# Audio and Radio Industry Awards

The Audio and Radio Industry Awards (ARIAS, ARIAs, or UK ARIAs) are annual awards awarded for excellence in UK radio and audio presenting and production. Established in 2016 by the Radio Academy, they succeeded the Radio Academy Awards, the academy's honours system of 1983 to 2014 (there were no awards for 2015). They are awarded for productions in the previous calendar year. In contrast to many other media award ceremonies, three winners are selected by judging panels for each category and graded Gold, Silver or Bronze.
In May 2019 the Young ARIAs were inaugurated at the BBC Radio Theatre in London in a ceremony hosted by BBC Radio 1's Matt Edmondson and Kiss FM host Daisy Maskell. The very next year they were rebranded as the Young Audio Awards.

## Notable omissions

Since their launch, the Audio and Radio Industry Awards have been shunned by the biggest commercial radio group in the UK, Global Radio. Although the Radio Academy is not supported by Global Radio this does not preclude it from entering programmes or presenters from its stations, namely Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital Xtra, Classic FM, Smooth Radio, Radio X or Gold.

## ARIAs 2016

Nominations for the 16 inaugural award categories were unveiled on 19 September 2016 by Radio 1's Scott Mills and Pandora Christie of Kiss FM. The shortlist for each category was limited to five nominees.
Presented: 19 October 2016 at the First Direct Arena, Leeds – Host: Sara Cox :
| Best News Coverage | Best Entertainment Production | Best Audio Dramatisation |
| Gold: The Buncrana Pier Tragedy (BBC Radio Foyle) Silver: A New Life in Europe: The Dhnie Family (BBC Radio 4) Bronze: PM: Jo Cox's Murder (BBC Radio 4) | Gold: Greg James (BBC Radio 1) Silver: The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show (Absolute Radio) Bronze: The Pin (BBC Radio 4) | Gold: lament (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Cuttin’ It (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4) Bronze: Merseyside Blitz: An Unconquered People (BBC Radio Merseyside) |
| Best National Speech Breakfast Show | Best Local Breakfast Show | Best National Music Breakfast Show |
| Gold: Today (BBC Radio 4) Silver: 5 Live Breakfast (BBC Radio 5 Live) Bronze: Good Morning Scotland (BBC Radio Scotland) | Gold: Georgey at Breakfast (BBC Radio York) Silver: Sam and Amy (Gem) Bronze: Morgan in the Morning (BBC Radio Stoke) | Gold: The Chris Evans Breakfast Show (BBC Radio 2) Silver: The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show (Absolute Radio) Bronze: Emily Segal (Heat Radio) |
| Best Sports Show | Best Digital Audio Service | Podcast of the Year |
| Gold: 606 (Shooting Shark Productions for BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Boro are Back! (BBC Radio Tees) Bronze: 5 Live Sport (BBC Radio 5 Live) | Gold: AudioBoom Silver: Live @ Wimbledon Radio (IMG Radio on behalf of the All England Lawn Tennis Club) Bronze: Acast | Gold: The Story of Izzy Dix (Newsbeat for BBC Radio 1) Silver: The Modern Mann (Rethink Audio) Bronze: Storytime with Boon: "This is Distorted" |
| Best Digital Innovation | The Radio Academy Award | Speech Broadcaster of the Year |
| Gold: The BBC iPlayer Radio App Silver: BBC Radio 2 Country Bronze: Acast | Gold: Sound Digital for D2 Silver: Bronze: | Gold: Stephen Nolan (BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Kirsty Young – Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4) Bronze: Nihal (BBC Asian Network) |
| Music Broadcaster of the Year | Best Local Station | Best National Station |
| Gold: MistaJam (BBC Radio 1Xtra) Silver: Jamie Cullum – Folded Wing (BBC Radio 2) Bronze: Stephen McCauley (BBC Radio Foyle) | Gold: Hallam FM Silver: Forth 1 Bronze: BBC Essex | Gold: BBC Radio 2 Silver: BBC Radio 1Xtra Bronze: Absolute Radio |
| Audio Moment of the Year |||
| Gold: The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away (TBI Media for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Where are you going New York? (Loftus Media for BBC World Service) Bronze: The Archers: Helen Stabs Rob (BBC Radio Drama Birmingham for BBC Radio 4) |||
* ↑ D2 was the pre-licensing generic term for the creation of a second Digital Audio Broadcasting UK-wide multiplex

