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Charity dedicated to the promotion of excellence in UK radio and audio. Bringing together people united by their love of the medium. #UKARIAS #RADFEST #RWRA30
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Dear @shaunwkeaveny. Thank you! For the last 15 years, yes. But also, for these last 2.5 mins of gospel truth about what makes a radio show WAY more than just a radio show. #onions
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Congratulations to @GregJames and the team for winning Best Music Breakfast at the #UKARIAS!
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😂 The Gold winner of Funniest Show at the #UKARIAS is. Elis James and John Robins by @AudioAlways @BBC5live. ☺️ @ElisJames ☺️ @NomadicRevery ☺️
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🎶 The Winners of Best Music Breakfast are:. 🥇 GOLD - @BBCR1 @GregJames.🥈 SILVER - @FleurEast @HitsRadioUK.🥉 BRONZE - @BoogsTweets @ForthOne. #UKARIAS
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🎉The winners of the @RadioTimes Moment of the Year, voted for by the public are:. GOLD - @AdeleRoberts returns to @BBCR1 after bowel cancer treatment. SILVER - Mary wins £102,000 on @1025Clyde1. BRONZE - @anniemacmanus' Last Show on @BBCR1. #UKARIAS
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“Disappointed we didn’t get nominated for the Impact Award. Didn’t they hear about our piece on whether you still have a printer in your house?!” . @nomadicrevery @elisjames #UKARIAS
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🏆And the Radio Times Moment of the Year…. GOLD - @nomadicrevery reveals his struggles with alcohol addiction and his journey of recovery @bbc5live . SILVER - @RealKenBruce joins @greatesthitsuk. BRONZE - Luton Town are promoted to the Premier League, @BBCSport3CR. #UKARIAS
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The Winners of Best Music Entertainment, supported @PPLUK @PRSforMusic are:. • GOLD - @scott_mills @Chris_Stark @BBCR1.• SILVER - @snoochieshy @TBIMedia @1Xtra.• BRONZE - @PrisonRadioUK. #UKARIAS
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🎉The winners of Best Music Breakfast Show, supported by @MMWin, are:. GOLD - The @DaveBerry_tweet Breakfast Show, @absoluteradio. SILVER - @BBCR1 Breakfast with @gregjames. BRONZE - Bowie at Breakfast, @1025Clyde1. #UKARIAS
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Best New Show. It's the first award of the night. Presented by @KatieThistleton, we are so pleased to announce that the gold winner is. @bbc5live. #UKARIAS18
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The @RadioTimes Moment of the Year has been voted for by the public, and the winner is. Overdosing man calls @IainLee from @talkRADIO . #UKARIAS
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"It really means a lot to get messages from people who, listening to us, start their own sort of journeys in recovery or also even more moving, understand friends and relatives they've lost to alcoholism" - @nomadicrevery @bbc5live on winning GOLD. #UKARIAS
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**Best Speech Presenter - Non Breakfast**. GOLD - @iainlee @talkRADIO . Judges: "This unique presenter is irreplaceable!" #UKARIAS17
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The Winners of Best New Show are:. • GOLD 🥇 - @YUNGBLUD .• SILVER 🥈 - @jonholmes1 @BBCRadio4.• BRONZE 🥉 - @lboc2020 @VICEUK. Congratulations to all involved! #UKARIAS
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The winners of Radio Times Moment of the Year:. BRONZE - Liz Truss BBC Local Radio Interviews.SILVER - Fun Kids' Mission Transmission.GOLD - Tony Livesey won't say goodbye to Dame Deborah James. #UKARIAS 🏆
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**Best Speech Presenter - Breakfast**. GOLD - @NickyAACampbell and @rachelburden on @bbc5live. "[Our team] make us cry with laughter!"
