24th Sony Radio Academy Awards
The 24th Sony Radio Academy Awards were held on 8 May 2006 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London.
There were 29 categories of award and two special awards.Programme awards and winners
- The Breakfast Show Award — Nick Ferrari at Breakfast
- The Music Programme Award — Mornings with Rick Shaw
- The Specialist Music Programme Award — Zane Lowe
- The News and Current Affairs Programme Award — 1800 News Bulletin
- The Sports Programme Award — Fighting Talk
- The Speech Programme Award — The Stephen Nolan Show
- The Interactive Programme Award — Scott Mills
- The Entertainment Award — Chris Moyles
Personality awards and winners
- The Music Broadcaster of the Year — Zane Lowe
- The Music Radio Personality of the Year — Chris Evans
- The News Journalist of the Year — Angus Stickler
- The Speech Broadcaster of the Year — Eddie Mair
- The Station Programmer of the Year — Richard Park
Production awards and winners
- The Drama Award — No Background Music
- The Comedy Award — The Ape That Got Lucky
- The Feature Award — A Requiem for St Kilda
- The Musical Special Award —
- The News Feature Award — Return to Sarajevo
- The Breaking News Award — The London Bombings
- The Live Event Coverage Award — The Boat Race 2005
- The Community Award — Hearing Voices
- The Promo Award — Kerrang! Christmas
- The Competition Award — Xfm’s Rock School
- The Station Imaging Award — Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands
Station awards and winners
- Station of the Year with a potential audience of under 300,000 — Coast 96.3
- Station of the Year with a potential audience of 300,000 – 1 million — Pirate FM
- Station of the Year with a potential audience of 1 million plus — Kerrang! 105.2 West Midlands
- Digital Terrestrial Station of the Year — Planet Rock
- UK Station of the Year — BBC Radio 1
Special awards
- The Special Award — The Beethoven Experience
- The Gold Award — Terry Wogan