## ARIAs 2017

Nominations were revealed on 18 September 2017 by Virgin Radio presenters Kate Lawler and Matt Richardson. The number of categories was increased to 23, each with a shortlist of six nominees.
Presented: 19 October 2017 at the First Direct Arena, Leeds – Host: Scott Mills :
| Best New Presenter | Best New Show | Best News Coverage |
| Gold: Andrew Flintoff (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Andrew Scott, U2@40 documentary (TBI Media / Absolute Radio) Bronze: Gemma Atkinson (Key 103) | Gold: Flintoff, Savage & the Ping Pong Guy (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Quake (BBC Radio 4 / BBC Radio Production North) Bronze: Soundtracking with Edith Bowman (Ora et Labora / Edith Bowman) | Gold: London Bridge Attacks (Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: PM: The High Street Abduction (Andrew Bomford for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: BBC Radio Leeds |
| Best Speech Presenter – Breakfast | Best Speech Presenter – Non breakfast | Sports Show of the Year |
| Gold: Nicky Campbell and Rachel Burden (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Vanessa Feltz (BBC Radio London) Bronze: Liz Green (BBC Radio Leeds) | Gold: Iain Lee (talkRADIO) Silver: Jeremy Vine (BBC Radio 2) Bronze: Mike Sweeney (BBC Radio Manchester) | Gold: 5 Live Sport (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Our summer: The Story of Wales at Euro 2016 (BBC Radio Wales) Bronze: On the Sporting Couch (talkSPORT) |
| Best Music Presenter – Breakfast | Best Music Presenter – Non breakfast | Best Specialist Music Show |
| Gold: Christian O'Connell (Absolute Radio) Silver: JACK’S Morning Glory (JACK FM) Bronze: Chris Evans (BBC Radio 2) | Gold: Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1) Silver: Richard Allinson (Magic Radio) Bronze: Stephen McCauley (BBC Radio Foyle & BBC Radio Ulster) | Gold: Benji B (TBI Media / BBC Radio 1 & BBC Radio 1Xtra) Silver: The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe (7digital / BBC Radio 2) Bronze: Soundtracking with Edith Bowman (Ora et Labora / Edith Bowman) |
| Best Entertainment / Comedy Production | Best Factual Storytelling | Best Fictional Storytelling |
| Gold: The Frank Skinner Show (Avalon TV / Absolute Radio) Silver: A Normal Life – Henry Normal (BBC Studios Comedy) Bronze: 24-hour “LOLathon” for Red Nose Day – Scott Mills & Chris Stark (BBC Radio 1) | Gold: The Enemy Within (Falling Tree Productions / BBC Radio 3) Silver: Hillsborough: Trevor and Jenni's Journey (BBC Radio Merseyside for BBC Radio 5 Live) Bronze: The Tale of June and Gretel (BBC Radio Berkshire) | Gold: Life Lines (BBC Radio Drama) Silver: Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy (BBC Studios Comedy) Bronze: Comment is Free (BBC Radio 4 Bristol) |
| Best Community Programme | Best Online Radio Station | Best Podcast |
| Gold: The Manchester Bombing (Key 103) Silver: Dig Deep (JACK FM) Bronze: National Prison Radio (Prison Radio Association) Bronze: Talking Heads (BBC Radio Berkshire) | Gold: Worldwide FM Silver: Live @ Wimbledon Radio (IMG Radio on behalf of the All England Lawn Tennis Club) Bronze: Reform | Gold: Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Close Encounters (Rethink Audio / The Guardian) Bronze: The Untold: Missing (BBC Radio Documentaries) |
| Best On-Air Promotion | Best Branded Content or Partnership | Best Marketing Campaign |
| Gold: 6 Music Festival in Glasgow (BBC Radio 6 Music) Silver: UEFA Euro 2016 France (talkSPORT Creative) Bronze: The Archers (BBC Radio 4 presentation) | Gold: The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show with Wickes (Absolute Radio) Silver: BBC Local Radio and National Poetry Day (BBC English Regions) Bronze: Mardi Gras 2017 with British Airways (Jazz FM) Bronze: School of Rock (Magic Radio) | Gold: BBC Radio 1Xtra Street Studio Silver: See Radio Differently Campaign (Radiocentre) Bronze: Superhero Day (Bauer Media) |
| Best Coverage of an Event | Local Station of the Year | National Radio Station of the Year |
| Gold: Manchester's Response to the Arena Attack (Key 103) Silver: Running the Brighton Marathon (BBC Sussex) Bronze: BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend Highly commended: World Cup ‘66 Live (TBI Media / BBC Radio 2) | Gold: BBC Radio London Silver: BBC Radio Merseyside Bronze: Metro Radio | Gold: BBC 1Xtra Silver: Planet Rock Bronze: BBC Radio 1 |
| Team of the Year | Individual of the Year | |
| Winner: Local Radio Day (UKRD Group) | Winner: Tony Moorey, Group Content Director (Magic and Absolute Radio) | |

