RADIO City programme controller Euan McMorrow was named Station Programmer of the year at the prestigious Sony Radio awards in London last night.
The former DJ took the award on a night when endangered digital station BBC 6 Music won two gongs, including former Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker’s Rising Star Award for his Sunday afternoon show.
U2 singer Bono was the unlikely recipient of a broadcasting award when his programme Elvis By Bono – in which he read his ode to the king of rock ’n’ roll – was named Best Music Special.
It was one of many awards for Radio 4 at the event, which recognises broadcasting excellence and draws key players from the world of radio.
Another Radio 4 programme, Crossing Continents: Chechnya, won Best News Special.
And the station’s Archive On 4: Working for Margaret – in which former staff and ministers revealed what it was like to work for ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher – won Best Feature.
The award for Best News and Current Affairs Programme went to the BBC World Service’s Newshour.
