Radio Academy
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The Radio Academy is a registered charity that acts as a professional body for the radio industry in the United Kingdom.
Its mission is the 'encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence throughout the UK radio industry'. The Academy supports its sister organisation the Student Radio Association. The Academy was formed in 1983, partly to support the growth in independent local radio.
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Conferences
The Radio Academy runs a range of conferences throughout the year. The biggest is the Radio Festival. Others look at music radio and speech radio.
Awards
The Radio Academy runs the UK's most prestigious radio industry awards. Often referred to as 'the Sony Awards' (after their principal sponsor), the awards celebrate everything from the biggest and best national radio shows to small shows by local stations. Radio stations or DJs wanting to enter the awards must edit the best bits of their show together. The winners are determined by a panel of Judges.
2004
- UK Station of the year: BBC Radio 4
2003
- UK Station of the year: BBC Radio 4
2002
- Station of the year: BBC Radio 2
2001
- Station of the year: BBC Radio 2
2000
- Station of the year: Classic FM
Hall of Fame
The following are members of the Academy's Hall of Fame:
- Marjorie Anderson
- John Arlott
- Arthur Askey
- Tony Blackburn
- Douglas Cameron
- Alistair Cooke
- Billy Cotton
- Richard Dimbleby
- John Dunn
- Noel Edmonds
- Kenny Everett
- Alan Freeman
- The Goons
- Benny Green
- Tony Hancock
- Tommy Handley
- William Hardcastle
- Kenneth Horne
- John Humphrys
- Jack Jackson
- Brian Johnston
- Jack de Manio
- Sue MacGregor
- Jean Metcalfe
- John Peel
- Wilfred Pickles
- Roy Plomley
- Brian Redhead
- Roger Scott
- Chris Tarrant
External links
- Radio Academy website (http://www.radioacademy.org/)
- Awards (http://www.radioawards.org/)