Awards Week: BBC Manchester
Stations imaging with IQ Beats custom music have scored a hat trick for awards this week. Our friends at BBC Radio Manchester have taken the Gold from the Frank Gillard Awards for BBC Local Radio to go alongside station sound winners and proud IQ custom package recipients Newstalk 106 in Ireland and JR fm in Canada.
As our first opportunity to employ the grandeur of a live orchestra, it is with no doubt that the depth and diversity of our BBC Radio Manchester custom package featuring Manchester’s own BBC Philharmonic provides the station with the mojo it needs to take such an award.
Managing Editor John Ryan had this to say:
Hello. I’m delighted to announce we have won the Gold award for Station Sound at the Frank Gillard Awards for BBC Local Radio 2007. This is our third Gold since relaunching, and the second award for our station sound this year.
The Station Sound team are responsible for everything that’s not content or broadcasters - trails, music programming, jingles, audio production, running orders etc etc. It’s a vital part of defining our brand, conducting the rhythmn and discipline of the radio station.
Very many congratulations to Stuart Barrett and Toby Whitehouse (not forgetting Kate Dinsdale - a couple of her pieces of work were on the tape too!) who lead this work, but also to our entire on-air team for their engagement with this important part of what we do and their creative use of this stuff. Thanks also due to Craig Kelly and the wonderful Trish Bertram for their voice talent, and to Michael, Steven, Kip and Patrick at IQ Beats, our jingle house - as well as Michael and Karen, our singers, and the BBC Philharmonic here in Manchester who provided the string performances. A brilliant team effort. Well done.
* Despite not getting a nomination for Hatton in Vegas in the Sports Awards, a special judges commendation was read out at the awards. So well done to Ian, Sarah, Kev, Andy and the sports team involved in our coverage of this important story.
