Key 103’s Paul Lockitt has won news reader of the year for the second year running at the IRN Radio Awards.

Lockitt,
who reads the news on the Manchester station from 5am until lunchtime
every day, has been at the station since 1979 and has been presenting
for the past 13 years.

“Last year I was stuck for words when I
won and being a journalist it is pretty difficult to be in that
position. I really wasn’t expecting it again. News reader of the year
sounds like a very individual award and you can’t accept it without
acknowledging the people that you work with,” he said.