{"id":598194,"date":"2026-05-22T15:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598194\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:27:11","slug":"all-the-winners-from-the-arias-20206-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598194\/","title":{"rendered":"All the winners from the ARIAS 20206 \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hits Radio has won UK Radio Station or Radio Network of the Year at the 2026 ARIAS.<\/p>\n

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The Audio Academy event took place at the Roundhouse, with Rylan hosting as 21 awards were announced across UK radio, podcasting and audio.<\/p>\n

BBC Radio Merseyside won John Myers Local Radio Station of the Year, while Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James took Gold for Best Music Breakfast Show.<\/p>\n

Trevor Nelson received the Judges\u2019 Special Recognition Award, presented by Craig David, marking his contribution to radio and British music culture.<\/p>\n

Trevor said: \u201cYou\u2019ve stitched me right up! I cannot tell you how much this means. That young me who started at KISS in the 80\u2019s just wouldn\u2019t believe any of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other Gold winners included How To Fail with Elizabeth Day, Dove and Sony Music Podcasts for Best Commercial Partnership, Beth Ditto for Best New Presenter, and BBC Sounds for Audio Brand of the Year.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg\u2019s Listen love, you\u2019re trying ever so hard won the public voted Radio Times Moment of the Year for Mishal Husain\u2019s interview with Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n

BEST NEW PRESENTER<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Beth Ditto
BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds<\/p>\n

SILVER
Georgie Styles
Smoke Trail and Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio and BBC Sounds Audio Lab<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Hugh Sheehan
BBC Sounds Audio Lab<\/p>\n

BEST MUSIC BREAKFAST SHOW<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James
BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1<\/p>\n

SILVER
The Bald Builders Breakfast
Fix Radio<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Boogie in the Morning
Forth 1<\/p>\n

BEST SPEECH BREAKFAST SHOW<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Joe Sims\u2019 \u2018Proper Bristol Breakfast\u2019
BBC Radio Bristol<\/p>\n

SILVER
Good Morning Ulster
BBC Radio Ulster<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Sophie Law
BBC Radio Oxford<\/p>\n

BEST MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Romesh Ranganathan
TBI Media for BBC Radio 2<\/p>\n

SILVER
Tyler West
KISS<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Justin Dealey
BBC Three Counties Radio<\/p>\n

BEST SPEECH ENTERTAINMENT<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Fame Under Fire
BBC Sounds<\/p>\n

SILVER
Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
Persephonica<\/p>\n

BRONZE
British Scandal
Audible and Samizdat Audio<\/p>\n

BEST MUSIC<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
21st Century Folk
Pomona Audio for BBC Radio 2<\/p>\n

SILVER
Radio 1\u2019s New Music Show with Jack Saunders
BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1<\/p>\n

BRONZE
So Hear Me Out
Reduced Listening for Southbank Centre<\/p>\n

BEST COMEDY<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
It\u2019s a Fair Cop
BBC Studios Audio for BBC Radio 4<\/p>\n

SILVER
The Skewer
Unusual for BBC Radio 4<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Shagged, Married, Annoyed
Avalon<\/p>\n

BEST FACTUAL SINGLE EPISODE<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Locked Up
BBC Radio 4<\/p>\n

SILVER
Lost in Lullabies
Sound and Bones, BBC Radio 4<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Pete Wicks\u2019 Man Made \u2013 Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Bauer Media Audio UK<\/p>\n

BEST FACTUAL SERIES<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
My Stalker Moved in Next Door
Hits Radio<\/p>\n

SILVER
Pipeline: Left to Die
Daily Mail<\/p>\n

BRONZE
The House at Number 48
BBC Radio 4<\/p>\n

BEST DRAMA OR FICTION<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Four Gammons and a Unicorn
Pozzitive for BBC Radio 4<\/p>\n

SILVER
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
BBC Studios Audio for BBC Radio 4<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Shirley\u2019s Party
Hooley Productions for BBC Radio 4<\/p>\n

BEST NEWS<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Hits and Headlines
Hits Radio<\/p>\n

SILVER
The Mishal Husain Show
Bloomberg<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica\u2019s Recovery
BBC Radio 1XTRA Newsbeat<\/p>\n

BEST SPORTS<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
The Ryder Cup
BBC Radio 5 Live<\/p>\n

SILVER
Total Sport Merseyside
BBC Radio Merseyside<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Not by the Playbook
BBC World Service<\/p>\n

BEST EVENT COVERAGE<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Train Tracks
Tandem Productions for BBC Radio 3<\/p>\n

SILVER
The Shipping Forecast Day
BBC Radio 4<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Live Aid Relived
Greatest Hits Radio<\/p>\n

BEST SONIC BRANDING<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Superscoreboard
Clyde 1<\/p>\n

SILVER
BBC Radio 2<\/p>\n

BRONZE
BBC Asian Network<\/p>\n

BEST COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
How To Fail
Dove and Sony Music Podcasts<\/p>\n

SILVER
Comedians Chatting Cancer
Cancer Research UK and Acast<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Wickes and Bauer Media Audio UK<\/p>\n

BEST SOCIAL IMPACT<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Criminally Queer
Reduced Listening for BBC Sounds Audio Lab<\/p>\n

SILVER
Pipeline: Left to Die
Daily Mail<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Stop a Stroke
BBC Radio Manchester<\/p>\n

BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
The 2005 Ashes: Settling the Score
BBC Radio 5 Live<\/p>\n

SILVER
The Wargame
Sky News and Tortoise<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Train Tracks
Tandem Productions for BBC Radio 3<\/p>\n

JOHN MYERS LOCAL RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
BBC Radio Merseyside<\/p>\n

SILVER
Forth 1<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Clyde 1<\/p>\n

AUDIO BRAND OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
BBC Sounds<\/p>\n

SILVER
Rayo<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Audio Always Originals<\/p>\n

UK RADIO STATION OR RADIO NETWORK OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
Hits Radio<\/p>\n

SILVER
BBC Radio 2<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Fix Radio<\/p>\n

RADIO TIMES MOMENT OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

GOLD WINNER
\u201cListen love, you\u2019re trying ever so hard\u201d
Bloomberg<\/p>\n

SILVER
Scotland V Denmark World Cup Qualifier
BBC Radio Scotland<\/p>\n

BRONZE
Chelsey Ward shares her lived experience of racist abuse in Yorkshire
BBC Radio Sheffield<\/p>\n

2026 JUDGES\u2019 SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD<\/p>\n

Trevor Nelson<\/p>\n

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