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May 10, 2012

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Nominations for the Commercial Radio Awards Announced

The nominations for the 2012 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards were unveiled (May 10), via an online broadcast for the first time in the awards’ history. Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott from ’s presented the online broadcast at 12.30pm in association with Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/arqivaawards.

The awards, in their 17th year, are organised by , the industry body for commercial radio, and recognise excellence and achievement across the whole spectrum of commercial radio output, from presenters and programming to advertising and marketing.

This year’s nominations are led by Global, who appear in 13 different categories, with a total of 15 nominations. Bauer is closely behind, with 13 nominations while receives 11 and GMG has seven nominations. Alongside the major groups, Lincs FM and Orion, as well as smaller local operators like Isle of Wight Radio, 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire, Touch FM and The Bay are also in the running for awards.

Andrew Harrison, chief executive of RadioCentre said: “The Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards are a great opportunity for our radio stations to showcase their work. We are delighted to have received our highest number of entries ever this year, with some really fantastic entrants into our new Radio Station Event of the Year category.”

Ben Hart, Head of Client Relationships, Commercial Radio, Arqiva commented: “Arqiva is an ardent supporter of the best of British broadcasting and, for us, commercial radio is no exception. Celebrating the best in radio is as important to us as ensuring it reaches listeners in the quality our broadcasters intended. 'd like to wish all the nominees the best of luck in this year's awards."

Colin Petrie-Norris, MD International from Myspace added: “We’re delighted to be bringing the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards nominations to an online audience for the first time in the awards’ history. Myspace is a place for fans to discover new music from all corners of the UK, so being able to help highlight the great work this country’s radio stations are doing is fantastic. We wish all the nominees the very best of luck. ”

Christian O’Connell from Absolute Radio will host the awards which take place on the evening of Wednesday July 4, at the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza. There will also be live music performances by special guests to be announced nearer the event.

There are a total of 29 categories, including new category PPL Breakthrough UK Artist of the Year, and five categories for radio advertising, in what is the biggest annual celebration of UK commercial radio.

The Ali Booker Booker Memorial Award for Journalist or News Team of the Year will also be announced in July.

ENDS

For more information please contact Lucy Goodwin, Head of Press at RadioCentre, tel: 0203 206 7853 or 07951 480496

For more information on Myspace please contact Rikki Webster, Senior Communications Manager at Myspace, tel: 020 7227 6370 or email: [email protected]

Notes to editors

 Other categories, with winners to be unveiled at the awards ceremony on July 4th, include: The RadioCentre Chairman's Award The Special Award The Lifetime Achievement Award The Arqiva Award

 The Ali Booker Memorial Award remembers journalist Ali Booker who died of breast cancer in 2010. Ali spent the last three years of her life working as a journalist at JACKfm and Glide fm in Oxfordshire. She was awarded an Arqiva ‘Best Special Programme’ for her ‘cancer diaries’ as well as a Silver Sony award for Best Community Programming in 2010.

 'Myspace is a music destination powered by the passions of fans. With a growing catalogue of over 42 million songs, Myspace offers music fans the largest collection of freely streamable audio and video content on the planet. Supporting major, independent, and unsigned artists alike, Myspace surfaces content from all genres allowing fans to discover and share the music they love.'

The 2012 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards – Nominations

Presenter of the Year (under 1 Million TSA) Greig Easton & Yasmin Zemmoura - Matt Foister - Trax FM Trevor Marshall - 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire

Presenter of the Year (over 1 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 FM Ricky Durkin - Yorkshire Chris Pegg -

Newcomer(s) of the Year (sponsored by Skillset) - Absolute Radio – 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

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

Station of the Year (Over 1 Million TSA) 95.8 Capital FM 96.7 Absolute Radio

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 Real Radio Breakfast with Ewen & Cat - Real Radio Scotland

Feature(s) of the Year Oldham Riots: The Legacy - Raoul Moat: One Year On Presented by PC David Rathband and Kath Rathband - Metro Radio - The Guests - Absolute Radio

Specialist Programme of the Year The Ronnie Wood Show - Absolute Radio Music : Response with 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 Imaging

Marketing Award Absolute Radio - Faces for Radio & #NowPlaying Capital FM Marketing Touch FM - Pride of Stratford Awards 2012

Radio Station Event of the Year Absolute Radio Live – Absolute Radio Capital's – The Capital Network Jagger & Woody 'Beside the Seaside' Tour – Real Radio Wales

Local Sales Team of the Year The Bay 106 Real Radio North West

National Sales Team of the Year Absolute Radio Bauer Media Global Radio

Best Branded Content Absolute Radio Live with Swiftcover.com - Spark Arla Starbuck’s Frappuccino and Capital FM - Carat ‘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 Mediavest Heart & More Th>n 2011 Ikea 'Happy to Bed' with Absolute Radio

Advertiser of the Year Lloyds TSB Unilever Vodafone

Media Agency of the Year Mediacom PHD Mindshare

PPL Most Played UK Artist on Commercial Radio

PPL Breakthrough UK Artist on Commercial Radio