Reflection

Things seemed to be in their natural order at the Radio Awards Formerly Known As Sony - but wait til Lenny (Henry) gets hold of you.

Awards for Frank Skinner, Danny Baker, Greg James, Zane Lowe, Ian Lee, Jamie Cullum, Eddie Mair's PM, and even Christian O'Connell (with Wickes) give you the male flavour. Add special awards and mentions for Tony Blackburn, Nick Clegg and Boris Johnson (both with Nick Ferrari).

On the distaff side, golds for Victoria Derbyshire (pipping Jane Garvey), Winifred Robinson, Becky Milligan, Lisa Snowden (with Dave Berry), Amy (with Sam on Gem 106 Breakfast) represent a moderate balance.

And awards, as there should be, for Radio 5 Live Sport (Wimbledon) Radio 3 and 4 features (both made in Bristol), Radio 4 drama and comedy.

There was diversity in the team producing and presenting The Death of Nelson Mandela for World Service, and in the topics of Soul Music: Strange Fruit for Radio 4 and Slavery On Our Streets for LBC. I thought perhaps hip-hop artist Scroobius Pip on XFM might be from an ethnic minority background, but he's really David Peter Meads from Essex.

Picture from the
excellent Radio Today 

Presenter Gemma Cairney accepted the Best News Feature or Documentary Gold for markthreemedia’s Tempted by Teacher. Marvin Humes got to hand over an award. The music was from Alfie Boe and The Kaiser Chiefs.

And here's the Radio 2 team who took to the stage to receive station of the year.