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Sony Radio Academy Award Winners
A pair of elderly radio stars have written themselves into the history books by becoming the oldest winners of one the industry's most prestigious accolades.
Golden oldies Beryl Renwick, 86, and Betty Smith, 90, took the best entertainment programme prize at the Sony Radio Academy Awards last night - often viewed as the radio industry's equivalent of the Oscars.
The humorous double act beat off younger rivals including 6 Music's Adam & Joe and Absolute Radio's Frank Skinner to land the gong for their weekly show on BBC Radio Humberside.
The hour-long easy listening programme has gathered a cult following over the past six years, with the elderly pair bantering with co-host David Reeves about matters such as fashion, the war and their love of crooner Michael Buble.
Football pundits Andy Gray and Richard Keys also scored a top award, taking home best sports programme for their Talksport show little over a year after they disappeared from TV screens in disgrace after a sexism furore.
The ceremony saw another remarkable comeback as BBC Radio 6 Music, which had been earmarked for oblivion by corporation bosses, was named UK station of the year.
It is the first time a digital-only service has been given the prized accolade, beating sister station Radio 2 to the award.
Winners in full
UK Station of the Year
Gold Award: BBC Radio 6Music
Station of the Year (over 1 million listeners)
Gold Award: Radio City 96.7 (Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales)
Station of the Year (300,000 to 1 million listeners)
Gold Award: 107.6 Juice FM (Liverpool)
Station of the Year (under 300,000 listeners)
Gold Award: KL.FM 96.7 (King's Lynn and West Norfolk)
Breakfast Show of the Year (10 million plus)
Gold Award: KISS Breakfast with Rickie, Melvin and Charlie (KISS)
Silver Award: The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show (Absolute Radio)
Bronze Award: The Chris Evans Breakfast Show (BBC Radio 2)
Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million)
Gold Award: Real Radio Breakfast with Gary and Lisa (Real Radio North East)
Silver Award: BBC Essex Breakfast (BBC Essex)
Bronze Award: Adam Tomlinson at Breakfast (BBC Radio York)
Best Music Programme
Gold Award: Fearne Cotton (BBC Radio 1)
Silver Award: In:Demand Scotland (Bauer Radio Scotland)
Bronze Award: In Tune (BBC Radio 3)
Best Specialist Music Programme
Gold Award: David Rodigan (Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 2)
Silver Award: The Ronnie Wood Show (Somethin' Else for Absolute Radio)
Bronze Award: Another Country with Ricky Ross (BBC Radio Scotland)
Best Entertainment Programme
Gold Award: Beryl and Betty (BBC Radio Humberside)
Silver Award: Adam & Joe (BBC Radio 6Music)
Bronze Award: Frank Skinner (Avalon for Absolute Radio)
Best Speech Programme
Gold Award: Stephen Nolan (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Silver Award: Gardeners' Question Time (Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 4)
Bronze Award: World Have Your Say (BBC World Service)
Best Sports Programme
Gold Award: Keys & Gray (talkSPORT)
Silver Award: Rock 'N' Roll Football - Survival Sunday (USP Content for Absolute Radio)
Bronze Award: Kicking Off With Colin Murray (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Best News & Current Affairs Programme
Gold Award: 5 live Drive (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Silver Award: SITREP (BFBS)
Bronze Award: The Sunday Roast with Caroline (106 JACKfm Oxfordshire)
Best Breaking News Coverage
Gold Award: PM (BBC Radio 4)
Silver Award: August riots (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Bronze Award: Gary Speed's death (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Best Live Event Coverage
Gold Award: The Royal Wedding (BBC World Service)
Silver Award: Danny Wallace's Naked Breakfast (Xfm)
Bronze Award: Real Radio Live @ Take That (Real Radio North East)
Best Community Programming
Gold Award: Face to Face (Prison Radio Association for National Prison Radio)
Silver Award: Handle with Care (BBC Radio Berkshire)
Bronze Award: Behind Bars (Prison Radio Association for National Prison Radio)
Best Internet Programme
Gold Award: Science Weekly: Sounds of the Space Shuttle - An Acoustic Tribute (The Guardian)
Silver Award: Days In The Life (Guardian News & Media for The Guardian)
