Not singing along

As the gravity of the UK's radio awards operation has drifted north, so have the gongs. The ARIAs (Audio and Radio Industry Awards), successors to the SONY awards, were presented in a pop concert-setting in Leeds for the second time last night. No awards for Global Radio, owners of Heart, Capital, Classic, LBC and Smooth brands, which, under executive president and property developer Ashley Tabor, OBE, has decided not to play. No golds for Radio 2. Only one gold, in drama, which may be associated with the daddy of speech radio, The Home Service,  Radio 4. A gold for building materials supplier, Wickes. And six golds for Salford-head-quartered Radio 5 Live.

New Presenter: Andrew Flintoff (BBC Radio 5 live) 
New Show: Flintoff, Savage & the Ping Pong Guy (BBC Radio 5 live) 
News Coverage: London Bridge Attacks – (Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio 5 live) 
Speech Presenter Breakfast: Nicky Campbell and Rachel Burden (BBC Radio 5 live)
Speech Presenter – non Breakfast: Iain Lee (talkRADIO)
Sports Show of the Year: 5 Live Sport (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Music Presenter – Breakfast: The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show (Absolute Radio) 
Music Presenter – non breakfast: Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1) 
Specialist Music Show: Benji B (TBI Media/BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra) 
Entertainment/Comedy: The Frank Skinner Show (Avalon TV/Absolute Radio) 
Factual Storytelling: The Enemy Within (Falling Tree Productions/BBC Radio 3)  
Fictional Storytelling: Life Lines (BBC Radio Drama London) 
Community Programme: The Manchester Bombing (Key 103) 
Online Radio Station: Worldwide FM 
Podcast: Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy (BBC Radio 5 live)
On-Air Promotion: The 6Music Festival in Glasgow (BBC Radio 6Music)
Branded Content or Partnership: The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show with Wickes (Absolute Radio) 
Marketing Campaign: BBC Radio 1Xtra Street Studio (BBC Radio 1Xtra) 
Coverage of an Event: Manchester’s Response to the Arena Attack (Key 103) 
Local Station of the Year: BBC Radio London
National Radio Station of the Year: BBC 1Xtra 
Team of the Year (voted for by Radio Academy members) Local Radio Day – UKRD Group
Individual of the Year (voted for by Radio Academy members) Tony Moorey, Group Content Director, Magic and Absolute Radio