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Frank Gillard Awards - nominations announced
The
nominations for this year's eagerly awaited Frank Gillard Awards
- celebrating the very best of BBC Local Radio - are
announced today (9 September).
Leading
the hunt for the honours this year is BBC Radio Derby with
a total of five nominations.
The
station will be hoping for a good year, following its success at
the Sony awards this year, where it won the Gold award in the Breakfast
Programme category.
Despite
not receiving any nominations at last year's Frank Gillard Awards,
Radio Derby will be hoping to emulate the success of Radio Leeds
which took home four Gold Gillard awards in 2002.
BBC
Radio Leeds is in the running again this year with four nominations,
followed by BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Sheffield
and BBC Radio Suffolk, each with three nominations.
The
nominations for the prestigious Station of the Year category pit
last year's Gold winner, Radio Leeds, against Radio Newcastle and
Radio Suffolk.
The
Outstanding Contribution to Local Radio Award will be announced
on the night and no shortlist is given with the rest of the nominations.
Anyone
working in BBC Local Radio may nominate for this award and once
again the range of nominees is wide.
Amongst
the many contenders is a friendly office cleaner, one of the longest
serving journalists in Local Radio, a receptionist and a helpline
organiser, the Radioman Training people and the GNS Iraq War team.
This
year saw a record number of entries for the Gillard Awards, with
313 entries from 44 BBC Local Radio stations and services.
Gold,
Silver and Bronze winners will be announced on 6 October at a special
awards ceremony at the National Museum of Film, Photography and
Television in Bradford.
Sonia
Deol of the BBC Asian Network is the ceremony presenter and she
will be joined by Greg Dyke, Director-General of the BBC, to present
the coveted miniature busts of Frank Gillard to the Gold winners.
The
awards are named in honour of the founder of BBC Local Radio in
England, Frank Gillard, who died in 1998.
The
Frank Gillard Awards 2003 - Nominations
The
Breakfast Programme
BBC
Radio Derby - Andy
Whittaker's Breakfast Show
BBC
Radio Gloucestershire - The Breakfast Show - Storms
BBC
Radio Kent - Good Morning Kent
Programme
Presenter
BBC
London - Danny Baker
BBC
Radio Newcastle - Ian Robinson and Paul Wappat
BBC
Radio Sheffield - Toby Foster
Coverage
of a News Story
BBC
Radio Derby - Royal Pageant Story
BBC
Radio Newcastle - Capital of Culture Bid
BBC
Three Counties Radio - The Luton Town Takeover
Interactive
Programme
BBC
Radio Gloucestershire - The Dozy Parker
BBC
Radio Leeds - It's Your Call
BBC
Radio Suffolk - Rachel Sloane in the Afternoon
Reporter
BBC
Radio Leeds - Spencer Stokes
BBC
Radio Merseyside - Shari Vahl
BBC
Radio Nottingham - Jeremy Ball
Sports
Coverage
BBC
Radio Derby - Derby's First World Boxing Champion
BBC
Radio Oxford - 2003 British Speedway Grand Prix
BBC
Radio Sheffield - Sunday Sport (Ice Hockey)
BBC
Radio Solent - When the Saints Marched to Cardiff
Social
Action Campaign
BBC
Radio Bristol with the Special Features Unit - Hitting Home
BBC
Radio Sheffield - BBC Radio Sheffield Hospice Appeal
BBC
Radio Suffolk - The Hollies
Radio
Feature
BBC
Radio Cleveland - The Daisy Chain Dream
BBC
Radio Cornwall - Launceston Car Park
BBC
Three Counties Radio - Homeless in Bedford
Outside
Broadcast
BBC
Radio Derby - Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide
BBC
Radio Leeds - The Queen's Visit to Harewood House
BBC
Radio Lincolnshire - Dambusters' Day
Voices
BBC
Radio Kent - Romany Voices
BBC
Radio Lancashire - Voices in Burnley
BBC
Radio Shropshire - Woodside
Diversity
BBC
Radio Derby
BBC
GMR
BBC
Southern Counties Radio
Radio
Promotion
BBC
Radio Cleveland - Middlesbrough FC Commentary Campaign
BBC
Radio Devon - The BBC Radio Devon Chestnut Appeal
BBC
Radio Kent - Radio Kent Charity Appeal
Station
of the Year
BBC
Radio Leeds
BBC
Radio Newcastle
BBC
Radio Suffolk
Outstanding
Contribution to BBC Local Radio
To
be announced at the awards ceremony
Notes
to Editors
Sonia
Deol to front Frank Gillard Awards ceremony (29.04.03)
Frank
Gillard Awards - BBC Radio Leeds scoops prestigious Station of the
Year award (18.10.02)
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