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Comedian Brand wins radio prize Ross and Brand win at Sony Awards
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Wild-haired comic Russell Brand has won a Gold award for his BBC Radio 2 show at this year's Sony awards. Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand have won Sony Awards for their BBC Radio 2 programmes at a ceremony which saw BBC Radio 4 named UK station of the year.
Radio 1's Chris Moyles took home the prize for Best Breakfast Show, beating Johnny Vaughan from Capital 95.8. Ross was judged the top personality on UK music radio while Brand had the best entertainment show.
Simon Mayo, Jonathan Ross and Dermot O'Leary also won awards, while Radio 4 was named UK station of the year. BBC Radio 1's Chris Moyles collected the prize for best breakfast show, while Simon Mayo of BBC Radio 5 Live was speech broadcaster of the year.
Jenny Abramsky, who is stepping down as director of audio and music at the BBC to chair the Heritage Lottery Fund, won the Special Award. There was a special award for Sounds of the Sixties host Brian Matthews.
The Sony Radio Academy Awards were held in London and hosted by broadcaster Paul Gambaccini. The Radio 2 DJ was recognised for "an impressive record of more than 50 years of national and international radio broadcasting".
And another lifetime achievement prize went to Jenny Abramsky, who is stepping down as director of audio and music at the BBC to chair the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Brand was not at the ceremony to collect his award
Planet Rock, which is threatened with closure unless a buyer can be found for it by the end of this month, was named the digital station of the year.
Three broadcasters gained awards as the commercial stations of the year.
Silk FM in Macclesfield took the prize for those with a potential audience of fewer than 300,000; GWR Bristol won for the 300,000 to 1 million range; and Manchester's Key 103 was judged the best "big" station.
The ceremony was held in London and hosted by broadcaster Paul Gambaccini.
Gold, silver and bronze awards were given out in 31 categories.Gold, silver and bronze awards were given out in 31 categories.
'Pay rise''Pay rise'
Brand won the Entertainment Award for his late-night Saturday show, but was not at the ceremony to collect it. Brand was not at the ceremony to collect the prize for his late-night Saturday show but Moyles was presented with his trophy by his parents, Vera and Chris.
Moyles was presented with his prize by his parents, Vera and Chris, who said: "Eight million listeners know he deserves it." "Eight million listeners know he deserves it," they said - but despite winning, the DJ himself dismissed the awards as "rubbish" and "boring".
Despite winning, the DJ dismissed the Sony awards as "rubbish" and "boring". Accepting his prize, he said: "I should get a pay rise. Before all of us got together the Radio 1 breakfast show... oh, it was dreadful."
Accepting his prize, he said: "Radio 1 won nothing until now. I should get a pay rise.Millions tune in to controversial DJ Chris Moyles in the mornings Ross joked he had "arrived at last" thanks to his victory.
"Before all of us got together the Radio 1 breakfast show... oh, it was dreadful." "It's the vindication I've been seeking," he added, thanking the "unsung heroes" who kept the show running.
Jonathan Ross won the music radio personality award for his Radio 2 show, while his colleague at the station Dermot O'Leary took the music programme title. Dermot O'Leary's show for BBC Radio 2 was named best music programme
On stage, Ross joked: "I've arrived at last. It's the vindication I've been seeking." Mayo beat Today programme presenter John Humphrys to be speech broadcaster of the year and said he was "genuinely stunned".
He thanked the "unsung heroes" like the lift engineers "who keep it running because we can't get to the sixth floor anymore". He paid tribute to Humphrys and his Today co-host James Naughtie, describing them as "the Ant and Dec of breakfast radio".
Simon Mayo on Radio 5 Live beat Today programme presenter John Humphrys to the Speech Broadcaster of the Year title. Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer said he had been "privileged" to listen to his network, named station of the year, "for 35 years".
Mayo said he was "genuinely stunned" and paid tribute to Humphrys and his Today co-host James Naughtie, describing them as "the Ant and Dec of breakfast radio". "I began as a listener and was seduced away from Tony Blackburn to the delights of Nicholas Parsons and Humphrey Littleton.
Rising star "I was privileged when I was associated with BBC News to be linked to Radio 4's finest news programmes and I'm extremely lucky and privileged now."
The BBC World Service won four awards, including news journalist of the year for Owen Bennett-Jones and best news and current affairs programme for Newshour. Ms Abramsky announced last month she was leaving the BBC after almost 40 years in radio and said her career had been "astonishing fun because I just think radio is truly special".
Commercial radio won four of the station awards. Among them was Planet Rock which was named digital station of the year, despite facing closure at the end of the month if it cannot find a buyer.Abramsky has edited Radio 4's key news programme
Brian Matthew won The Gold Award for "an impressive record of more than 50 years of national and international radio broadcasting".
Accepting her award, Ms Abramsky said: "It's been astonishing fun because I just think radio is truly special.
"It is the most personal medium, it is the most democratic medium. I think it's the most ambitious and the most creative, and that's because of what all of you do in this room.""It is the most personal medium, it is the most democratic medium. I think it's the most ambitious and the most creative, and that's because of what all of you do in this room."
Ms Abramsky announced in April that she was leaving the BBC after almost 40 years in radio. BBC World Service won four awards, including news journalist of the year for Owen Bennett-Jones and best news and current affairs programme for Newshour.
New London mayor Boris Johnson, singer Will Young and politician Tony Benn were among those who presented the awards.