Tuesday, 31st August 2021: The IMRO Radio Awards today announced their shortlist for 2021 after receiving 703 entries, the largest number of entries in over five years.
The IMRO Radio Awards celebrate the best in Irish radio broadcasting and recognise those who have made contributions over the year.
With 190 award entries shortlisted, Bauer Media Ireland are proud to have received a total of 59 award nominations across their portfolio of stations: Newstalk, Today FM, SPIN and 98FM.
Award nominations received by Bauer Media Ireland span across all categories, including Music, News, Current Affairs, Sport, Entertainment and speech.
Simon Myciunka, Group CEO of Bauer Media Audio Ireland said “I am delighted to see our stations feature so frequently in the shortlist for the 2021 IMRO Radio Awards. It is testament to the top class programming produced by our hard working and creative teams. We look forward to celebrating any success at the awards on October 1st and I’d like to wish all of the nominees the best of luck.“
Chair of the IMRO Radio Awards committee and Group Operations Director at Bauer Media Ireland, Chris Doyle said “I’m delighted that with the support of our title sponsor IMRO we have been able to host the awards again in 2021. The amazing number of entries shows how important the IMRO Radio Awards are to the industry. With uncertainty around physical events, the awards will be virtual again this year, but it promises to be an excellent show as always.”
Bauer Media Ireland – Full Shortlist Nominations:
A1 General Music Programme
98FM’s ‘The Fix’ with Ciaran O’Connor
Today FM – Dermot & Dave
Today FM – Fergal D’Arcy
SPIN 1038 – The Zoo Crew with Jaz & Laura
A2 Specialist Music Programme
SPIN 1038 – Indie Disco with Clowd
Newstalk – The Tom Dunne Show
A3 Breakfast Programme
98FM – Big Breakfast with Rebecca and Brendan
SPIN 1038 – Fully Charged with Graham and Nathan
Today FM – The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show
A5 Irish Music Programme or Initiative
SPIN South West – SPIN ALT with Ray Wingnut
B1 News Story/News Event
Newstalk – Abandoned – Ireland’s Eating Disorder Sufferers
Newstalk – Section 252 – An Unspeakable Pain
B4 Current Affairs Programme – Full Service
Newstalk – Newstalk Breakfast
Newstalk – On the Record
Newstalk – The Hard Shoulder
Newstalk – The Pat Kenny Show
B6 Sports Story
Newstalk – Giles at 80 – A Celebration
Newstalk – The Gordon Elliott Scandal
98FM – The Split Season
B7 Sports Programme – Full Service
Newstalk – Off The Ball
Today FM – Pumped Up Kicks – Celebrating the life of Jack Charlton
C2 Music, Arts and Culture Documentary
Newstalk – Evil Literature and Censorship by Regan Hutchins
C3 Short Feature
Newstalk – Henrys’ Scamdemic
C4 Magazine Programme
Newstalk – Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna
Newstalk – Moncrieff
C5 Drama
98FM – Aladdin Panto
Newstalk – Belong by Daithí McMahon and Fred O’Connor
Newstalk – The Fabulous Doctor Singer
C6 Specialist Speech Programme
SPIN South West – SPIN Ar Scoil
C7 Craoltoireacht le Geailge
SPIN 1038 – Pop Raidió
Newstalk – Splanc
D1 Community/Social Action
98FM – Brian Maher’s 24-Hour Runathon
Newstalk – Moyross – The Forgotten Part of Limerick
D2 On Air Competition/Promotion
SPIN 1038 – Gotta Get It Wrong with Graham and Nathan
SPIN 1038 – SPIN’s €5k Phone Call
SPIN 1038 & SPIN South West – Beat The Bomb
Today FM – Waffle – The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show
D3 Station Imaging
98FM
SPIN1038
Today FM
D4 Entertainment Inserts
Today FM – Dermot and Dave
SPIN 1038 – Full Charged with Nathan and Graham
Today FM – Gift Grub – The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show
D5 Digital and Social Innovation
SPIN 1038 – Speak Up On Racism
D6 Podcast of the Year
Newstalk – Show me the Science
E1 Music and Entertainment Presenter of the Year
Today FM – Dermot Whelan
98FM – Rachael Ryan
E2 Radio DJ of the Year
98FM – Barry Dunne
SPIN 1038 – Marty Guilfoyle
E3 Specialist Music Broadcaster of the Year
Today FM – Claire Beck
E4 News Broadcaster of the Year
Today FM – Niall Colbert
E6 Sports Broadcaster – Full Service
Newstalk – Eoin Sheahan
Newstalk – Joe Molloy
Newstalk – Nathan Murphy
E8 Speech Broadcaster – Full Service
Newstalk – Ciara Kelly
Today FM – Matt Cooper
Newstalk – Pat Kenny
E10 The Gay Byrne Award -Newcomer of the Year
Newstalk – Sarah Madden
F1 Radio Moment of the Year
Newstalk – Lynsey Bennett on The Hard Shoulder
ENDS
For more information about the IMRO Radio Awards or to see the full list of nominations in Ireland go HERE