Radio Academy Awards
Category Winners Station/Organisation
Gold award Johnnie Walker
2003 award Ian Robertson
Speech broadcaster of the year Ian Robertson BBC Radio Sport for BBC Radio 5 Live
Music broadcaster of the year David Rodigan Kiss 100
News journalist of the year Hugh Sykes BBC Radio News : The World at One and PM for BBC Radio 4
DJ of the year Christian O'Connell Xfm
Station programmer of the year John Simons , group programme director GMG Radio
Station of the year : UK BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4
Station of the year : 1 million plus Heart 106.2 Heart 106.2
Station of the year : 300,000 - 1 million BBC Radio Suffolk BBC Radio Suffolk
Station of the year : under 300,000 BBC Radio Foyle BBC Radio Foyle
Station of the year : digital terrestrial PrimeTime Radio PrimeTime Radio
Breakfast show of the year JK & Joel @ Breakfast Key 103
Daily music show of the year Lunchtime with Ace and Invisible 1Xtra for the BBC
Weekly music show of the year Jonathan Ross Off The Kerb Productions / BBC Radio 2
News programme of the year Crossing Continents : India BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC Radio 4
Promotional campaign of the year 8 Mile BBC Broadcast for BBC Radio 5 Live
Comedy award I 'm Sorry I Have n't a Christmas Carol BBC Radio Entertainment for BBC Radio 4
Community award No Buts , a quit smoking campaign , hosted by Chris Ashley BBC Radio Shropshire
Competition award Live With Matt and H GWR FM Wiltshire
2004 Gold Award winners
The 22nd Sony Radio Academy Awards ceremony , hosted by Paul Gambaccini , was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 12 May 2004 . [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Commercial radio won a number of the top awards but BBC Radio 4 retained the UK Station of the Year award . [ 71 ] Guests included Sir Elton John , Penny Lancaster , and Amy Winehouse who all presented awards . [ 70 ]
The Radio Academy Awards, started in 1983, were the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. For most of their existence, they were run by ZAFER Associates, but in latter years were brought under the control of The Radio Academy. The awards were generally referred to by the name of their first sponsor, Sony, as The Sony Awards, The Sony Radio Awards or variations. In August 2013, Sony announced the end of its sponsorship agreement with The Radio Academy after 32 years. Consequently, the awards were named simply The Radio Academy Awards. In November 2014, it was announced that The Radio Academy would not be holding the awards in 2015, and would be looking for other ways to recognise achievement in the future. The awards were relaunched in 2016 as the Audio & Radio Industry Awards (ARIAS).