 Appointed CBE in HM 1984 Birthday Honours, Gordon later received a Sony Award for his outstanding services to radio.On 4 October 1997, he was created a Life Peer taking the title Baron Gordon of Strathblane, "of Deil's Craig in Stirlingshire".Elected a Fellow of the Radio Academy in 1994, Lord Gordon then received the Lord Provost's Award for Public Service as well as honorary degrees as Doctor of Letters (Hon DLitt) from the Glasgow Caledonian University, and Doctor of the University (DUniv) from the University of Glasgow in 1998.