anyone know the winners from radio awards?

slumped

just wondering who won best breakfast show at the awards tonight

anyone know?

S

patrickc

http://www.ppiradioawards.com/2007/winners_2007.htm

dempsey again FFS

radioman

Great to see the national independents Today FM and Newstalk getting the recognition they deserve again. Ray D'arcy the winner of best light entertainment award, f*ck the begrudgers, still top show on daytime radio in my opinion.

Not a mention of 2fm there which tells a hell of a lot.

FlutterinBantam

Des Cahill sports journalist of the year!!!!

Wasn't sponsored by BurgerKing by any chance???

catch--22

Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!

Táck

well done Off The Ball

one of the best produced shows (regardless of, just for sport) on the radio

DMC

Big up Phantom for being Music Station of the Year!

Dempsey and D'arcy, I have to echo the sentiment... why? They've done nothing in the past few years to deserve awards, its the same old crud every morning.... there must be a better breakfast shows on the ILR's around the country than Dempseys?

Are the PPI Awards just playing it safe with rewarding the strongest Independent Radio shows?

Táck

are they note voted by the public? in fairness their not great but they dont have much competition...

radioman

DMC wrote:

Dempsey and D'arcy, I have to echo the sentiment... why? They've done nothing in the past few years to deserve awards, its the same old crud every morning.... there must be a better breakfast shows on the ILR's around the country than Dempseys?

I think the listenership figures and awards for these shows speak for themselves really. Obviously looking at other posts on boards the vocal minority here seem to dislike them but everybody's entitled to their own opinion. :cool:

Big Balls

7th Annual PPI Radio Awards

Winners Announced







This evening Friday 19th October the cream of Irish radio descended on Dublin’s Burlington Hotel for the seventh annual PPI Radio Awards. Over 850 people were in attendance including 2FM’s Gerry Ryan, breakfast show hosts Colm and Jim Jim, Today FM’s Ray D’Arcy, Ian Dempsey and Ray Foley and Newstalk’s Sean Moncrief amongst others for what is considered the Oscars of the music industry calendar.



Dara O’Briain was on hand to officiate at the ceremony and in his imitable style kept the proceedings enjoyable and indeed funny. For the first time radio stations from all 32 counties were eligible to enter and these new stations make a welcome addition to a ceremony overloaded with talented people and programmes. With over 500 entries and over 1,000 hours of radio airplay to listen to, its no easy task picking the winners.

This year the Outstanding Achievement Award went to Des Whelan CEO of WLR. Over the past thirty years Des Whelan has been at the forefront in the independent radio sector. He is the driving force behind the highly successful WLR FM and also Ireland’s first regional radio station Beat 102-103.

Another change to this years’ awards was on the judging panel. Traditionally the 45 strong judging panel has been made up from print media, UK radio executives, TV personalities and the general public. However this year the awards committee decided that Irish Radio should be judged by Irish Radio, thus 35 of the 45 judges come from radio on the island of Ireland including RTE, BBC Radio Ulster, Today FM, Newstalk together with many of the local independent stations. New also in 2007 is online judging in 3 categories – New Irish Music, Sports Coverage and Short Features which were judged by a further 33 judges all actively involved in local and national radio.



Full list of winners below:



Group A MUSIC PROGRAMMING AWARDS

A1: General The Jam FM104

A2: Specialist McClean’s Country BBC Radio Ulster

A3: Breakfast Programme Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show Today FM

A4: Music Special Tom Dunne’s Sgt. Peppers 40th Anniversary Special Today FM

A5: New Irish Music / Musical Talent Programme Transmission-Green-onRed-SLAYER Cork’s Red FM 104 -106



Group B NEWS AND SPORTS PROGRAMMING AWARDS

B1: News Story The Mary Shannon Story Clare FM

B2: News Programme Lunchtime with Eamon Keane Newstalk 106 -108

B3: Current Affairs Programme Today with Pat Kenny RTE Radio 1

B4: Sports Coverage The Ryder Cup RTE Radio 1

B5: Sports Programme Off the Ball Newstalk 106-108



Group C SPEEECH PROGRAMMING AWARDS

C1: Documentary Across the Line Shannonside Northern Sound

C2: Short Feature Don’t Be Mean Vote McKean – Moncrief Newstalk 106 -108

C3: Light Entertainment Programme The Ray D’Arcy Show Today FM

C4: Drama From Heartache to Hope – The Story of Jeanie Johnson Radio Kerry

C5: Specialist Speech Programme – Mind Matters RTE Radio 1



Group D GENERAL PROGRAMMING AWARDS

D1: Community / Social Action Brake the Cycle Cork’s Red FM104 -106

D2: On-Air Competition / Promotion 98FM’s Dilemma 98 FM

D3: Station Imaging Radio Kerry

D4: Entertainment Inserts Gift Grub The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show Today FM



Group E PERSONALITIES

E1: Music Broadcaster of the Year KC Cork’s Red FM 104 -106

E2: News Broadcaster of the Year Philip Boucher Hayes RTE Radio 1

E3: Sports Broadcaster of the Year Des Cahill RTE Radio 1

E4: Speech Broadcaster of the Year Stephen Nolan BBC Radio Ulster

E5: Outstanding Achievement Award Des Whelan WLR FM



Group F STATION OF THE YEAR AWARDS

F1: Local Station of the Year - Full Service Radio Kerry

F2: Local Station of the Year - Music Driven Phantom FM

F3: National Station of the Year Newstalk 106-108

DMC

Táck wrote: »

are they note voted by the public?

Industry panel.

PPI Radio Awards Committee 2007
Sean Murtagh 		PPI Chairperson 	Sponsor
Dick Doyle 		CEO PPI 		Sponsor
Ciaran Kissane 		BCI 			Sponsor
Dave Kelly 		Dublin's FM 104 	 
Tom Hardy 		Today FM 	 
Kieran McGeary 		Beat 102 103 FM 	 
Michael Crawley 	LMFM 	 
Susan Murphy 		Clare FM 	 
Donall O'Braonain 	RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta 	 
John Clarke 		RTÉ 2FM 	 
Celia Donoghue 		RTÉ Lyric FM 	 
Garrett Harte 		Newstalk 106 – 108 	 
Ana Leddy 		RTÉ Radio 1 	 
Declan McGovern 	BBC Northern Ireland 	 
John Rosborough 	U105 	 
Mary Menton 		Event Director

DMC

radioman wrote: »

I think the listenership figures and awards for these shows speak for themselves really. Obviously looking at other posts on boards the vocal minority here seem to dislike them but everybody's entitled to their own opinion. :cool:

I agree with you there. If awards went for listernership, where are Morning Ireland, Gerry Ryan and Ryan Tubridy? The next tier below them got awards. Actually, RTÉ's lack of awards is noteworthy. Not that many, all said, which can only be a good thing. Buck them up. 2FM should take special notes. Maybe it was too early for John Clarke's changes to be noted by the industry.

Its a good point on the vocal minority there. boards.ie posters are a very small minority in the scheme of things, but it is feedback for these radio stations to chew on. It makes a change from the "great song, Ray" txts that are prevalent out there.

Actually, as I see NI stations getting awards, I would break my hole laughing of Hugo Duncan got an award

mike65

News Programme Lunchtime with Eamon Keane Newstalk 106 -108

How the fvck did that happen?

On a postive note, while WLR/Beat are piss poor for a 42 year old male, Des Whelan fully deserves that gong for ploughing a furrow which has yielded soild success.

Mike.