## ARIAs 2018

Nominations were revealed on 17 September 2018 by Capital South Wales presenters Matt Lissack and Polly James. New categories introduced this year included Best Local Radio Show, Funniest Show, Best Commercial Promotion and Best Station Sound.
Presented: 18 October 2018 at the First Direct Arena, Leeds – Hosts: Melvin Odoom and Pandora Christie of Kiss FM :
| Best New Presenter | Best New Show / Podcast | Best News Coverage |
| Gold: Ronan Keating (Magic) Silver: Mollie King (BBC Radio 1) Bronze: Kat Harbourne & Jenny Eells – The Naked Podcast (BBC Radio Sheffield) | Gold: You, Me & the Big C (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Death in Ice Valley (BBC World Service) Bronze: I Hear Voices (BBC Newsbeat) | Gold: Real Life Stories, The Emma Barnett Show (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: BBC Radio Leeds Bronze: We Stand Together: The Manchester Arena Attack One Year On (Tower FM) |
| Best Speech Presenter – Breakfast | Best Speech Presenter – Non breakfast | Best Sports Show / Podcast |
| Gold: Stephen Nolan (BBC Radio Ulster) Silver: Nicky Campbell & Rachel Burden (BBC Radio 5 Live) Bronze: Mishal Husain (BBC Radio 4) | Gold: Justin Dealey (BBC Eastern Counties) Silver: Tony Livesey (BBC Radio 5 Live) Bronze: Anna Foster (BBC Radio 5 Live) | Gold: Mo-Joe: An 18 Week Marathon Training Diary (7digital) Silver: Fight Disciples Bronze: On The Left Side – The Funny Football Show |
| Best Music Presenter – Breakfast | Best Music Presenter – Non breakfast | Best Specialist Music Show |
| Gold: The Mylo & Rosie Show (Pulse 1) Silver: Nick Grimshaw: Radio 1 Breakfast Bronze: Dotty: The 1Xtra Breakfast Show | Gold: Jamie Cullum (BBC Radio 2) Silver: Trevor Nelson (Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 2) Bronze: Edith Bowman – Soundtracking (Elbow Productions) | Gold: Soundtracking with Edith Bowman (Elbow Productions) Silver: Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1) Bronze: Soundscapes with Stephen McCauley (BBC Radio Ulster) |
| Funniest Show | Best Factual Storytelling / Documentary | Best Fictional Storytelling |
| Gold: Fortunately... with Fi and Jane (BBC Radio 4) Silver: International New Year Comedy Celebration (BBC World Service) Bronze: John Holmes Saturday Show (BBC Radio Kent) | Gold: Meeting The Man I Killed (Loftus Media for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Between the Ears: "The NHS Symphony" (BBC Radio Documentaries) Bronze: The Sound of Protest (Absolute Radio) | Gold: Carl Cattermole – Double Bubble (Prison Radio Association podcast) Silver: The World's Worst Children 3 by David Walliams (HarperCollins) Bronze: The Final Take: Bowie in the Studio for BBC World Service (Perfectly Normal Productions) |
| Best Community Programme | Best Podcast | Best Station Sound |
| Gold: The Frank Skinner Show conversation with Al Gore (Absolute Radio) Silver: The Helen & Douglas House Radiothon (JACK FM) Bronze: Mulberry Girls School, Tower Hamlets (BBC Asian Network) | Gold: Cariad Lloyd – Griefcast Silver: Health Uncovered – This is Distorted with the NHS Bronze: Double Bubble (PRA Productions) | Gold: Radio 1 Vintage (BBC Radio Pop Hub Station Sound) Silver: Absolute Radio Bronze: Belfast is... (Q Radio) |
| Best Commercial Promotion | Best Marketing Campaign | Best Coverage of an Event |
| Gold: The Greatest Showman (Magic Radio) Silver: Just Eat – The 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia (talkSport) Bronze: Wickes (Absolute Radio) | Gold: Common People (BBC Radio Sheffield) Silver: The 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia (talkSport) Bronze: The Dave Berry Breakfast Show (Absolute Radio) | Gold: An Accent Exceedingly Rare: A Love Letter to Liverpool (BBC Radio Merseyside) Silver: Manchester – Together With One Voice (XS Manchester) Bronze: Gregathlon: Pedal To The Peaks (BBC Radio 1) |
| Best Local Radio Show | Local Station of the Year | National Station or Network of the Year |
| Gold: David Burns (BBC Radio Humberside) Silver: Wake Up with Webster (Tay FM) Bronze: Stephanie Hirst (BBC Radio Leeds) | Gold: BBC Radio Leeds Silver: Forth 1 Bronze: BBC Radio Merseyside | Gold: BBC Radio 1 Silver: BBC Radio 5 Live Bronze: Absolute Radio |
| Team of the Year | Individual of the Year | |
| Winner: Cash for Kids, Bauer Radio's network of local charities | Winner: Paul Sylvester, Content Director (Absolute Radio) | |

## ARIAs 2019

Fallow year (no awards ceremony was held in 2019).