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It’s the biggie! This year’s winner of Best National Station or Network, supported by @Arqiva is. @BBCRadio2 . 🙌🤗🏆🥇
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A fitting end to this year’s #UKARIAS as @talkRADIO’s @iainlee receives @RadioTimes Moment of the Year
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🎉The winners of the John Myers Award for Local Station of the Year are:. GOLD - @1025Clyde1. SILVER - @bbcnewcastle. BRONZE - @bbcradioulster. #UKARIAS
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Congratulations to Correspondent @rachaelvenables.for @LBC! You made it into this year's Class of 2020! #RWRA30
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The Gold Winner of the #UKARIAS Best Speech Presenter is the wonderful @EmmaBarnett from @BBC5live! 🙌🙌
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"Is this for real?!". All the way from Malmö - @scott_mills reacts to winning GOLD. #UKARIAS
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The winners for Best Speech Breakfast Show:. BRONZE - Good Morning Ulster.SILVER - Today.GOLD - 5 Live Breakfast. #UKARIAS 🏆
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The Winners of The John Myers Award For Best Local Station Of The Year are:. • GOLD - @BBCSheffield.• SILVER - @1025Clyde1.• BRONZE - @BBCRadioWales. Well done to all the winners! 👏. #UKARIAS
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🎉And the award for Best Music Breakfast Show…. GOLD - Boogie in the Morning, @forthone. SILVER - Pulse 1 Breakfast with Mylo and Rosie, @DannyMylo @RosieMadison. BRONZE - The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, @BBCRadio2. #UKARIAS
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We're all collectively sobbing. right? @BBCR1. The message of this last show is so rooted in friendship. Which is what radio is and always will be for so many of us. Good luck @scott_mills in everything, not that you'll need it of course ❤️.
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✅ Amazing.✅ Always awake at an ungodly early hour.✅ A recipient of the Best Music Breakfast Show Gold Award.✅ @AmplifyDot - @1Xtra
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Janice Long has just been awarded the inaugural Pioneer Award at this year's #UKARIAS. A trailblazing DJ and radio royalty who has left a huge legacy in British broadcasting.
We’re proud to say that trailblazing DJ Janice Long will be honoured with the Pioneer Award at this year’s #UKARIAS. Looking back over her illustrious career, Zoe Ball will present Janice’s family with the award at this year’s ceremony. Read more:
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🎉The winners of Best Music Entertainment Show, supported by @PPLUK and @PRSforMusic, are:. GOLD - The Last Radio 1's Dance Party with @anniemacmanus, @WeAreGrape. SILVER - @garry_spence, @1025Clyde1. BRONZE - The Rock Show, @PrisonRadioUK . #UKARIAS
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We're delighted to reveal The ReelWorld Radio Academy's 30 Under 30 Class of 2020!. The first nominee to make it is… @naomioiku Assistant Producer at @SomethinElse. Congratulations Naomi! #RWRA30
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We are shocked and saddened by the passing of broadcast pioneer Steve Wright, who has entertained the nation for decades. Our love and wishes go to his @BBCRadio2 colleagues, friends and his family.
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The next nominee for our 30 Under 30 Class of 2020 is… @AxelKacoutie, Sound Designer for Today in Focus @guardian. Congratulations Axel! #RWRA30
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The #UKARIAS nominees for Best Speech Presenter are:. • @EmmaBarnett | @BBC5live.• @FrankOnTheRadio | @AbsoluteRadio.• @iainlee | @talkRADIO.• @markyptweets | @BBCRadioFoyle.• @Matthew_Wright | @talkRADIO .• Mike Sweeney | @BBCRadioManc
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It’s #WorldRadioDay. 🌍 📻 . We want to hear why you love radio so much - what kicked off the love affair for you, and what makes you love it more every day? ❤️. Quote Tweet with your story and then nominate a friend. 🌟 We’ll start, by nominating our chair @MissHelenThomas!
