Here’s the long list – and it is long – for those who are on this year’s shortlisted PPI Radio Awards.
The PPI Radio Awards received the highest number ever of entries in their fourteen year history – 635! Awards are made in all areas of radio programming, for radio personalities and for production across all areas of radio including Music, News, Sport, Speech, Entertainment and Comedy!
For the first time, entries were received from all radio stations broadcasting in the Republic of Ireland and from most stations broadcasting in Northern Ireland.
The Gala Awards night takes place at the Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny on Friday October 3rd, sponsored by PPI and BAI when the winners will be announced.
The 81 judges have spent 7 weeks reviewing entries, and now they have spoken…the 2014 short list is as follows:
Category A1 General Music Programme
| Dermot & Dave | 98FM |
| iRadio’s iGo Home | iRadio |
| The Gerry Kelly Show | BBC Radio Ulster |
| The Nicky Byrne Show with Jenny Greene | RTÉ 2FM |
| Tony Fenton Show | Today FM |
| Zoo Crew | Spin South West |
Category A2 Specialist Music Programme
| ALT- SKRATCH – The Community Games | Spin South West |
| An Taobh Tuathail | RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta |
| Fusion on Red – Dance Show | Cork’s New Red FM |
| The Paul McLoone Show | Today FM |
| The Global Village | Radio Kerry |
Category A3 Breakfast Programme
| FM104’s Strawberry Alarm Clok with Nobby and Jim-Jim | FM104 |
| Fully Charged with Ryan and Tracey | Spin 103.8 |
| Morning Glory on Radio Nova | Radio Nova |
| The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show | Today FM |
| The KC Show on Cork’s Red FM | Cork’s New Red FM |
Category A4 Music Special/Music Event
| Celebrating Seamus Heaney | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Music City Day | BBC Radio Ulster |
| Take me to Church: Other Voices | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| The Lyric Concert – The Music of Shaun Davey in Celebration of St. Patrick’s Day | RTÉ lyric fm |
| Transmission: Beastie Boys “Shake your Rump” deconstructed | TXFM 105.2 |
Category A5 New Irish Music/Musical Talent Programme
| Across the Line | BBC Radio Ulster |
| ALT – The Jam | Spin South West |
| Clare’s got talent | clare fm |
| Hear and Now presents the The Producers | Cathal Funge for TXFM 105.2 |
| Nova – New music Dublin 2014 | RTÉ lyric fm |
Category B1 News Story
| Brewing up a Storm – clare fm News | clare fm |
| Darwin – Evolution of a storm Live95FM News | Limerick’s Live 95fm |
| Killarney Explosion – Radio Kerry News | Radio Kerry |
| On the Runs – Radio Ulster Current Affairs | BBC Radio Ulster |
| The trauma of forced adoption – Brian O’Connell for Today with Sean O’Rourke | RTÉ Radio 1 |
Category B2 News Bulletin
| 98fm News | 98FM |
| clare fm News Bulletin | clare fm |
| FM104 News | FM104 |
| Newstalk News | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| The Story | Spin 103.8 |
Category B3 News Programme
| Death of Nelson Mandela -Morning Ireland | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| FYI Galway | Galway Bay FM |
| News at One – Justice in Crisis | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| National Lunchtime News – Today FM News | Today FM |
| Newstalk lunchtime with Jonathan Healy | Newstalk 106-108fm |
Category B4 Current Affairs Programme
| Deise AM | WLR FM |
| Morning Focus | clare fm |
| Newstalk Breakfast | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| Talking Point – Fatal Foetal Abnormality | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| The Nolan Show | BBC Radio Ulster |
Category B5 Sports Story
| Ballymurphy to Bangkok – The MLR Story | KCLR96fm |
| In Search of Sam – Sunday Sport | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| London’s GAA calling | Today FM |
| Mick Cook – The end of the road | LMFM |
| The State of Irish Boxing – Is Paddy going PRO? – Sunday Sport | RTÉ Radio 1 |
Category B6 Sports Programme
| Looking Back | Galway Bay FM |
| Off the Ball | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| Premier League Live | Today FM |
| Sunday Sport | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Terrace Talk | Radio Kerry |
Category C1 Documentary
| Call of the Dark – Michael Harding | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Documentary on Newstalk – Futureproof – Northern Lights | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| Documentary on Newstalk – Zikomo Zambia | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| Far from a Thundering Disgrace – The Paddy Donegan Story | LMFM |
| The Garda who limped | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Turas – Learning Irish in East Belfast | Judy-Meg Ní Chinnéide for Newstalk 106-108fm |
Category C2 Music Documentary
| Fumbling for the light – The Songs of Brendan Graham | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Hear and Now Presents Label of Love | Cathal Funge for TXFM 105.2 |
| Michael Jackson’s Irish Driver | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Pirate Port | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| Whiskey in the Jar – The Eric Bell Story | RTÉ Radio 1 |
Category C3 Short Feature
| Answer This | Radio Kerry |