## ARIAs 2020

The awards ceremony was moved to a spring slot from its traditional autumn fixture and took place at The London Palladium. Nominations were revealed on 15 January 2020.
Presented: 4 March 2020 at The London Palladium – Host: Greg James :
| Best New Presenter | Best New Show | Best News Coverage |
| Gold: Raj & Pilar: The Reality Tea (Fresh Air Productions for BBC Radio 1) Silver: Jacob Hawley: On Drugs (BBC Sounds) Bronze: Tyler West (Kiss FM) | Gold: Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James Silver: The Next Episode (BBC News) Bronze: Politix & Chill (BBC Sussex) | Gold: Myles Bonnar: A-Game Exposé (BBC The Social and BBC News Scotland) Silver: Cops on the Front Line (BBC Radio Manchester) Bronze: PM: Anatomy of a Stabbing (BBC Radio 4) |
| Best Speech Presenter – Breakfast | Best Speech Presenter – Non breakfast | Best Sports Show |
| Gold: Toby Foster (BBC Radio Sheffield) Silver: Annabel Amos (BBC Radio Northampton) Bronze: 5 Live Breakfast (BBC Radio 5 live) | Gold: Emma Barnett (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Mike Sweeney (BBC Radio Manchester) Bronze: Frank Skinner (Absolute Radio) | Gold: Super G: How Geraint won the Yellow Jersey (BBC Radio Wales) Silver: That Peter Crouch Podcast (BBC Radio 5 Live) Bronze: Tailenders (TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live) |
| Best Music Presenter – Breakfast | Best Music Presenter – Non breakfast | Best Specialist Music Show |
| Gold: Dotty: The 1Xtra Breakfast Show Silver: Greg James: Radio 1 Breakfast Bronze: Dave Berry: Absolute Radio | Gold: MistaJam (BBC Radio 1Xtra) Silver: Abbie McCarthy (BBC Radio Kent / BBC Radio 1 / BBC Radio 6 Music) Bronze: Edith Bowman – Soundtracking (Elbow Productions) | Gold: This Classical Life (BBC Radio 3) Silver: Absolute Radio Stories (Absolute Radio) Bronze: Gilles Peterson (Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 6 Music) |
| Funniest Show | Best Factual – Single programme | Best Factual – Series |
| Gold: Elis James and John Robins: Audio Always (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: James Veitch’s Contractual Obligation (BBC Radio 4) Bronze: Shagged Married Annoyed (Avalon) | Gold: Kane Walker: Life and Death On The Streets (BBC Radio WM) Silver: Being Gerry Adams (Juniper for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: A Sense of Quietness (Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4) | Gold: Ladder to Nowhere (Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Surrogacy: A Family Frontier (BBC Radio 5 Live) Bronze: The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17 (Novel) |
| Best Community Programme | Best Independent Podcast | Best Station Sound |
| Gold: National Prison Radio (Prison Radio Association) Silver: Chris Evans with Reverend Ruth Scott (Virgin Radio) Bronze: Samaritans (talkSPORT) | Gold: Passenger List (Goldhawk Productions / Radiotopia) Silver: The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17 (Novel) Bronze: My Dad Wrote a Porno (Medium Maze) | Gold: Radio 1 Station Sound (BBC Popular Music Station Sound) Silver: Project Baxter on BBC Radio 6 Music (BBC Popular Music Station Sound) Bronze: Absolute Radio Network |
| Best Commercial Promotion | Best Marketing Campaign | Best Coverage of an Event |
| Gold: Samaritans (talkSPORT) Silver: Maldon Sea Salt: The Hometime Fish and Chip Tour 2019 (Absolute Radio) Bronze: Women of Steel (The Wave and Swansea Sound) | Gold: Radio 1 Breakfast: #MakeThisGreg (BBC Radio 1) Silver: England's Winter Tours of Sri Lanka and the West Indies (talkSPORT) Bronze: Absolute Radio 10 (Absolute Radio) | Gold: Mental Health Awareness Week (Absolute Radio) Silver: Cricket World Cup Final (BBC Radio 5 Live) Bronze: Great North Run (Metro Radio) |
| Best Local Radio Show | John Myers Award for Local Station of the Year | National Station or Network of the Year |
| Gold: Boogie in the Morning (Forth 1) Silver: Allison Ferns (BBC Radio Surrey & BBC Sussex) Bronze: Justin Dealey (BBC Three Counties Radio) | Gold: BBC Hereford & Worcester Silver: Stray FM Bronze: BBC Radio Sheffield | Gold: BBC Radio 2 Silver: Absolute Radio Network Bronze: BBC Radio 1Xtra |
| Best Fictional Storytelling | Radio Times Moment of The Year | The GOLD Awards |
| Gold: Forest 404 (BBC Radio 4) Silver: A View From A Hill (Bafflegab Productions for Audible) Bronze: First Do No Harm (BBC Radio 4) | Gold: Overdosing man calls Iain Lee (talkRADIO) Silver: England win the Cricket World Cup (Test Match Special) Bronze: Live from the helicopter crash site (BBC Radio Leicester) | talkSPORT (20 years of broadcasting and their commitment to diversity and representation in sport in the last year) Jazz FM (30 years of broadcasting and their contribution to the genre of Jazz) Tay FM (40 years of broadcasting and their contribution to the community of Tayside and Fife) |

