The 24th Sony Radio Academy Awards were held on 8 May 2006 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London. There were 29 categories of award and two special awards.
Programme awards and winners The Breakfast Show Award — Nick Ferrari at Breakfast (LBC 97.3FM) The Music Programme Award — Mornings with Rick Shaw (Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands) The Specialist Music Programme Award — Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1) The News and Current Affairs Programme Award — 1800 News Bulletin (BBC Radio 4) The Sports Programme Award — Fighting Talk (BBC Radio 5 Live) The Speech Programme Award — The Stephen Nolan Show (BBC Radio Ulster) The Interactive Programme Award — Scott Mills (BBC Radio 1) The Entertainment Award — Chris Moyles (BBC Radio 1)
Personality awards and winners The Music Broadcaster of the Year — Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1) The Music Radio Personality of the Year — Chris Evans (BBC Radio 2) The News Journalist of the Year — Angus Stickler (BBC Radio 4) The Speech Broadcaster of the Year — Eddie Mair (BBC Radio 4) The Station Programmer of the Year — Richard Park (Magic 105.4)
Production awards and winners The Drama Award — No Background Music (BBC Radio 4) The Comedy Award — The Ape That Got Lucky (BBC Radio 4) The Feature Award — A Requiem for St Kilda (BBC Radio 4) The Musical Special Award — Lennon: The Wenner Tapes (BBC Radio 4) The News Feature Award — Return to Sarajevo (BBC World Service) The Breaking News Award — The London Bombings (Capital Radio) The Live Event Coverage Award — The Boat Race 2005 (LBC) The Community Award — Hearing Voices (BBC Hereford & Worcester) The Promo Award — Kerrang! Christmas (Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands) The Competition Award — Xfm's Rock School (Xfm) The Station Imaging Award — Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands
Station awards and winners Station of the Year with a potential audience of under 300,000 — Coast 96.3 (North Wales Coast) Station of the Year with a potential audience of 300,000 – 1 million — Pirate FM (Cornwall, Plymouth & West Devon) Station of the Year with a potential audience of 1 million plus — Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands Digital Terrestrial Station of the Year — Planet Rock UK Station of the Year — BBC Radio 1
Special awards The Special Award — The Beethoven Experience The Gold Award — Terry Wogan
References
External links The Sony Radio Academy Awards