Winners

The GOLD Awards

  • talkSPORT – recognising 20 years of broadcasting and their commitment to diversity and representation in sport in the last year
  • Jazz FM – recognising 30 years of broadcasting and their contribution to the genre of Jazz music
  • Tay FM – recognising 40 years of broadcasting and their contribution to the community of Tayside and Fife.

 

Best New Presenter, supported by Big Red Talent

  • GOLD – Raj & Pilar, on BBC Radio 1’s The Reality Tea, by Fresh Air Productions
  • SILVER – Jacob Hawley, on Jacob Hawley: On Drugs, BBC Sounds
  • BRONZE – Tyler West, on Kiss FM
  • Nominated – Anushka Asthana, on Today in Focus, by The Guardian
  • Nominated – Kenny Allstar, on BBC Radio 1Xtra, by Somethin’ Else
  • Nominated – Simon Jordan, on talkSPORT

 

Best New Show, supported by mGage

  • GOLD – Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James, BBC Radio 1
  • SILVER – The Next Episode, BBC News
  • BRONZE – Politix & Chill, BBC Sussex
  • Nominated – The Hang with Gregory Porter, Cup and Nuzzle
  • Nominated – Through the Decades, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated – Today in Focus, The Guardian

 

Best News Coverage, supported by sip.audio

  • GOLD – Myles Bonnar – A-Game Exposé, BBC The Social and BBC News Scotland
  • SILVER – Cops on the Front Line, BBC Radio Manchester
  • BRONZE – Anatomy of a Stabbing, PM on BBC Radio 4
  • Nominated – The JACK News Team, Jackfm Oxfordshire
  • Nominated – Today in Focus, The Guardian
  • Nominated – Valley of Tears, Q Radio

 

Best Speech Breakfast Show, supported by Broadcast Bionics

  • GOLD – Toby Foster at Breakfast, BBC Radio Sheffield
  • SILVER – Annabel Amos at Breakfast, BBC Radio Northampton
  • BRONZE – 5 Live Breakfast, BBC Radio 5 live
  • Nominated – Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, talkSPORT
  • Nominated – Good Morning Ulster, BBC Radio Ulster
  • Nominated – Julia Hartley-Brewer Breakfast Show, talkRADIO

 

Best Speech Presenter

  • GOLD – Emma Barnett, on BBC Radio 5 live
  • SILVER – Mike Sweeney, on BBC Radio Manchester
  • BRONZE – Frank Skinner, on Absolute Radio
  • Nominated – Iain Lee, on talkRADIO
  • Nominated – Mark Patterson, on BBC Radio Foyle
  • Nominated – Matthew Wright, on talkRADIO

 

Best Sports Show

  • GOLD – Super G: How Geraint won the Yellow Jersey, BBC Radio Wales
  • SILVER – That Peter Crouch Podcast, BBC Radio 5 live
  • BRONZE – Tailenders, TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 live
  • Nominated – Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, talkSPORT
  • Nominated – Drive with Adrian Durham and Darren Gough, talkSPORT
  • Nominated – The Jim White Show, talkSPORT

 

Best Coverage of an Event, supported by RadioToday

  • GOLD – Mental Health Awareness Week, Absolute Radio
  • SILVER – Cricket World Cup Final, BBC Radio 5 live
  • BRONZE – Great North Run, Metro Radio
  • Nominated – Bloody Sunday: The Decisions Live, BBC Radio Foyle
  • Nominated – England Cricket Winter Tours, talkSPORT
  • Nominated – The Duke, The Duchess and the Royal Dolls, BBC Sussex

 

Funniest Show

  • GOLD – Elis James and John Robins, Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 live
  • SILVER – James Veitch’s Contractual Obligation, BBC Radio 4
  • BRONZE – Shagged Married Annoyed, Avalon Television Ltd
  • Nominated – Kurupt FM, Audible
  • Nominated – ReincarNathan, Talkback for BBC Radio 4
  • Nominated – The Dave Berry Breakfast Show, Absolute Radio

 

Best Music Breakfast Show, supported by Carver PR

  • GOLD – The 1Xtra Breakfast Show with Dotty, BBC Radio 1Xtra
  • SILVER – Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James, BBC Radio 1
  • BRONZE – The Dave Berry Breakfast Show, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated – Big John @ Breakfast, Hallam FM
  • Nominated – KISS Breakfast with Tom & Daisy, Kiss FM
  • Nominated – The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, BBC Radio 2

 

Best Music Presenter, supported by PPL and PRS for Music

  • GOLD – Mistajam, on BBC Radio 1Xtra
  • SILVER – Abbie McCarthy, on BBC Music Introducing
  • BRONZE – Edith Bowman, on Soundtracking a podcast by Ebow Productions
  • Nominated – Kate Molleson, on BBC Radio 3
  • Nominated – Olivia Jones, on Total Access
  • Nominated – Nigel Williams, on Jazz FM

 

Best Specialist Music Show, supported by Big Star Business Management

  • GOLD – This Classical Life, BBC Radio 3
  • SILVER – Absolute Radio Stories, Absolute Radio
  • BRONZE – Gilles Peterson, Somethin Else for BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Nominated – Bobby Friction, BBC Asian Network
  • Nominated – Soundtracking with Edith Bowman, a podcast by Ebow Productions
  • Nominated – The Ty Bentli Show, Country Hits Radio

 

