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Sony Radio Academy Station Of The Year 2009

Beacon Radio (Shropshire)
P&Ms Best On-Air Imaging Promotion
On UK Radio 2008
Gone in 60 Seconds (Beacon Radio)
Arqiva Station Of The Year 2006

Beacon Radio (West Midlands)
Arqiva Programme of the Year 2005
Caught In The Crossfire (Beacon Radio)

 

Award Winners - Producer / Contributor :

 
 
Newsnight Special (Auschwitz)
Silver Award - United Nations Department of Public Information Awards 2010
 
Newsnight Special (Auschwitz)
Bronze Award - News Documentary Special - New York Festival Awards 2010
 
Station Of The Year (TSA <300,000) 103.1 Beacon Radio (Shropshire) 

Sony Radio Awards 2009

 

Station Of The Year (TSA <300,000) 103.1 Beacon Radio (Shropshire) 
Nations and Regions (Midlands) / The Radio Academy 2008

Best On-Air Imaging Promotion On UK Radio (Gone in 60 Seconds) 
Promotion and Marketing Awards / The Radio Academy P&Ms 2008

News Newcomer of the Year (Ray Sadri Newsnight Specials)
IRN Awards 2007

News Programme of the Year (Caught In The Crossfire)
IRN Awards 2006

Station of the Year (TSA 300,000 - 1 Million) 97.2 Beacon Radio
Arqiva Awards 2006

Programme of the Year (Caught In The Crossfire)
Arqiva Awards 2005

Social Action Initiative (1 Million Pounds of Work)
Arqiva Awards 2005

Marketing Excellence (Radio Stars - Galaxy Birmingham)
Arqiva Awards 2001





Award Nominations - Producer / Contributor :

 
Marketing Award (Fresh and You)
Arqiva Awards 2011
 
Best Street Marketing Campaign (Walk of The Black Country)
Promotions and Marketing Awards / The Radio Academy P&Ms 2010
 
Community Award (Yvette's Early Christmas) 
Sony Awards 2010
 
Competition Award (Beacon Radio's Midnight Drop)
Sony Awards 2010

Best Local/Regional On-Air Marketing (Bostin' Black Country Awards)
Promotion and Marketing Awards / The Radio Academy P&Ms 2009

Best Use Of Online for Marketing a Station (Bostin' Black Country Awards) 
Promotion and Marketing Awards / The Radio Academy P&Ms 2009
 
Best Radio Station Event (Bostin' Black Country Awards) 
Promotion and Marketing Awards / The Radio Academy P&Ms 2009
 
Station Sound (Beacon Radio West Midlands) 
Arqiva Awards 2009

Best Local/Regional On-Air Promotion (Gone in 60 Seconds)
Promotion and Marketing Awards / The Radio Academy P&Ms 2008

Best Use Of Online for Marketing a Station (Gone in 60 Seconds) 
Promotion and Marketing Awards / The Radio Academy P&Ms 2008

Station of the Year (TSA 300,000 - 1 Million) - 97.2 Beacon Radio
Arqiva Awards 2008

Best Local/Regional On-Air Promotion - (4 Weddings and a Funeral) 
Promotion and Marketing Awards / The Radio Academy P&Ms 2007

Best Local/Regional Marketing Campaign - (4 Weddings and a Funeral) 
Promotion and Marketing Awards / The Radio Academy P&Ms 2007

Commercial Radio Marketing Award (Bring a Bra To Work)
Arqiva Awards 2007

Commercial Radio News Award (Newsnight Specials)
Arqiva Awards 2007

The Community Award (1 Million Pounds of Work)
Sony Awards 2006

The Community Award (Bring a Bra To Work)
Sony Awards 2005

Station of the Year (TSA 300,000 - 1 Million) - 97.2 Beacon Radio
Arqiva Awards 2005

Station of the Year (TSA 300,000 - 1 Million) - 97.2 Beacon Radio
Arqiva Awards 2004

Station of the Year (TSA 300,000 - 1 Million) - 97.2 Beacon Radio
Sony Awards 2004

Judges Comments:

  • Beacon showed consistent verve and fluency. Their local journalism ( with good coverage of the floods a prime example) added a richness to the station that few others could match.
    |Sony Awards 2009|
  • The station demonstrates a good sense of locality with a small but committed team. The news coverage shows an excellent awareness of the priorities of the region and the news team emerges with great credit for their ‘Newsnight Specials’ which, also, reflect the concerns of the area.
|Nations and Regions 2008|
  • "Beacon Radio is holding its own in a tough market. Going back to local basics and providing sports coverage and commentary again has gained Beacon this prestigious award. The station is strong on social action programmes and campaigns and the the judges were impressed with the station's lively and relevant output
| Arqiva Awards
2006 |
  • The winning “Caught In The Crossfire” feature examined the circumstances surrounding the driveby killing of two young girls in the West Midlands. It was well written and presented and aimed straight at the Beacon core audience. It focused not just on the shootings but on the changes that took place in the community following the incident.
| Arqiva Awards 2005 |
  • "Lively, innovative and local... Beacon ... has a fresh and sparky sound ... Its production values are of a high standard across the output and it involves local people in interesting and unusual ways."
| Sony Awards
2004 |