## ARIAs 2021

The nominees were announced on 21 April 2021. Due to COVID-19 restrictions the 2021 awards ceremony was an hybrid event with just 100 invited guests in a small theatre at The May Fair Hotel. In recognition of content produced to support audiences in lockdown, new categories included The Creative Innovation Award, The Impact Award and The 2020 Special Award.
Presented: 26 May 2021 at The May Fair Hotel – Hosts: Jordan Banjo & Perri Kiely of Kiss FM :
| Best New Presenter | Best New Show | Best News Coverage |
| Gold: Poppy Begum (BBC Asian Network) Silver: Khalid Dovie – VENT (VICE & Brent 2020) Bronze: Daniel Rosney (BBC Newsbeat) | Gold: The YUNGBLUD Podcast (BBC Radio 1 / BBC Sounds) Silver: The Skewer (Unusual Productions for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: VENT documentaries (VICE & Brent 2020) | Gold: 100 Days of Lockdown (BBC Newsbeat) Silver: Stories of our Times: The Monkey Vaccine (Wireless Studios for The Times) Bronze: My Mother's Murder (Tortoise Media) |
| Best Speech Breakfast Show | Best Speech Presenter | Best Sports Show |
| Gold: talkSPORT Silver: BBC Radio Nottingham Bronze: Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell (Times Radio) | Gold: George the Poet – Have You Heard George's Podcast? (BBC Sounds) Silver: Anushka Asthana – Today in Focus (Guardian News & Media) Bronze: Elis James and John Robins – Audio Always (BBC Radio 5 Live) | Gold: Coming in From the Cold (Unedited for talkSPORT) Silver: The Women's Sports Show (BBC Radio London) Bronze: The High Performance Podcast (Rethink Audio & Jake Humphrey) |
| Best Music Breakfast Show | Best Music Entertainment Show | Best Specialist Music Show |
| Gold: Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James Silver: Fleur East (Hits Radio) Bronze: Boogie in the Morning (Forth 1) | Gold: Scott Mills (BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1) Silver: The Snoochie Shy Show (TBI Media for BBC Radio 1Xtra) Bronze: Free Flow (National Prison Radio) | Gold: Jamz Supernova (Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 1Xtra) Silver: The Music of James Bond with David Arnold (Scala Radio) Bronze: Michael Morpurgo's Folk Journeys (7digital for BBC Radio 4) |
| The Comedy Award | Best Factual – Single programme | Best Factual – Series |
| Gold: The Skewer (Unusual Productions for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Sketchtopia (Gusman Productions for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: The Jason Manford Show (Absolute Radio) | Gold: Sabrina's Boy (George the Poet for BBC Sounds) Silver: Problem Kids (VICE & Brent 2020) Bronze: Death Row Book Club (BBC World Service) | Gold: The Punch (Just Radio for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Coming in From the Cold (Unedited for talkSPORT) Bronze: Hillsborough: The Full Story (BBC Radio Merseyside) |
| The Grassroots Award | Best Independent Podcast | Best Station Sound |
| Gold: VENT (VICE & Brent 2020) Silver: Ocean Youth Radio (Sound Communities) Bronze: Dig Deep for Homeless Oxfordshire (JACK FM) | Gold: The Bellingcat Podcast (Novel) Silver: Tales from the Tannoy (Sayer Hamilton and Tadah Media) Bronze: Witness from Amnesty International (White Stiletto Productions) | Gold: BBC Radio 1 (BBC Popular Music Station Sound) Silver: talkSPORT (Wireless Creative) Bronze: Absolute Radio 40s (Absolute Radio Production) |
| Best Commercial Partnership | Best Marketing Campaign | The Impact Award |
| Gold: Magic Euro Song with Netflix (TBI Media and Magic Radio) Silver: Untold Killing podcast (Message Heard & Remembering Srebrenica) Bronze: Scottish Government & SAM Radio (Bauer Scotland) | Gold: Alan Partridge: From the Oasthouse (Audible) Silver: Make a Difference with Your BBC Local Radio Station (BBC Marketing & Audiences for BBC England) Bronze: Britain's Best Beer Garden (Union JACK Radio) | Gold: The Black Power Playlist (BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1Xtra) Silver: Where is George Gibney? (Second Captains for BBC Sounds) Bronze: Untold Killing podcast (Message Heard & Remembering Srebrenica) |
| Best Local Radio Show | John Myers Award for Local Station of the Year | National Station or Network of the Year |
| Gold: The Andrew Peach Show (BBC Radio Berkshire) Silver: Jack's Morning Glory with Trevor Marshall (JACK FM) Bronze: The Breakfast Show with Leanne & Scott (Radio City) | Gold: BBC Radio Sheffield Silver: Clyde 1 Bronze: BBC Radio Wales | Gold: Magic Radio Silver: talkSPORT Network Bronze: BBC Radio 5 Live |
| Best Fictional Storytelling | The Creative Innovation Award | The 2020 Special Award |
| Gold: Eight Point Nine Nine (BBC Audio Bristol for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Red Earth Red Sky (BBC Audio Drama North for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: Have You Heard George's Podcast? (George the Poet for BBC Sounds) | Gold: Absolute Radio 40s (TBI Media for Absolute Radio) Silver: Have You Heard George's Podcast? (George the Poet for BBC Sounds) Bronze: Prison Bag (Falling Tree Productions for National Prison Radio) | Gold: Life on Lockdown (White Stiletto Productions for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Absolute Radio 40s (TBI Media for Absolute Radio) Bronze: Coronavirus Newscast (BBC News for BBC Sounds) |
| Radio Times Moment of The Year |||
| Gold: Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely react to Diversity's Black Lives Matter performance on Britain's Got Talent (Kiss FM) Silver: Scotland qualify for Euro 2020 on The Big Scotland Football Show (Bauer Scotland) Bronze: Ian Wright remembers Mr. Pigden on Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4) |||

