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| Evans in double radio awards win | Evans in double radio awards win |
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| BBC 2 Radio DJ Chris Evans picked up two prizes at the Sony Radio Academy Awards on Monday night. | BBC 2 Radio DJ Chris Evans picked up two prizes at the Sony Radio Academy Awards on Monday night. |
| Evans was given both the Music Radio Personality of the Year Award and the Entertainment Award by a panel of more than 100 industry professionals. | Evans was given both the Music Radio Personality of the Year Award and the Entertainment Award by a panel of more than 100 industry professionals. |
| The night also saw Chris Moyles lose his Breakfast Show Award, which he won last year, to 5 Live Breakfast. | The night also saw Chris Moyles lose his Breakfast Show Award, which he won last year, to 5 Live Breakfast. |
| Electric Radio Brixton: Daily Show won the Listener Participation prize and the Community Award for A Sound Fix. | Electric Radio Brixton: Daily Show won the Listener Participation prize and the Community Award for A Sound Fix. |
| The station, set up in 2007 by the Prison Radio Association charity, broadcasts around the clock from Brixton Prison in south London, with inmates among the producers, interviewers and DJs. | |
| 'Totally, utterly, thrilled' | |
| For the Music Radio Personality of the Year prize, Evans, who also hosted the ceremony, beat Lauren Laverne, Scott Mills and Zane Lowe. | For the Music Radio Personality of the Year prize, Evans, who also hosted the ceremony, beat Lauren Laverne, Scott Mills and Zane Lowe. |
| As Sharlene Spiteri, from the pop group Texas, presented the Entertainment Award to Evans, she said: "I met this guy in 1989 and I have known him many years. He has never waned in his love for broadcasting." | |
| Vanessa Feltz was named the Speech Radio Personality of the Year, beating Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live and Talksport's Ian Wright, among others. | Vanessa Feltz was named the Speech Radio Personality of the Year, beating Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live and Talksport's Ian Wright, among others. |
| As she accepted her award Feltz said: "I'm absolutely, totally, utterly, thrilled... radio is such a laugh, isn't it?" | |
| For the first time, BBC Radio 3 was named the UK Station of the Year, winning over BBC Radio 1 and Classic FM. |