BBC Radio 2, Tees and Ulster win at Radio Academy Awards

Last night (Monday 12 May) the annual Radio Academy Awards were held at a ceremony in London. BBC Radio won in an impressive 22 out of 34 categories.

The big news is that BBC stations took home gongs in all of the Station of the Year categories. Big slabs of (non-gooey) cake are in the internal post to BBC Tees (Station of the Year under 1 million); BBC Radio Ulster (Station of the Year 1 million plus); and our pals at BBC Radio 2 who were named UK Station of the Year.

We’re also delighted to report that the wonderful Lip Dub Lincoln, a community project held in the city, has been singled out in the Best Creative Innovation category – be sure to read a blog from Radio Lincolnshire’s Managing Editor explaining how it was made.

BBC presenters who took home trophies include Greg James, Jamie Cullum, Zane Lowe, Danny Baker, Victoria Derbyshire (pictured above), Iain Lee and veteran Tony Blackburn (pictured at top) whose award was to mark 50 years on air.

BBC winners in full are:

• Best News Feature or Documentary - Tempted by Teacher (BBC Radio 1)
• Best News & Current Affairs Programme - PM (BBC Radio 4)
• Best Coverage of a Live Event - The Death of Nelson Mandela (BBC World Service)
• Best Music Feature or Documentary - Soul Music: Strange Fruit (BBC Radio 4)
• Best Feature or Documentary - Between the Ears: Mighty Beast (BBC Radio 3)
• Best Promotional Campaign - Wimbledon 2013 (BBC World Service)
• Best Entertainment Programme - Greg James (BBC Radio 1)
• Best Creative Innovation - #Lipdublincoln (BBC Radio Lincolnshire)
• Local Radio Journalist of the Year - BBC Radio Norfolk News Team
• Best Interview of the Year - Winifred Robinson interviews Ralph Bulger (BBC Radio 4)
• Best Drama - The Morpeth Carol (BBC Radio 4)
• Best Comedy - The Secret World (BBC Radio 4)
• Best Music Programme - Jamie Cullum (BBC Radio 2)
• Speech Radio Broadcaster of the Year - Victoria Derbyshire (BBC Radio 5 live)
• Music Radio Broadcaster of the Year - Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1)
• Speech Radio Personality of the Year - Danny Baker (BBC Radio 5 live)
• Best Sports Programme - The Day We Won Wimbledon (BBC Radio 5 live)
• Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million) - Iain Lee (BBC Three Counties Radio)
• Station of the Year (under 1 million) - BBC Tees
• Station of the Year (1 million plus) - BBC Radio Ulster
• UK Station of the Year - BBC Radio 2
• Gold Award - Tony Blackburn

You can see a list of all the winners (some broadcasters other than the BBC won too apparently) on the Radio Academy Awards website.

Hannah Khalil is Digital Content Producer, About the BBC Website and Blog.

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