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	BEAT 102-103 STRIKES GOLD AT THE NATIONAL RADIO AWARDS	58 dagen geleden
	Beat 102-103 was among the winners of the PPI National Radio Awards 2009 which were announced at a gala ceremony in The Lyrath Hotel, Kilkenny on Friday night where the red carpet was rolled out to welcome the cream of Irish radio. PPI Awards salute the best writers, broadcasters, producers, reporters, presenters and technicians in radio. Now in its ninth year PPI (Phonographic Performance Ireland) Radio Awards is considered the Oscars of the radio industry calendar and celebrates the art and skill of radio production and programming. Voted Best Station Promotion of the year, Beat 102-103’s social experiment Two Strangers and a Wedding fought off stiff competition to achieve the top spot with Bronze going to Dublin station Spin 1038 and Silver won by North West regional station i102-104. Dick Doyle Chief Executive of PPI “We are delighted to announce this year’s winners of the 9th annual PPI Radio Awards and would like to congratulate all the winners and entrants for their outstanding contribution in informing, educating and entertaining listeners throughout Ireland.” Beat’s Two Strangers and a Wedding was broadcast between February and April of this year and attracted unprecedented national media attention. Beat Breakfast presenter Niall Power who successfully orchestrated the event on air with the help of his co-hosts Mary O’Neill and Vincent Bradley, explains the premise of the social experiment. He says ‘we basically wanted to answer that age old question: is love really blind? so we went in search of two people in the South East who were willing to take a chance for love! The reaction was phenomenal. We were really surprised by the level of entries and the final couple basically did not get to see each other until they met at the Altar!’ Power adds ‘we got a result and in this case love wasn’t blind but the couple and everyone at Beat 102-103 really enjoyed the whole experience’ which the Waterford native says dominated the station’s broadcast output for three months. Beat 102-103 also secured bronze in the Music Station of the Year Category with Dublin’s FM104 taking gold. CEO and Programme Controller at Beat 102-103, Gabrielle Cummins says she’s delighted with the station’s award success. She points out that ‘compared to a station like FM104 which has had years of experience, we’re considered relative ‘newbies’ in the radio world so to be voted in the top three music stations in Ireland is a tremendous achievement. I really want to thank every single person at Beat, from our Shareholders Thomas Crosbie Holdings and Des Whelan to the 18 talented staff currently employed at the station’. The Beat Boss goes on to say ‘in these difficult financial times, it’s nice to have something positive to shout about; the two awards have given all the team a well deserved boost’. Commenting on the station’s gold award, Gabrielle Cummins adds ‘as a music station targeting 15-34 year olds, we are always striving to do things differently because our target market demands that of us. 2 Strangers and a wedding was hugely controversial but the feedback from our audience was largely positive and that’s the most important factor. We always want to create exciting radio for our loyal listeners and we will continue to do that, in fact we’re starting another exciting social experiment on Beat Breakfast this week!’ To find out more, tune into Beat 102-103 or visit the website www.beat102103.com. Beat 102-103 was launched in 2003 as Ireland’s first regional radio station. In the last six years, the station has steadily grown in popularity. Broadcasting to Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and South Tipperary, the market leading radio station currently has 78,000 adults listening daily and 127,000 tuning in each week.
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