## ARIAs 2022

The nominees were announced on 5 April 2022. The awards ceremony was once again a live in-person event after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. Ivor Norvello Award-winning Tom Odell and two-time BRIT award-winning Heather Small both performed at the awards, with Heather Small opening the ceremony. This year marked the inaugural Pioneer Award, which was bestowed on Janice Long.
Presented: 3 May 2022 at The Adelphi Theatre – Hosts: Rylan Clark with a live voice-over from Fleur East :
| Best New Presenter | Best New Show | Best News Coverage |
| Gold: James Phillips (National Prison Radio) Silver: Lianne Sanderson (talkSPORT) Bronze: Rima Ahmed (BBC Radio Leeds) | Gold: Decode (Reduced Listening for Spotify) Silver: The Unfiltered History Tour (VICE World News) Bronze: Uncanny (Bafflegab Productions for BBC Radio 4) | Gold: "George Floyd Killing: The Trial" – Today Programme (BBC Radio 4) Silver: The Slow Newscast (Tortoise Studios) Bronze: I Walk with Women (Bauer Media) |
| Best Speech Breakfast Show | Best Speech Presenter | Best Sports Show |
| Gold: The Wake Up Call (BBC Radio Kent) Silver: Vanessa Feltz (BBC Radio London) Bronze: Breakfast with Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell (Times Radio) | Gold: Emma Barnett – Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4) Silver: Mathilda Mallinson & Helena Wadia (Media Storm podcast) Bronze: Manveen Rana (Stories of our Times podcast) | Gold: Fight of the Century (TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Farewell Bootham Crescent (BBC Radio York) Bronze: Game Day Exclusive (talkSPORT) |
| Best Music Breakfast Show | Best Music Entertainment Show | Best Specialist Music Show |
| Gold: The Dave Berry Breakfast Show (Absolute Radio) Silver: Breakfast with Greg James (BBC Radio 1) Bronze: Bowie at Breakfast (Clyde 1) | Gold: The last Radio 1's Dance Party with Annie Mac (We are Grape for BBC Radio 1) Silver: Garry Spence (Clyde 1) Bronze: The Rock Show (National Prison Radio) | Gold: Decode (Reduced Listening for Spotify) Silver: Folk on Foot podcast (Matthew Bannister) Bronze: 1Xtra's Rap Show with Tiffany Calver (BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1Xtra) |
| The Comedy Award | Best Factual – Single programme | Best Factual – Series |
| Gold: The Skewer (Unusual Productions for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Cold Case Crime Cuts (Unusual Productions) Bronze: Rosie Jones: Box Ticker Too (Dabster Productions for BBC Radio 4) | Gold: The Nazi Next Door (BBC Radio 4) Silver: Lights Out: The Last Taboo (Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: Have You Heard George's Podcast: Mavado & Vybz – George the Poet (BBC Sounds) | Gold: Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera (Novel for Wondery) Silver: I'm Not a Monster (BBC News for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds) Bronze: The Hijack (Goldhawk Productions for Audible) |
| The Grassroots Award | Best Independent Podcast | Best Station Sound |
| Gold: We are VOICES podcast (The VOICES Network and British Red Cross) Silver: IVF Dad podcast (18Sixty) Bronze: Fully Amplified podcast (Futures Theatre and Reduced Listening) | Gold: The Long Time Academy (Scenery Studios, Headspace Studios and The Long Time Project) Silver: Why Do I Feel? (Bite Your Tongue Productions) Bronze: Wild Crimes (Whistledown Productions, for the Natural History Museum) | Gold: BBC Radio 1Xtra (BBC Popular Music Station Sound) Silver: Absolute Radio Country (launch) Bronze: BBC Radio 6 Music (BBC Popular Music Station Sound) |
| Best Commercial Partnership | Best Marketing Campaign | The Impact Award |
| Gold: Puffin Podcast: Mission Imagination (Mags Creative and Puffin Books) Silver: Bedtime Stories (Audio Always and Dreams) Bronze: The Dave Berry Breakfast Show (Absolute Radio and Wickes) | Gold: UEFA Euro 2020 (talkSPORT) Silver 100% Christmas (Magic Radio) Bronze: Make a Difference (BBC Local Radio) | Gold: Woman's Hour: "Trafficked in Plain Sight"(BBC Audio for BBC Radio 4) Silver: BARS with Lady Unchained (Folded Wing for National Prison Radio) Bronze: KISS Life with Swarzy (Playmaker Group for KISS) |
| Best Local Radio Show | John Myers Award for Local Station of the Year | National Station or Network of the Year |
| Gold: Justin Dealey (BBC Three Counties Radio) Silver: Ewen & Cat at Breakfast (Clyde 2 and Greatest Hits Network Scotland) Bronze: Gary Philipson (BBC Radio Tees) | Gold: Clyde 1 Silver: BBC Radio Newcastle Bronze: BBC Radio Ulster | Gold: Hits Radio Silver: BBC Radio 4 Bronze: KISS Network |
| Best Fictional Storytelling | The Creative Innovation Award | Best Coverage of an Event |
| Gold: Little Blue Lines (BBC Audio for BBC Radio 4) Silver: You & Me (Naked Productions for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: The Old Man in the Boat (Message Heard Media for Fun Kids) | Gold: Life Sentence (Mags Creative) Silver: The Battersea Poltergeist (Bafflegab Productions for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: The Unfiltered History Tour (VICE World News) | Gold: Liverpool Together (BBC Radio Merseyside) Silver: What Happened When The World Came To Glasgow? (Hits Radio Scotland) Bronze: UEFA Euro 2020 Final (talkSPORT) |
| Radio Times Moment of The Year |||
| Gold: Adele Roberts returns to radio after bowel cancer treatment (BBC Radio 1) Silver: Mary wins £102,000 (Clyde 1) Bronze: Annie Mac's last show (BBC Radio 1) |||
| The Pioneer Award |||
| Janice Long (awarded posthumously) |||