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The winners of Best Audiobook or Reading:. BRONZE - Voices in the Valley by Andrew Michael Hurley.SILVER - This is Not A Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan.GOLD - A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney. #UKARIAS 🏆
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We’re pleased to announce @samuelbailey as our new Managing Director. Sam is a former trustee of The Academy, he chaired last year’s ARIAS, and was Exec of the 2020 Festival. He starts in the role straight away. Read more here -
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Best Speech Presenter Non Breakfast. Despite what your teacher said, it pays to be a chatterbox 😉. Well done professional talkerers @JustinDealey, @tonylivesey, @annaefoster #UKARIAS18
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The Winners of Best Speech Breakfast are. • GOLD - @TSBreakfast @talkSPORT.• SILVER - @sarahjulianotts @BBCNottingham.• BRONZE - @TimesRadio @AasmahMir @StigAbell. 🎉🏆. #UKARIAS
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We've just launched a fantastic new Careers section of our website, which profiles 33 job roles in radio and audio, and provides advice for CVs, applications, and interviews. We want to help people get in and get on in UK radio and audio. Check it out -
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“I love radio. I really wanna carry on doing it. Radio is so powerful. I always love having a collective experience. Everyone experiencing the same thing at once. It’s a simple human thing that I don’t think can be beaten”. @grimmers We couldn’t agree more Nick! 📻 ❤️ See u soon
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The first of our @reelworldeurope Radio Academy 30 Under 30 2018. @AbbieAbbiemac!. Congratulations 🎉🎊 #RWRA30
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Well done to @SerenTLJones, Broadcast Journalist for @BBCNews Podcasts, who is one of this year's 30 under 30 members! #RWRA30
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It’s a second award for @GregJames and @BBCRadio1’s team, as they win GOLD for #MakeThisGreg - the Best Marketing Campaign at #UKARIAS.
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🎉The winners of the Best Local Radio Show, supported by @rcsukltd, are: . GOLD - @JustinDealey, @BBC3CR. SILVER - Ewen & Cat at Breakfast, @clyde2tweets and Greatest Hits Scotland. BRONZE - Gary Phillipson, @BBCTees . #UKARIAS
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The final fellowship of this year has been awarded (just a year after it was supposed to be.). Congrats @matt ! 🎉
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Our host of the night, @GregJames, wins Gold for Best New Show supported by @mGageLLC with the Radio 1 Breakfast show. 🙌. #UKARIAS @BBCR1
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The winner of The Impact Award:. BRONZE - Justice for Joseph.SILVER - In Dark Corners.GOLD - You, Me and the Big C. #UKARIAS 🏆
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Some #UKARIAS news:. 📻Radio icon Tony Blackburn will be the second-ever recipient of The Pioneer Award at this year's ceremony.
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And to close this year's announcements…our 30th and final member of the @reelworldeurope Radio Academy 30 Under 30 Class of 2020 is… @kayleegolding_ Assistant Producer for @magicfm! Congratualtions Kaylee! #RWRA30
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Congratulations to the many, many, many. many people at @BBCRadio2 for winning Station of the Year! 😂 #UKARIAS
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The winners of The John Myers Station of the Year:. BRONZE - BBC Radio Ulster.SILVER - BBC Radio Merseyside.GOLD - Clyde 1. #UKARIAS 🏆
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🎉And the award for Best Local Show…. GOLD - Pulse 1 Breakfast with Mylo & Rosie, @DannyMylo @RosieMadison . SILVER - The Graham Liver Breakfast Show, @bbclancashire. BRONZE - Boogie in the Morning, @forthone. #UKARIAS
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The winners of Best Music Breakfast Show are:. BRONZE - Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James.SILVER - Big John at Breakfast.GOLD - 1Xtra Breakfast with Nadia Jae. #UKARIAS 🏆
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Our fifth member of The ReelWorld Radio Academy's 30 Under 30 is… @RadioLoz, Breakfast Presenter at @northsound1. Congratulations Lauren! #RWRA30
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Congratulations to @PerriKiely and @Jordan_Banjo who won The @RadioTimes Moment of the Year Award, with a special appearance from @AshleyBanjo! #UKARIAS
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The Winners of Radio Times Moment Of The Year (decided by a public vote) are:. • GOLD - @Jordan_Banjo @perrikiely @KISSFMUK.• SILVER - @ForthOne @ScotlandNT @Euro2020 .• BRONZE - @IanWright0 @LaurenLaverne @BBCRadio4. Congratulations to everyone involved! 🎉. #UKARIAS
