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Date: 07.09.2004
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The nominations for this year's Frank Gillard Awards are announced today with ´óÏó´«Ã½ London 94.9 and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Nottingham leading the chase for honours with four nominations each.

Twenty of the 41 eligible stations and services have achieved nominations for the annual awards that celebrate the very best of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Local Radio.

With a high standard of entries across the board, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Leeds, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Solent and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Essex have three nominations apiece.

The prestigious Station of the Year category sees three southern stations fighting it out: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Essex, ´óÏó´«Ã½ London 94.9 and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Solent.

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The Outstanding Contribution to Local Radio award reveals an astonishing record of service.

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Nominations include a man who has been reporting on football for 36 years; a station engineer and IT specialist who has chalked up 42 years with the ´óÏó´«Ã½; a presenter who has been broadcasting daily for more than 30 years; and a Local Radio Editor...

For the programme presenter award, Vanessa Feltz of ´óÏó´«Ã½ London 94.9 takes on Julian Clegg of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Solent and Nick Pandolfi from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Suffolk.

In the Breakfast Programme category, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Kent, which was the runner up last year, hopes to do one better in 2004 against the big stations GMR and ´óÏó´«Ã½ WM.

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Leeds defends last year's Outside Broadcast win, vying with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Essex and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Kent for the honour.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Devon - another Gold winner from 2003 - is seeking to keep possession of the Radio Promotion title but will be pressed for top slot by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Lincolnshire and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Solent.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Cleveland - which won Gold in the Sony Awards in May for its coverage of the State Visit of President Bush - is hoping to repeat that triumph in the Coverage of a News Story category where it goes up against two stations reporting on high profile murders: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Humberside on Soham and the Bichard Inquiry, and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Nottingham on the murder of Marian Bates.

Gold, Silver and Bronze winners will be announced on Thursday 14 October in an awards ceremony at Birmingham's International Convention Centre.

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Jon Sopel of ´óÏó´«Ã½ News is the host and he will be joined by Mark Thompson, Director-General of the ´óÏó´«Ã½, to present the coveted miniature busts of Frank Gillard to the Gold winners.

The awards are named in honour of the founder of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Local Radio in England, Frank Gillard, who died in 1998.

The Frank Gillard Awards 2004 - nominations

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The Breakfast Programme

´óÏó´«Ã½ GMR Â– Greater Manchester's Breakfast

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Kent Â– Good Morning Kent

´óÏó´«Ã½ WM Â– The Adrian Goldberg Breakfast Show

Programme Presenter

´óÏó´«Ã½ London 94.9 Â– Vanessa Feltz

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Solent Â– Julian Clegg

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Suffolk - Nick Pandolfi

Coverage of a News Story

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Cleveland Â– The state visit of President Bush

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Humberside Â– Soham murders and the Bichard Inquiry

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Nottingham Â– The murder of Marian Bates

Interactive Programme

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Leeds Â– It's Your Call

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Nottingham Â– Groundswell: No Room for Students?

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Stoke Â– Inside Lives

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Reporter

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Cambridgeshire Â– Max Rushden

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Lincolnshire - Scott Dalton

´óÏó´«Ã½ London Â– Ben Wilkins

Sports Coverage

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Cleveland - The Welsh Weekender

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Humberside Â– Hull City: Promotion to Division Two

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Merseyside Â– I don't know what it is but I love it Â– The story of Rome '84

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Oxford Â– British Speedway GP 2004

Social Action Campaign

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Devon Â– The Chestnut Appeal Story

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Gloucestershire Â– Bio-Diversity Day

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Merseyside Â– Taking Care on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Merseyside

Radio Feature

´óÏó´«Ã½ Essex Â– All at Sea

´óÏó´«Ã½ Three Counties Radio Â– The Stephen Rhodes Consumer Programme

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio York Â– One Soldier's Story

Outside Broadcast

´óÏó´«Ã½ Essex Â– Pirate Radio Essex

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Kent Â– The Drive Show D Day OB

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Leeds Â– The Funeral of John Charles

Diversity

´óÏó´«Ã½ London 94.9

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Nottingham

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Stoke

Radio Promotion

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Devon Â– Test the County

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Lincolnshire Â– Proud to be a Yellowbelly

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Solent Â– D-Day Sixty Years On

Religious Programming

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Gloucestershire

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Leeds

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Nottingham

Station of the Year

´óÏó´«Ã½ Essex

´óÏó´«Ã½ London 94.9

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Solent

Outstanding Contribution to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Local Radio

To be announced at the awards ceremony

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