| The Fine Art of Foley – The Business | Old Yard Productions for RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Henry’s Baby – The Moncrieff Show | Newstalk 106-108FM |
| The Irish Love Affair with Tea – Countrywide | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| On this day – Drivetime with Mary Wilson | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Spotlight on dating | Beat102-103 |
Category C4 Magazine Programme
| Mooney | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Sunday with Miriam | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| The Late Lunch | LMFM |
| The Moncrieff Show | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| The Ray D’Arcy Show | Today FM |
Category C5 Drama
| Broken Promise Land by Mirjana Rendulic – Drama on One | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Cradle | Beat102-103 |
| Lambo by Hugh Travers – Drama on One | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Meat and Blue WKD | Midlands 103 |
| Number 2s | BBC Radio Ulster |
Category C6 Specialist Speech Programme
| Futureproof – Northern Lights Special | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| The History Show | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Two nights in the woods | JJ O’Shea for Radio Kerry |
| Wexford’s Wild Heritage – Great Saltee -Wexford’s treasure island | South East Radio |
| What’s it all about? – Life, Death and Beyond | RTÉ Radio 1 |
Category C7 Craoltóireacht le Gailge
| Beezie Bean an Locha – Ursuline College with Ocean FM | Ocean FM |
| Blas | BBC Radio Ulster |
| Mar Dhea ar WLR FM | WLR FM |
| Pop Raidió | Spin 103.8 |
| Pop Raidió | Spin South West |
| Splanc | Newstalk 106-108fm |
Category C8 Interactive Speech Programme
| Dublin Talks with Adrian and Jeremy | 98FM |
| Liveline – The Brutal Murder of our son Gavin | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Talkback – The Whistleblower | BBC Radio Ulster |
| The Shaun Doherty Show – Donegal Passport lost in South America | Highland Radio |
| The Spin- Just another Junkie? | Spin 103.8 |
Category D1 Community/ Social Action
| Cork’s 96fm Radiothon 2014 | Cork’s 96FM |
| Growing up Trans in Ireland – Drivetime with Mary Wilson | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Shave or Dye 2014 | Today FM |
| Red FM Shandon Appeal – The Neil Prendeville Show | Cork’s New Red FM |
| Morning Mix “Dee Day” Heart Attack awareness campaign | South East Radio |
Category D2 On-Air Competition
| Date my Dad on Radio Nova | Radio Nova |
| Dublin Talks Selfie – Dublin Talks with Adrian and Jeremy | 98FM |
| iPaddy | Spin 103.8 |
| Live 95FM’s Runaway Bride | Limerick’s Live 95FM |
| The Drop | Spin 103.8 |
Category D3 Station Imaging
| 98FM |
| Cork’s New Red FM |
| FM104 |
| Spin 103.8 |
| Spin South West |
Category D4 Entertainment Inserts
| Cooper & Oonagh in the morning : The funny bits | iRadio |
| Dermot &Dave | 98fm |
| FM104’s Strawberry Alarm Clock with Jim-Jim and Nobby | FM104 |
| Gift Grub – The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show | Today FM |
| The Ray Foley Show | 98FM |
Category D5 Innovation
| Cloud Computing and the election tallies | Ocean fm |
| Henry’s baby – The Moncrieff Show | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| RTÉ’s Big music week train | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Science week on Beat | Beat102-103 |
| The Drop | Spin 103.8 |
Category E1 Music Presenter of the Year
| Ray Foley | 98FM |
| Joe Harrington | Dublin’s Sunshine |
| Jim-Jim Nugent | FM104 |
| Dave Moore | 98FM |
| Dermot Whelan | 98FM |
Category E2 Radio DJ
| Louise Duffy | Today FM |
| Tony Fenton | Today FM |
| Martin Guilfoyle | Beat 102-103 |
| Steve K | Spin 103.8 |
| Darren Regan | Spin South West |
Category E3 Specialist Music Broadcaster of the Year
| Darren Rice | Beat 102-103 |
| Donald Helme | RTÉ lyric fm |
| JJ O’Shea | Radio Kerry |
| Ralph McLean | BBC Radio Ulster |
| Sandy Harsch | RTÉ Radio 1 |
Category E4 News Broadcaster of the Year
| Chris Donoghue | Newstalk 106-108FM |
| Jonathan Healy | Newstalk 106-108FM |
| Enda McClafferty | BBC Radio Foyle |
| Seamus McKee | BBC Radio Ulster |
| Colm Ó Mongáin | RTÉ Radio 1 |
Category E5 News Reporter of the Year
| Philip Boucher-Hayes | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Eric Clarke | Limerick’s Live 95FM |
| Justin McCarthy | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Shona Murray | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| Brian O’Connell | RTÉ Radio 1 |
Category E6 Sports Broadcaster of the Year
| Weeshie Fogarty | Radio Kerry |
| Ger Gilroy | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| Oisin Langan | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| Joe Molloy | Newstalk 106-108fm |
| Syl O’Connor | clare fm |
Category E7 Speech Broadcaster of the Year
| John Cooke | clare fm |
| Matt Cooper | Today FM |
| Alan Corcoran | South East Radio |
| Ray D’ Arcy | Today FM |
| Stephen Nolan | BBC Radio Ulster |
Category E8 Newcomer Award
| Nicky Byrne | RTÉ 2FM |
| Lorcan Clancy | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Peter Dunne | LMFM |
| Marcus Hunter-Neill | BBC Radio Ulster |
| Cormac Moore | iRadio |
Station of the Year Award winners are announced on the night for:
Local Station of the Year.
Music Station of the Year
Full Service Station of the Year
Good luck everyone!