembley Stadium.
BRONZE BBC London 94.9: Football League Final Day – after a year in which some of the biggest sport headlines happened in London.
Best Programme
GOLD BBC Radio Suffolk Britten on the Beach
SILVER BBC Radio Humberside The Kick Murphy Letters – A Victorian Teenagers Life at Sea
BRONZE BBC Radio Bristol The Laura Rawlings Show live from the set of “Springwatch”
Faith Programming
GOLD BBC Radio Lancashire
SILVER BBC London 94.9 – Inspirit with Jumoké Fashola
BRONZE BBC Radio Nottingham
Station Promotion Campaign
GOLD BBC Radio Oxford – Big Tour of Oxfordshire
SILVER BBC Hereford and Worcester – A Flag for Worcestershire
BRONZE BBC Radio Humberside – The Class of Radio Humberside
Outstanding Contribution Award
Gerald Jackson, BBC English Regions and BBC Radio Lancashire