Bronze Award: Do The Right Thing (Fuzz Productions Ltd for British Comedy Guide)
Sony DAB Rising Star Award
Gold Award: Luke Franks (Fun Kids DAB)
Music Radio Personality of the Year
Gold Award: Chris Evans (BBC Radio 2)
Silver Award: Lauren Laverne (BBC Radio 6Music)
Bronze Award: Christian O'Connell (Absolute Radio)
Music Broadcaster of the Year
Gold Award: Jools Holland (BBC Radio 2)
Silver Award: Sean Rowley (BBC Radio Kent)
Bronze Award: Mistajam (BBC Radio 1Xtra)
Speech Radio Personality of the Year
Gold Award: Danny Baker (Campbell Davison Media for BBC Radio 5 Live)
Silver Award: Alan Brazil (talkSPORT)
Bronze Award: Alan Robson (Metro Radio)
Speech Broadcaster of the Year
Gold Award: Victoria Derbyshire (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Silver Award: Jeremy Vine (BBC Radio 2)
Bronze Award: Evan Davis (BBC Radio 4)
News Journalist of the Year
Gold Award: Mike Thomson (BBC Radio 4)
Silver Award: Metro Radio news team (Metro Radio)
Bronze Award: Jack FM News Team (Jack FM Hertfordshire)
Best Interview
Gold Award: Eddie Mair interviews Julie Nicholson (BBC Radio 4)
Silver Award: Jeremy Vine interviews Helena Tym (BBC Radio 2)
Bronze Award: Victoria Derbyshire interviews Kenneth Clarke MP (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Station Programmer of the Year
Gold Award: Andy Roberts (KISS)
Best Use Of Branded Content
Gold Award: Danny Wallace's Naked Breakfast (Global Radio for Xfm)
Silver Award: The KISS 'Chosen One' with Blackberry (KISS)
Bronze Award: Car Wars (Real Radio Yorkshire)
Best Single Promo/Commercial
Gold Award: Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show - The Complaints (Absolute Radio)
Silver Award: The Day Before 9/11 (BBC Radio 4)
Bronze Award: Campese on Sunday Morning (talkSPORT Creative for talkSPORT)
Best Promotional/Advertising Campaign
Gold Award: Wimbledon 2011 (Fresh Air Production for BBC Radio Cross Trails - aired on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Local Radio)
Silver Award: Rugby World Cup 2011 (talkSPORT Creative for talkSPORT)
Bronze Award: Britain Loves Radio (Radio Advertising Bureau for commercial radio stations)
Best Competition
Gold Award: 2 Strangers and a Wedding (106 JACKfm Oxfordshire, glide FM 107.9 Oxfordshire)
Silver Award: Christian O'Connell's Early Morning Game (Absolute Radio)
Bronze Award: Danny Wallace's QuizFace (Xfm)
Best Station Imaging
Gold Award: BBC Radio 1Xtra
Silver Award: Capital Radio Network
Bronze Award: BBC Radio 2
Best Music Feature, Special or Documentary
Gold Award: Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story, Part 1 (Sue Clark Productions for BBC Radio 2)
Silver Award: Pete Townshend - Before I Get Old (Just Radio Ltd for BBC Radio 2)
Bronze Award: Killing Bono - A Life In The Shadow of Superstardom (GMG Radio for Real Radio and Real Radio XS)
Best News Feature, Special or Documentary
Gold Award: Child of Ardoyne (Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 3)
Silver Award: Assignment: Blasphemy - A Matter of Life and Death (BBC World Service)
Bronze Award: The Kill Factor (BBC World Service
Best Feature, Special or Documentary
Gold Award: Walking with the Wounded (GMG Radio North West News Team for Smooth Radio)
Silver Award: Spike Milligan - The Serious Poet (BBC Radio 4)
Bronze Award: The Mousetrap and Me (BBC Radio Wales)
Best Comedy
Gold Award: Mark Steel's In Town (BBC Radio 4)
Silver Award: Another Case of Milton Jones (Pozzitive Television for BBC Radio 4)
Bronze Award: Down the Line (Down the Line Productions for BBC Radio 4)
Best Drama
Gold Award: On It (Woolyback Productions for BBC Radio 4)
Silver Award: Use It or Lose It (Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 3)
Bronze Award: A Tale of Two Cities (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Best Use Of Multiplatform or Social Media
Gold Award: Now Playing @ 6Music (Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 6Music)
Silver Award: Classic FM Hall of Fame (Classic FM)
Bronze Award: BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1 Xtra homepages (BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra)
The Special Award
Classic FM, in recognition of its achievements in 20 years on the airwaves
The Gold Award
Nicholas Parsons, in celebration of his broadcasting career and work as host of Just a Minute over 45 years
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