The 24th

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were held on 8 May 2006 at the

Grosvenor House Hotel ] JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, originally named the Grosvenor House Hotel, is a luxury hotel that opened in 1929 in the Mayfair area of London, England. The hotel is managed by JW Marriott Hotels, which is a brand of Marriott Internationa ...

, Park Lane (road), Park Lane in

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. There were 29 categories of award and two special awards.

Programme awards and winners

*The Breakfast Show Award — ''

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at Breakfast'' (

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97.3FM) *The Music Programme Award — ''Mornings with Rick Shaw'' ( Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands) *The Specialist Music Programme Award —

Zane Lowe Alexander Zane Reid Lowe (born 7 August 1973) is a New Zealand radio DJ, live DJ, record producer, and television presenter. After an early career in music creation, production and DJing, he moved to the UK in 1997. He came to prominence thro ...

(

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...

) *The News and Current Affairs Programme Award — ''1800 News Bulletin'' (

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

) *The Sports Programme Award — ''

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'' (

BBC Radio Five Live BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcast ...

) *The Speech Programme Award — ''The

Stephen Nolan Stephen Raymond Nolan (born 20 August 1973) is a Northern Irish radio and television presenter for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 5 ''Live'', and is the highest earning broadcaster that the BBC employ in the Province. Early life Born in ...

Show'' (

BBC Radio Ulster BBC Radio Ulster ( ga, BBC Raidió Uladh) is a Northern Irish radio station owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland, a division of the BBC. It was established on New Year's Day 1975, replacing what had been an opt-out of BBC Radio 4. It is ...

) *The Interactive Programme Award —

Scott Mills Scott Robert Mills (born 28 March 1973) is an English radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor. He is best known for presenting the '' Scott Mills'' show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2022 and since then, on BBC Radio 2. Mills has also ...

(BBC Radio 1) *The Entertainment Award —

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(BBC Radio 1)

Personality awards and winners

*The Music Broadcaster of the Year —

(

) *The Music Radio Personality of the Year — Chris Evans (BBC Radio 2) *The News Journalist of the Year — Angus Stickler (

) *The Speech Broadcaster of the Year —

Eddie Mair Eddie Mair (born 12 November 1965) is a Scottish broadcaster who was a presenter on BBC radio and television. He presented his show on LBC between 4pm and 6pm every weekday until his last one, on 18 August 2022, after which he retired from broad ...

(BBC Radio 4) *The Station Programmer of the Year — Richard Park (

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)

Production awards and winners

*The Drama Award — '' No Background Music'' (

) *The Comedy Award — ''

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'' (BBC Radio 4) *The Feature Award — '' A Requiem for St Kilda'' (BBC Radio 4) *The Musical Special Award — '' Lennon: The Wenner Tapes'' (BBC Radio 4) *The News Feature Award — '' Return to Sarajevo'' (

BBC World Service The BBC World Service is an international broadcasting, international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC, with funding from the Government of the United Kingdom, British Government through the Foreign Secretary, Foreign Secretary's o ...

) *The Breaking News Award — The London Bombings (

Capital Radio Capital London is a radio station owned and operated by the Global media company as part of its national Capital FM Network. As Capital Radio it was launched in the London area in 1973 as one of Britain's first two commercial radio stations. I ...

) *The Live Event Coverage Award —

The Boat Race The Boat Race is an annual set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England. There are separate men's ...

2005 (

) *The Community Award — ''Hearing Voices'' (

BBC Hereford & Worcester BBC Hereford & Worcester is the BBC's local radio station serving the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and online via BBC Sounds from studios on Hylton Road in Worcester. According to RAJ ...

) *The Promo Award — '' Kerrang! Christmas'' ( Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands) *The Competition Award — '' Xfm’s Rock School'' ( Xfm) *The Station Imaging Award — Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands

Station awards and winners

*Station of the Year with a potential audience of under 300,000 —

Coast 96.3 Heart North Wales Coast (formerly Coast 96.3 and originally Marcher Coast FM) was an independent local radio station broadcast along the North Wales coast, and owned & operated by Global Radio. The station, which broadcast from studios in Colw ...

(North Wales Coast) *Station of the Year with a potential audience of 300,000 – 1 million —

Pirate FM Pirate FM is an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Bauer and based in Cornwall. The station forms part of the Hits Radio network, although its entire output and playlist is locally produced and takes no network programming. ...

(Cornwall, Plymouth & West Devon) *Station of the Year with a potential audience of 1 million plus — Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands *Digital Terrestrial Station of the Year — Planet Rock *UK Station of the Year —

Special awards

*The Special Award — The Beethoven Experience *The Gold Award —

Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 weekd ...

References

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External links

The Sony Radio Academy Awards

Radio Academy Awards