Best Factual – Single Programme, supported by Times Radio

  • GOLD – Kane Walker: Life and Death On The Streets, BBC WM
  • SILVER – Being Gerry Adams, Juniper for BBC Radio 4
  • BRONZE – A Sense of Quietness, Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4
  • Nominated – Little Volcanoes, White Stiletto Productions for BBC Radio 4
  • Nominated – The Gig That Changed The World, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated – The Listening Room, Prison Radio Association

 

Best Factual – Series, supported by The Audio Content Fund

  • GOLD – Ladder to Nowhere, Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4
  • SILVER – Surrogacy: A Family Frontier, BBC Radio 5 live
  • BRONZE – The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17, by Novel
  • Nominated – Absolute Radio Stories, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated – Blood Territory, 7 Digital for Audible
  • Nominated – Breakdown, BBC Radio Ulster for Radio 4

 

Best Independent Podcast, supported by Audible

  • GOLD – Passenger List, Goldhawk Productions / Radiotopia
  • SILVER – The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17, by Novel
  • BRONZE – My Dad Wrote A Porno, Medium Maze
  • Nominated – Conflicted, Message Heard
  • Nominated – Folk on Foot, Matthew Bannister
  • Nominated – The Secret Life of Prisons, Prison Radio Association

 

Best Fictional Storytelling, supported by AudioUK

  • GOLD – Forest 404, BBC Radio 4
  • SILVER – A View From A Hill, Bafflegab Productions for Audible
  • BRONZE – First Do No Harm, BBC Radio 4
  • Nominated – Alien III, Audible
  • Nominated – Macbeth, Almost Tangible
  • Nominated – ReincarNathan, Talkback for BBC Radio 4

 

Best Station Sound, supported by Raft Music

  • GOLD – Radio 1 Station Sound, BBC Popular Music Station Sound
  • SILVER – Project Baxter on 6 Music, BBC Popular Music Station Sound
  • BRONZE – The Absolute Radio Network
  • Nominated – Kiss FM
  • Nominated – Radio 2 Station Sound, BBC Popular Music Station Sound
  • Nominated – Scala Radio Launch Package

 

Best Commercial Promotion

  • GOLD – Samaritans, talkSPORT
  • SILVER – The Hometime Fish And Chip Tour 2019 with Maldon Salt, Absolute Radio
  • BRONZE – Women of Steel, The Wave and Swansea Sound
  • Nominated – Absolute Radio Queen
  • Nominated – The Dave Berry Breakfast Show with Wickes, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated – Unfold Japan: Asahi Super Dry Beer, Worldwide FM

 

Best Marketing Campaign

  • GOLD – Radio 1 Breakfast #MakeThisGreg, BBC Radio 1
  • SILVER – England’s Winter Tours of Sri Lanka and the West Indies, talkSPORT
  • BRONZE – Absolute Radio 10, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated – Boyzone Tour, Magic Radio
  • Nominated – New Voices, BBC Local Radio
  • Nominated – Our biggest ever Cake and a Cuppa, BBC Radio York

 

Best Community Programming, supported by Sharpstream

  • GOLD – National Prison Radio, Prison Radio Association
  • SILVER – Chris Evans with Reverend Ruth Scott, Virgin
  • BRONZE – Samaritans, talkSPORT
  • Nominated – The Sista Collective, BBC Radio 5 live
  • Nominated – The Stephen Nolan Show, BBC Radio Ulster
  • Nominated – You, Me & The Big C, BBC Radio 5 live

 

Best Local Radio Show, supported by RCS

  • GOLD – Boogie in the Morning, Forth 1
  • SILVER – Allison Ferns, BBC Surrey & BBC Sussex
  • BRONZE – Justin Dealey, BBC Three Counties Radio
  • Nominated – Pulse 1 Breakfast with Mylo & Rosie, Pulse 1
  • Nominated – Stephen Nolan, BBC Radio Ulster
  • Nominated – Trev and Rich JACK’s Morning Glory, JACK FM Oxfordshire

 

The John Myers Award for Local Station of the Year, supported by Aim

  • GOLD – BBC Hereford & Worcester
  • SILVER – Stray FM
  • BRONZE – BBC Radio Sheffield
  • Nominated – BBC Radio Ulster
  • Nominated – Metro Radio
  • Nominated – Wycombe Sound 106.6fm

 

National Station or Network, supported by Arqiva

  • GOLD – BBC Radio 2
  • SILVER – The Absolute Radio Network
  • BRONZE – BBC Radio 1Xtra
  • Nominated – BBC Radio 2 Beatles
  • Nominated – Planet Rock
  • Nominated – Union JACK Radio

 

Radio Times Moment of The Year

As voted for by readers of Radio Times

  • GOLD – Overdosing man calls Iain Lee, talkRADIO
  • SILVER – England Win the Cricket World Cup, BBC Test Match Special
  • BRONZE – Live from the helicopter crash site, BBC Radio Leicester
  • Nominated – Boris Johnson: “I paint buses”, talkRADIO
  • Nominated – Chris Evans returns to Virgin, Virgin Radio
  • Nominated – Father Joe Gormley on Lyra McKee’s Death, BBC Radio Foyle
  • Nominated – Matthew Sweet interviews Naomi Wolf, BBC Radio 3
  • Nominated – Mental Health Minute 2019 by Radiocentre and TBI Media, across UK Radio
  • Nominated – Rory Stewart makes up a stat on Emma Barnett, BBC Radio 5 live
  • Nominated – Zoe Ball takes over at breakfast, BBC Radio 2