Radio Indies Win Big At Sony Awards 2009

Posted on 12th May 2009

ANOTHER YEAR OF SONY AWARDS SUCCESS FOR RADIO INDIES

Congratulations from the Radio Independents Group to the radio indies who, once again, managed to win big at the 2009 Sony Radio Academy Awards. Chair of RIG, Neil Gardner, said of the success, "Does the BBC and the rest of the industry need any more proof of the worth of independent radio production?! It is about time the broadcasters started making best use of this incredible resource, instead of marginalising us. If commissioning is all about meritocracy, then these results show that radio indies deserve a bit more merit!"

Here’s who won what:

 

THE MUSIC PROGRAMME AWARD

BRONZE - WISE BUDDAH CREATIVE - The Huey Show - BBC 6 Music

THE SPECIALIST MUSIC PROGRAMME AWARD

SILVER - DISTORTED PRODUCTIONS - Andi Durrant: The Warm Up - Galaxy Network

BRONZE - SOMETHIN' ELSE - Mic Check - BBC Asian Network

MUSIC BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR AWARD

GOLD - SMOOTH OPERATIONS - Mark Radcliffe - BBC Radio 2

THE MUSIC SPECIAL AWARD

SILVER - WHISPERING BOB BROADCASTING COMPANY - Who Knows Where The Time Goes - BBC Radio 2

THE SPEECH AWARD

BRONZE - PRISON RADIO ASSOCIATION - Prisoners' Voices - Electric Radio Brixton

THE NEWS SPECIAL AWARD

GOLD - STARK PRODUCTIONS - The Investigation: Never Too Old To Care - BBC Radio Scotland

THE SPEECH BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR AWARD

BRONZE - STARK PRODUCTIONS - Edi Stark - BBC Radio Scotland

THE LISTENER PARTICIPATION AWARD

GOLD - PRISON RADIO ASSOCIATION - Daily Show - Electric Radio Brixton

THE COMEDY AWARD

GOLD - KOMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT & SMOOTH OPERATIONS - The Count Arthur Strong Radio Show - BBC Radio 4

THE FEATURE AWARD

BRONZE - FALLING TREE - Leonard & Marianne - BBC Radio 4

THE INTERVIEW AWARD

BRONZE - PRISON RADIO ASSOCIATION - Interview with Jonathan Aitkin - Electric Radio Brixton

THE LIVE COVERAGE AWARD

GOLD - TBI MEDIA - Absolute Coldplay - Absolute Radio

THE COMMUNITY AWARD

GOLD - PRISON RADIO ASSOCIATION - A Sound Fix - Electric Radio Brixton

 

We would like to congratulate all of the producers, writers, composers, presenters, audio engineers, researchers, BA’s, assistants and management who were the talent behind these winning programmes, and also everyone involved in all of the nominated programmes.  RIG is extremely proud of all of the work produced by our members, award-winning or otherwise...keep up the great work!