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[29/03/08]
Weston Super Mare's Sunshine Hospital Radio station
has won the
2008 Outstanding Contribution Award at the
H.B.A. National Awards.
The glitzy ceremony, organised by the Hospital
Broadcasting Association, is
seen as the hospital radio equivalent to the BAFTA's and invites
entries from it's 5000 members.
Sunshine Hospital
Radio were entered for the brand new award with their profile raising
'Taking Over The World' campaign which resulted
in photographs coming in from
all around the globe. Celebrity support was also received from the
likes of chart topping producer Mark Ronson, F1 World Champion Nigel
Mansell and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock.
The ceremony
took place at the prestigious Queen's Hotel in Leeds and welcomed
special guests including ‘This Morning’ Doctor Chris
Steele and Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley,
CBE, MP. They were joined by a host of presenters and producers
from both the BBC and commercial radio.
Sunshine Radio
fought off close competition from Newcastle based, Radio Tyneside.
Marcus Tripp, P.R. Officer for Sunshine Radio said, "We were
absolutely thrilled be announced as the winners of this prestigious
new award. To have been considered alongside such a well respected
station as
Radio Tyneside is amazing enough, but to go one step further and
win shows that the dedicated team at Sunshine Radio are working
in the right direction."
Pictured
right: The H.B.A. Award Cermony held in Leeds. Terry Wogan, Patron
of the HBA, on screen giving a video message to the guests.
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