Gold price

With the closing date for the Radio Academy Awards 2014 just over a month away, some FoI stats about BBC entries in previous years. In 2012, Auntie spend £40,240 on fees (above the hours spent by producers toiling away at their compilations) which equates to around 372 bids in the 30 or so categories. In 2013, BBC entries apparently fell, with spending at £34,074 - around 315 entries.

I say apparently. The assiduous person who compiled the 2013 list has no figures for Radio 5 Live - which is odd, considering they won four golds, including station of the year.