## ARIAs 2023

The nominees were announced on 30 March 2023. Two award categories were retired; Best Independent Podcast and Best Marketing Campaign, and replaced by four new categories; Best Community Station of the Year, Best Audiobook or Reading and a split of Best New Show into Best New Radio Show and Best New Podcast. In addition, Best Fictional Storytelling which in previous years had included readings became Best Drama. There was also a one-off 2022 Special Award recognising audio coverage following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, bringing the total number of awards to 28. A change of venue was also announced.
On 21 April 2023 it was revealed that Tony Blackburn would be receiving this year's Pioneer Award for his near 60 years in broadcasting and contribution to the popularity of soul music in the UK. Tim Blackmore was announced as guest of honour at this years ceremony in recognition of his contribution to radio and audio over the past six decades.
Presented: 2 May 2023 at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane – Hosts: Rylan Clark with a live voice-over from Fleur East :
| Best New Presenter | Best New Radio Show | Best News Coverage |
| Gold: Zak and Jules (Life After Prison podcast) Silver: Harriet Rose (KISS FM) Bronze: Alyx Holcombe (BBC Introducing Rock on Radio 1) | Gold: Room 5 (BBC Radio 4) Silver: Shaun Keaveny’s Community Garden Radio Bronze: Patrick Kielty (Banana Stand for BBC Radio 5 Live) | Gold: The Smugglers’ Trail (BBC Audio Documentaries Unit for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Stories of Our Times: The British Man Rescuing Ukrainians from Putin’s War (Wireless Studios for The Times) Bronze: Sitrep: Inside Ukraine’s Capital (BFBS – The Forces Station) |
| Best Speech Breakfast Show | Best Speech Presenter | Best Sports Show |
| Gold: 5 Live Breakfast (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Today (BBC Radio 4) Bronze: Good Morning Ulster (BBC Radio Ulster) | Gold: Adrian Durham (talkSPORT) Silver: Dan Snow (History Hit podcast) Bronze: Helena Merriman (BBC Radio 4) | Gold: Moment of Truth (Folding Pocket Productions for BBC Sounds) Silver: The Big Saturday Football Show (Forth 1 & Hits Radio Scotland) Bronze: Fast and Loose (Novel for Wondery) |
| Best Music Breakfast Show | Best Music Entertainment Show | Best Specialist Music Show |
| Gold: 1Xtra Breakfast with Nadia Jae (BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1Xtra) Silver: Big John @ Breakfast (Hallam FM) Bronze: Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James (BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1) | Gold: Craig Charles (Audio Always for BBC Radio 6 Music) Silver: My Life (Mighty Mouth Productions for Fun Kids) Bronze: Throwback Throwdown (We Are Grape for BBC Sounds) | Gold: For the Love of Hip Hop with Romesh Ranganathan (Folded Wing for BBC Radio 2) Silver: Night Tracks (BBC Audio for BBC Radio 3) Bronze: National Prison Radio’s Rock Show (Prison Radio Association) |
| The Comedy Award | Best Factual – Single programme | Best Factual – Series |
| Gold: The Skewer: The Queen (Unusual for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Nature Table (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast, Series 2 (Baby Cow for Audible) | Gold: File on 4: Isobel’s Story (BBC Radio 4) Silver: Justice for The 97 (BBC Radio Merseyside) Bronze: Nightwatch (BBC Scotland Productions for BBC Radio 4) | Gold: In Dark Corners (BBC Scotland Productions for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Who Killed Daphne? (Wondery) Bronze: Assume Nothing: The Last Request (BBC Radio Ulster) |
