John Peel honoured as Evans scoops top two radio awards
Howard Hughes  |  by news.scotsman.com. All rights reserved. 17.07 | 2:27

DJ Chris Evans and the late John Peel were among the winners at the Sony Radio Academy Awards tonight.
Evans scooped the two big prizes of the night.
He beat Jonathan Ross to be crowned Music Radio Personality of the Year.


And his Radio 2 drivetime show won the Entertainment Award - snatching it away from Radio 1 rival and breakfast show host Chris Moyles.
Peel was named the most influential radio star of the past 25 years.
He won the Broadcasters' Broadcaster Award, voted for by fellow DJs and industry bosses.


The special prize marked the 25th anniversary of the awards, which are the most prestigious night in the radio calendar. Other nominees included Sir Terry Wogan and the late Alistair Cooke.
Classic FM beat Radio 1 and Radio 2 to the title of UK Station of the Year.


Radio 1 star Colin Murray was named Music Broadcaster of the Year.
Radio 4's Today programme was a double winner - it scooped the Breakfast Show Award and News Journalist of the Year for presenter John Humphrys.
The awards ceremony took place at the Grosvenor House on London's Park Lane.


Mark Radcliffe won the Music Programme Award for his Radio 2 show.
Radio 4 picked up awards for comedy, drama and speech programmes.
The prize for best on-air competition went to Christian O'Connell's Virgin Radio phone-in Who's Calling Christian?


O'Connell challenged listeners to persuade a celebrity to call the show - and succeeded in getting Prime Minister Tony Blair on air.

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