RADIO Cavell 1350AM Gold Award Winners AT NATIONAL Hospital Radio Awards 2006
Radio Cavell 1350AM, Oldham’s hospital radio
service, has again won ‘Gold’ in the National
Hospital Radio Awards. “A bit like the
‘Oscars’ for radio stations,” was how
Phil Edmonds, Broadcast Manager and the man who compiled and edited
Cavell’s entry described the glitzy award ceremony at the
Hilton Hotel, Blackpool. “We have always believed that just
because people are in hospital it doesn’t mean they lose
interest in the outside world. The NHS has always been a
‘political’ topic; perhaps being in hospital makes
patients more interested?”
Cavell’s gold winning entry was in “The Best
Special Event Broadcast” category and featured their
“General Election Results Programme” from 2005,
broadcast live from the Studios at The Royal Oldham Hospital and the
count at The Queen Elizabeth Hall.
One of the presenters of the programme, David McGealy, said he was
“thrilled” that the programme was so highly
regarded “most people tend to think that politics is a bit
boring, but nothing could be further from the truth. The excitement and
tension on the night at the ‘count’ has to be
experienced to be believed, and of course the result of any election,
especially a General Election, has serious consequences for all
people.”
The programme featured the excitement of that night in May 2005 from
after the polls closed, the return of the ballot boxes to the Queen
Elizabeth Hall, the count, with comments from candidates and officers
involved in the election process, the declaration of local results and
‘victory’ speeches from Phil Woolas and Michael
Meacher. All this while keeping patients informed of the national
situation and ‘key’ results.
Last year’s Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Abdul Jabbar, who was
returning officer for one of the constituencies, expressed his delight
in being able to close his year as Mayor with the honour of being
‘Returning Officer’ for such an important event.
The judges of the National Hospital Radio Awards were full of praise
for Radio Cavell’s entry praising it for its
“quality and content”.
Best Sports Output – Sponsored by BBC Radio Five Live - SILVER AWARD
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Some of
the Latics Live team are presented with the award on
the Boundary Park pitch at half time from Oldham Athletic
Marketing Director Sean Jarvis.
From left: Tom Hill, Nigel Hobson, Kent Wells, Sean Jarvis, Phil Edmonds and Dave McGealy. |
Radio Cavell also submitted an entry for Best Sports Programme where we where we recived a Silver award.
This entry took the form of short audio highlights from our latics live programme. A compilation of both studio sports output along with material broadcast from sporting events ie football or rugby commentaries.
The judges where looking for the presenter's knowledge of sport and also the diversity of the sports coverage of the station.
Best Specialised Music - Sponsored by PPL - COMMENDED
We entered highlights from our Keyview programme in this category. The cirteria for this entry was to show the judges the presenter's knowledge of the music in question and should also include any content applicable to the programme.
You can listen to the entries on-line by clicking on the links below:
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You can listen to previous years entries on our awards page
More information about the awards can be found on the HBA Website