| The Grassroots Award | Best New Podcast | Best Station Sound |
| Gold: United Against Knife Crime (BBC Radio Merseyside) Silver: Life After Prison podcast (Prison Radio Association) Bronze: Ocean Youth Radio | Gold: Colouring in Britain (BBC Sounds Audio Lab) Silver: Go Love Yourself (Crowd Network) Bronze: Off The Beaten Jack (Jack Boswell) | Gold: BBC Radio 1Xtra (BBC Popular Music Station Sound) Silver: Fix Radio (Devaweb and Fix Radio) Bronze: The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on talkSPORT (Wireless Creative) |
| Best Commercial Partnership | Best Music Special | The Impact Award |
| Gold: Magic Radio Breakfast with On the Beach Silver: Free Flow sponsored by [the Shannon Trust (National Prison Radio) Bronze: The Thursday Team Talk with Macmillan Cancer Support (talkSPORT) | Gold: Deep Hidden Meaning Radio with Nile Rodgers (Apple Music Radio) Silver: A Career in Music with Harmony Samuels (Cast Iron Radio for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: Pass The Mic (Novel for KISS FM) | Gold: You, Me, and the Big C (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: In Dark Corners (BBC Scotland Productions for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: Justice for Joseph (Hits Radio Manchester) |
| Best Local Show | John Myers Award for Local Station of the Year | National Station or Network of the Year |
| Gold: Breakfast with Mylo & Rosie (Pulse 1) Silver: Justin Dealey (BBC Three Counties Radio) Bronze: The Big Saturday Football Show (Forth 1 & Hits Radio Scotland) | Gold: Clyde 1 Silver: BBC Radio Merseyside Bronze: BBC Radio Ulster | Gold: BBC Radio 4 Silver: talkSPORT Bronze: BBC Radio 6 Music |
| Best Drama | The Creative Innovation Award | Best Coverage of an Event |
| Gold: Dear Harry Kane (BBC Audio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) Silver: Algorithms (RooksNest for Audible) Bronze: The Rez (Rezilience and Gen Z Media) | Gold: Mission Transmission (Fun Kids) Silver: Soundworlds: Stories of the Stalked (Ventureland for Audible) Bronze: Murder Mystery (BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1) | Gold: Mental Health Awareness Week (Absolute Radio) Silver: The Discovery of Endurance (Dan Snow’s History Hit podcast) Bronze: The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (talkSPORT) |
| Best Audiobook or Reading | Community Station of the Year | The 2022 Special Award (following the death of Her Majesty The Queen) |
| Gold: A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney (Coronet Books) Silver: This is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan (BBC Audio Books for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 4) Bronze: Voices in the Valley by Andrew Michael Hurley (BBC Audio Books for BBC Radio 4) | Gold: Vectis Radio (The Isle of Wight) Silver: Bro Radio (The Vale of Glamorgan) Bronze: Pride Radio (North East of England) | Gold: Daily news reportage (Jonny Dymond and James Bryant for BBC News) Silver: The Skewer: The Queen (Unusual for BBC Radio 4) Bronze: The Second Elizabethan Age (Tortoise Media) |
| Radio Times Moment of The Year |||
| Gold: Tony Livesey won’t say goodbye to Dame Deborah James (BBC Radio 5 Live) Silver: Fun Kids’ Mission Transmission Bronze: Liz Truss BBC Local Radio interviews |||
| The Pioneer Award |||
| Tony Blackburn for almost 60 years in broadcasting and contribution to the popularity of soul music in the UK |||