Wow!
Look – allow me a little leeway as I get quite excited about something that is completely related to where I work. But Absolute Radio has just received an outstanding 12 Sony Radio Academy Award nominations this evening – 11 of which are for our main service, while the other is for Absolute Radio Classic Rock as a Digital Station of the Year nominee.
To put that in context, it’s more than any commercial radio station has ever received for the Sony Awards in their entire history.
Absolute Radio is up against BBC Radio Five Live and TalkSPORT for UK Station of the Year. Christian is up for a total of four awards. Geoff gets two nominations for his work on Absolute Blur and the Elbow Story. Frank Skinner is nominated, as are our production and imaging team. Absolute Radio Classic Rock is up for Digital Station of the Year against Planet Rock and Five Live Sports Extra. There are also nominations for Max Dickins as a rising star and Jo Russell’s Sunday Sinners competition
Every year, someone describes the Sonys as the “Oscars” of the radio industry, but I think that devalues them – and in any case, Oscar nominees have more marketing behind them than the parties standing for the forthcoming general election. These nominations come from our peers and even if it does sound sickening to hear me say it, I’m proud to work for a group of stations like those in the Absolute Radio network.
Check out all of the nominees here. Now if only it was possible to hear on-demand, some of the nominated radio…