The nominations for the 2012 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards were announced on May 10th via an online broadcast for the first time in the awards’ history. Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott from London’s Heart presented the online broadcast in association with Myspace. To watch the announcement visit www.myspace.com/arqivaawards
The awards will be held Wednesday 14th July 2012 and is the UK’s largest annual celebration of the very best in UK commercial radio.
Marketing Award
Absolute Radio – Faces for Radio & #NowPlaying
Capital FM Marketing
Touch FM – Pride of Stratford Awards 2012
Local Sales Team of the Year (sponsored by NRS Media)
The Bay
Gem 106
Real Radio North West
National Sales Team of the Year
Absolute Radio
Bauer Media
Global Radio
Radio Station Event of the Year
Absolute Radio Live
Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball
Jagger & Woody ‘Beside the Seaside’ Tour – Real Radio Wales
Breakfast Show of the Year (under 1 Million TSA)
Radio Aire Breakfast – Radio Aire
The Bay Breakfast with Danny Matthews – The Bay
JACK’s Morning Glory – 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
Breakfast Show of the Year (over 1 Million TSA)
The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show – Absolute Radio
Des & Jennie at Breakfast – Capital Scotland
Real Radio Breakfast with Ewen & Cat – Real Radio Scotland
Feature(s) of the Year
Oldham Riots: The Legacy – Smooth Radio
Raoul Moat: One Year On Presented by PC David and Kath Rathband – Metro Radio
Ronnie Wood – The Guests – Absolute Radio
Specialist Programme of the Year
The Ronnie Wood Show – Absolute Radio
Music : Response – Mary Anne Hobbs – XFM
Matt Stocks – Kerrang!
Social Action Initiative
Walkathon 2011 – brmb
Positive Mental Health Week – Cool FM
Cocaine Unwrapped – Real Radio North West
Station Imaging Award
106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
The Capital Network
Kiss Network Imaging
Presenter of the Year (under 1 Million TSA)
Greig Easton & Yasmin Zemmoura – Northsound 1
Matt Foister – Trax FM
Trevor Marshall – 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
Presenter of the Year (over1 Million TSA)
Christian O’Connell – Absolute Radio
John Suchet – Classic FM
Danny Wallace – XFM
Programmer of the Year (sponsored by RCS)
James Brownlow – 95.8 Capital FM
Ricky Durkin – Real Radio Yorkshire
Chris Pegg – Metro Radio
Newcomer(s) of the Year (sponsored by Skillset)
Alun Cochrane – Absolute Radio
Emma Barnett – LBC 97.3
Eoghan McDermott – XFM
Journalist or News Team of the Year (Ali Booker Memorial Award)
106 JACKfm Hertfordshire
GMG Radio North West News Team
Radio Aire News
Best Branded Content
Absolute Radio Live with Swiftcover.com – Spark/Absolute Radio
Arla Starbuck’s Frappuccino and Capital FM Summertime Ball – Carat / Capital FM
Dangerous’ Dave Vs The Log Flume – Gem 106
Best Creative Campaign
comparethemarket.com – VCCP
Honda – Do You Believe In The Power of Dreams? – Wieden + Kennedy
Peppa Pig World at Paultons Park – Global Radio Creative
Most Effective Campaign
Autoglass Radio Effective Frequency Test – Starcom Medivest
Heart & More Th>n 2011 – Heart
Ikea ‘Happy to Bed’ with Absolute Radio – Absolute Radio
Advertiser of the Year
Lloyds TSB
Vodafone
Unilever
Media Agency of the Year
Mediacom
Mindshare
PHD
PPL Breakthrough UK Artist of the Year
Ed Sheeran
Example
Jessie J
PPL Most Played UK Artist on Commercial Radio
Adele
Take That
The Wanted
Station of the Year (<300,000 TSA)
The Bay
Isle of Wight Radio
MFR
Station of the Year (300,000 to 1M TSA)
106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
Northsound 1
Radio Tay
Station of the Year (Over 1 Million TSA)
95.8 Capital FM
Absolute Radio
Radio City 96.7