25th Sony Radio Academy Awards

The 25th Sony Radio Academy Awards were held on 30 April 2007 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London. There were 30 categories of award and three special awards.

Programme awards and winners

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze
The Breakfast Show Award	The Today Programme (BBC Radio 4)	Five Live Breakfast (BBC Radio Five Live)	Toolan in the Morning (Key 103 Manchester)
The Music Programme Award	The Mark Radcliffe Show (BBC Radio 2)	Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1)	Popworld Radio (4Radio)
The Specialist Music Programme Award	Friction (BBC Asian Network)	The Freak Zone (BBC 6 Music)	Westwood (BBC Radio 1)
The News and Current Affairs Programme Award	Five Live Breakfast (BBC Radio Five Live)	The Today Programme (BBC Radio 4)	Real News at Five (Real Radio Yorkshire)
The Sports Programme Award	Sportsweek (BBC Radio Five Live)	Five Live Sport (BBC Radio Five Live)	The Pain of the Game {BBC Radio Scotland}
The Speech Programme Award	The Reunion (BBC Radio 4)	PM (BBC Radio 4)	The Jeremy Vine Show (BBC Radio 2)
The Interactive Programme Award	PM (BBC Radio 4)	The Big Brum Breakfast with Elliott & Caroline (BRMB)	Scott Mills (BBC Radio 1)
The Entertainment Award	The Chris Evans Show (BBC Radio 2)	Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston & Harriet Scott (London’s Heart 106.2)	Bowie @ Breakfast (Clyde 1)

Personality awards and winners

• The Music Broadcaster of the Year — Colin Murray (BBC Radio 1)
• The Music Radio Personality of the Year — Chris Evans (BBC Radio 2)
• The News Journalist of the Year — John Humphrys (BBC Radio 4)
• The Speech Broadcaster of the Year — Eddie Nestor (BBC Radio London)
• The Station Programmer of the Year — Francis Currie (Heart Brand Programme Director for the Heart Network)

Production awards and winners

• The Drama Award — Lorilei (BBC Radio 4)
• The Comedy Award — 1966 and All That (BBC Radio 4)
• The Feature Award — Radio Ballads 2006 - The Song Of Steel (BBC Radio 2)
• The Musical Special Award — Malcolm McLaren’s Musical Map of London (BBC Radio 2)
• The News Feature Award — Letters from Guantanamo Bay (BBC Radio 4)
• The Breaking News Award — The London Tornado (BBC Radio London)
• The Live Event Coverage Award — The Alan Shearer Testimonial (Magic 1152)
• The Community Award — The Plot (BBC Radio Berkshire)
• The Promo Award — The Ashes (BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra)
• The Competition Award — Who’s Calling Christian? (Virgin Radio)
• The Station Imaging Award — Planet Rock
• The Internet Programme Award - Firin’ Squad Unsigned Podcast (Wise Buddah Talent for firinsquad.co.uk)

Station awards and winners

• Station of the Year with a potential audience of under 300,000 — Isle of Wight Radio
• Station of the Year with a potential audience of 300,000 – 1 million — BBC Radio Derby
• Station of the Year with a potential audience of 1 million plus — Radio City 96.7
• Digital Terrestial Station of the Year — Gaydar Radio
• UK Station of the Year — Classic FM

Special awards

• The Gold Award — Paul Gambaccini
• The Broadcasters' Broadcaster Award - John Peel
• The Lifetime Achievement Award - Tony Butler

External links

• The Sony Radio Academy Awards