Sony Radio Academy Awards

The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. They are run by ZAFER Associates in association with the Radio Academy. The categories for the awards are decided by an annual committee, with the aim to include all the main genres from contemporary music, news and speech through to radio drama, comedy and sport, and not discriminating against station size, or niche categories.

The 28th Sony Awards were held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Monday 10 May 2010,^[1] with 3 awards presented per category (Gold, Silver and Bronze).

2010 awards winners

Breakfast Show of the Year (station with a potential audience of 10 million-plus) - Today (BBC Radio 4)
Best Music Programme - Dermot O'Leary Show (BBC Radio 2)
Best Entertainment Programme - The Capital Breakfast Show (95.8 Capital FM)
Best Speech Programme - Nihal (BBC Asian Network)
Music Radio Personality of the Year - Scott Mills (BBC Radio 1)
Music Broadcaster of the Year - Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1)
Speech Radio Personality of the Year - Frances Finn (BBC Radio Nottingham)
Speech Broadcaster of the Year - Sir David Attenborough (BBC Radio 4)
News Journalist of the Year - Lyse Doucet (BBC World Service)
Station Programmer of the Year - Euan McMorrow (Radio City 96.7)
Best Station Imaging - Oxfordshire's 106 JACK fm
Station of the Year (with a potential audience of up to 300,000) - Moray Firth 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) - Kiss 100
Digital Station of the Year - Planet Rock
National UK Station of the Year - BBC Radio 5 Live
Sony Gold Award - Trevor Nelson
Special Award - BFBS Radio

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