If the radio sounds a little hungover this morning, there’s a good reason why.
That’s because the great and the good of Irish radio were in the Radisson Hotel in Galway last night for this year’s edition of the PPI Radio Awards.
700 guests attended and Barry Murphy acted as MC on the night; we can only imagine the celebrations went on long into the night because there were a lot of awards to hand out.
You can see the list in full below.
Congratulations to all the winners on a great achievement.
The 2015 PPI Radio Awards winners
Category A1 General Music Programme
Dermot & Dave – Today FM
Category A2 Specialist Music Programme
American Country Show with Stephen Keogh – kfm
Category A3 Breakfast Programme
The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show – Today FM
Category A4 Music Special/Music Event
ALT – Spin South West
Category A5 New Irish Music/Musical Talent
The Listening Post – Blood Harmonies – 105.2 TXFM
Category B1 News Story
To Catch a Paedophile – The Neil Prendeville Show – Red FM
Category B2 News Bulletin
98FM News – 98FM
Category B3 News Programme
This Week – RTÉ Radio 1
Category B4 Current Affairs Programme
Cork Today – C103
Category B5 Sports Story
Goodbye King Henry – Today FM
Category B6 Sports Programme
Off the Ball – Newstalk 106-108
Category C1 Documentary
Con Carey and the Twelve Apostles – RTÉ Radio 1 Documentary on One
Category C2 Music Documentary
From Dancehall Days to Boogie Nights – RTÉ Radio 1
Category C3 Short Feature
The Four Elements: Water – Futureproof – Newstalk 106-108
Category C4 Magazine Programme
The John Toal Show – BBC Radio Ulster
Category C5 Drama
Left Behind – Shannonside Northern Sound
Category C6 Specialist Speech Programme
Phoenix from the Ashes – The Rise and Restoration of St. Mel’s Cathedral, Longford – Shannonside Northern Sound
Category C7 Craoltóireacht le Gaeilge
Muidne agus na Manannaigh – BBC Radio Ulster
Category C8 Interactive Speech Programme
The Niall Boylan Show – 4FM
Category C9 Comedy Programme
The Blame Game – BBC Radio Ulster
Category D1 Community/ Social Action
Galway Bay FM Radiothon – Making a Difference – Galway Bay FM
Category D2 On-Air Competition
The Drop – Spin 103.8
Category D3 Station Imaging
FM104
Category D4 Entertainment Inserts
Gift Grub – The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show – Today FM
Category D5 Innovation
The Feed – RTÉ Radio 1 Extra
Category E1 Music Presenter of the Year
Dara Quilty – 98FM
Category E2 Radio DJ
Steve K – Spin 103.8
Category E3 Specialist Music Broadcaster of the Year
Stephen McCauley – BBC Radio Foyle
Category E4 News Broadcaster of the Year
Richard Crowley – RTÉ Radio 1
Category E5 News Reporter of the Year
Jordan Moates – Downtown Radio
Category E6 Sports Broadcaster of the Year
Joe Molloy – Newstalk
Category E7 Speech Broadcaster of the Year
Damien O’Reilly – RTÉ Radio 1
Category E8 Newcomer Award
Luke O’Faolain – Beat 102-103
Outstanding Achievement Awards were presented to RTÉ Radio 1 for The Road to the Rising & 98FM for The Naked Breakfast with The Ray Foley Show.
Hall of Fame
Gerry Anderson RIP – BBC Radio Foyle (accepted by Colum Arbuckle)
Pat Balfe – Communicorp
Des Cahill – RTÉ Radio 1
Henry Condon RIP – Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (accepted by Becky Condon)
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