Sun and Guardian nominated for Radio Production Awards

Producers working for two newspaper organisations have been nominated for the inaugural Radio Production Awards for the quality of their online shows.

The Guardian’s Francesca Panetta and Sun Talk’s Sam Gregory were both nominated in the Best Online Producer category, with Panetta also nominated for the Creative Award.

There were seven nominations for the BBC, including Best Factual Producer for BBC News’ Catherine Miller.

The awards, which are run by the Radio Academy and the Radio Independents Group, will be announced on Thursday 11th February at a ceremony in London.

Radio Production Awards 2010 nominees:

BEST FACTUAL PRODUCER
Adam Fowler
Simon Jacobs – Unique
Catherine Miller – BBC News
David Prest – Whistledown Productions

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCER
Wayne Clark, Paul Deacon, Chris Parker – Txmediasuite
James Hodder – Resonance 104.4FM
Owen McFadden – BBC Radio Ulster
David Tyler – Pozzitive Television

BEST MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCER
Nick Barraclough – Smooth Operations
Kate Bland, Chris O’Shaughnessy – Just Radio
Sue Clark – Sue Clark Productions
Ben Walker – Ora Et Labora

LIVE MUSIC PRODUCER
(a) The Live Music (concert) Award
Joe Adams – TBI Media
Charis Blyth – Somethin’ Else
Ross MacFadyen – Celtic Music Radio
Paul McClean – BBC Radio Ulster

(b) The Live Music (studio session) Award
Muslim Alim, Niall Young – BBC Radio Scotland
Chris Denman – XFM, Global Radio
Peggy Sutton – Somethin’ Else
Dean Woodcock – Absolute Radio

BEST ONLINE PRODUCER
Sam Coley – Birmingham City University
Sam Gregory – Sun Talk
Vince Lynch – Absolute Radio
Francesca Panetta – The Guardian

BEST DRAMA PRODUCER
Gordon House – Goldhawk Essential
Judith Kampfner – Corporation for Independent Media
Eoin O’Callaghan – BBC Radio Drama NI
Frank Stirling – Unique

NEWCOMER
Katie Burningham – Falling Tree Productions
Eloise Carr – Absolute Radio
Susie Matthews – Unique
James Wilson – Galaxy Manchester, Global Radio

CREATIVE AWARD
Peregrine Andrews, Kate Bland – Just Radio
Dinah Bird – Loftus Audio
Tom Jackson, Susan Marling – Just Radio
Francesca Panetta – The Guardian