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Sony Radio Academy Awards 2009: Full list of winners

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All the prizewinners from the radio industry's annual awards night

Music programme award - Words and Music (BBC Radio Arts and Radio 3 for Radio 3)

Specialist music programme - David Rodigan (Kiss specialist production team for Kiss network)

Music radio personality of the year - Chris Evans (Radio 2)

Music broadcaster of the year - Mark Radcliffe (Smooth Operations for Radio 2)

Music special award - Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth (Radio 3)

Entertainment award - Chris Evans Drivetime (Radio 2)

Music programming award - Classic FM

Drama award - Mr Larkin's Awkward Day (BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4)

Sports award - 5 Live Olympic breakfast (BBC News Programmes and BBC Sport for 5 Live)

Speech award - Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode (BBC News for 5 Live)

News and current affairs award - The World Today (BBC World Service News & Current Affairs for the World Service)

News special award - The Investigation: Never Too Old To Care, (Stark Production for BBC Radio Scotland)

News journalist of the year - Gavin Lee (BBC News for Radio 5 Live)

Speech radio personality - Vanessa Feltz (BBC London 94.9)

Speech broadcaster of the year - Nick Ferrari (LBC 97.3)

Breakfast show award - 5 Live Breakfast

Listener participation award - Electric Radio Brixton: Daily Show (Prison Radio Association and Electric Radio Brixton for Electric Radio Brixton)

Comedy award - Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show (Komedia Entertainment and Smooth Operations for Radio 4)

Feature award - Between the Ears: Staring at the Wall (BBC Radio Documentaries for Radio 3)

Interview award - Feargal Keane interviews Lana Vandenberghe, Taking A Stand (BBC Radio Current Affairs for Radio 4)

Breaking news award - Rangers football fans run amok in Manchester city (BBC Radio Manchester)

Live event coverage award - Absolute Coldplay (Absolute Radio and TBI Media for Absolute Radio)

Community award - A Sound Fix (Spots) (Prison Radio Association for Electric Radio Brixton)

Themed programming award - Family Life (BBC Hereford and Worcester)

Promo award - Kiss The Planet - What Will You Do? (Kiss Imaging Team for Kiss Network)

Competition award - Facebuck$ (Galaxy Network Imaging for Galaxy)

Station imaging award - 1Xtra

Internet programme award - The Budgerigar and the Prisoner (Clifton Diocese)

Multiplatform radio award - Wimbledon (BBC Radio 5 Live interactive for 5 Live)

Station of the year (under 300,000 population area) - Beacon Radio, Shropshire

Station of the year (300,000 to 1 million) - BBC Hereford and Worcester

Station of the year (1 million plus) - Kerrang 105.2

Digital station of the year - Fun Kids

UK station of the year - BBC Radio 3

Sony DAB rising star - Singing Henry, AKA Henry Evans (Kerrang! Radio)

Local & regional lifetime achievement award - Colin Slate

Special award - Paul Brown

Gold award - Neil Fox

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