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🎉And the award for Best Drama…. GOLD - The Sisters, @GoldhawkProd for @RealmMedia, in association with Lights Out. SILVER - Sherlock & Co, Goalhanger @DocJWatsonMD . BRONZE - Hamlet Noir, @_almosttangible for BBC Radio 3. #UKARIAS
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Congratulations to Alex Hughes, Breakfast Producer for @metroradiouk @bauermedia.- you made it! #RWRA30
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Our hosts have won @RadioTimes Moment of the Year! 🎉🎊. Love the stage scuttle. One of the best we’ve seen. 😂 @Jordan_Banjo @perrikiely @AshleyBanjo #UKARIAS
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The Winners of Best Independent Podcast, supported by @AudibleUK are: . • GOLD - @Bellingcat @we_are_novel_.• SILVER - @sayerhamilton @TadahMediaLtd.• BRONZE - @amnesty @cathyfitzg. 🎉 Congratulations 🎉 . #UKARIAS
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The Winners of 🎵 Best Station Sound 🎵 are:. • GOLD - @BBCR1 .• SILVER - @talkSPORT.• BRONZE - @AbsoluteRadio. #UKARIAS
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🇬🇧 The Winners of National Station Or Network Of The Year are:. • GOLD - @MagicFM.• SILVER - @talkSPORT.• BRONZE - @BBC5Live. Massive congratulations to everyone! 🎊. #UKARIAS
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The winners for Best Speech Presenter:. BRONZE - Helena Merriman.SILVER - Dan Snow.GOLD - Adrian Durham. #UKARIAS 🏆
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We are thrilled to welcome @nelshylton onto the 30 Under 30 list 2021. #RWRA30. Nels is a freelance Presenter and Producer, working with @BBCR1 and @BBCRadioLondon. We spoke with him about his journey into the industry⬇️
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The winners of Best Music Entertainment Show:. BRONZE - Throwback Throwdown.SILVER - My Life.GOLD - Craig Charles. #UKARIAS 🏆
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Ahhhh the presenter/producer dynamic. 😄. “You can tell I’m the presenter and you’re the producer because you planned the show on the way here. whilst I slept on the train and then had a beer!” #UKARIAS
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The next nominee to make it into the 30 Under 30 Class of 2020 is the Producer and Podcast Commissioning @BBCSounds. @leannealie! Congratulations! #RWRA30
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Up next, joining the @reelworldeurope Radio Academy 30 Under 30 Class of 2022, we have. @GeorgieProRadio, Westminster Correspondent for Bauer Media Audio. Congratulations! #RWRA30 🏆
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The nominees for the inaugural #UKARIAS John Myers Award for Best Local Radio Station, supported by @thisisAIM:. • @BBCHW.• @BBCSheffield .• @BBCRadioUlster .• @MetroRadioUK .• @StrayFM .• @WycombeSound
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Our favourite photo of the night!. Well done @1Xtra - National Radio Station of the Year! #UKARIAS17
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23. Sammy James. We're sorry. Fulham probably won't win the league this year. BUT HERE'S SOME GREAT NEWS INSTEAD! You are on our @reelworldeurope #RWRA30 list. Well deserved @MrSammyJames ⚽⚽⚽
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**National Radio Station of the Year**. Gold - @1Xtra . Ben Cooper: "This award is something we're incredibly proud of.". #UKARIAS17
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**Best New Show**. Gold - Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy - @bbc5live . Another Gold?! ;). @flintoff11 @RobbieSavage8 #UKARIAS17
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The winners of Best Local Show:. BRONZE - The Big Saturday Football Show.SILVER - Justin Dealey.GOLD - Pulse 1 Breakfast. #UKARIAS 🏆
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21. From @ReprezentRadio to national BBC radio, @Reece_Parkinson has been doing some incredible work in audio. Congrats Reece! 🎉🎊 #RWRA30
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The #UKARIAS Nominations are out tonight. BUT, we're thrilled to announce the @RadioTimes Moment Of The Year nominations this morning. This is the only category decided by the general public. Hear the full clips and vote for your Moment of the Year at
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The radio industry has just joined together to pay tribute to the late Steve Wright. Lead singer of Wet Wet Wet, Marti Pellow gave a special performance of his song 'Wichita Lineman' - a regular track that Steve used to play on his BBC Radio 2 Sunday Love Songs show. #UKARIAS
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8. This guy though. #RWRA30 . Scott Hastie - "@HastieBeatz" as those in the know call him - is an absolute credit to the @SRA. It's all about the music ☺. Congratulations! 🎉🎊
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Pop down to the shops and pick up a copy of this week’s @RadioTimes if you fancy some #UKARIAS winners chats! @Jordan_Banjo @perrikiely @laura_woodsy @gregjames @GeorgeThePoet @Poppy_Jay_ @jamzsupernova
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