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Record entries for Gillard Awards as ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Local Radio turns 40
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More than half of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Local Radio stations are competing to be the Frank Gillard Awards' Station Of The Year, the year ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Local Radio marks its 40th birthday.
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A record 21 stations have entered the Station Of The Year category, won last year by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Manchester.
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And there's a David and Goliath feel about this year's contest with Manchester defending the title and both ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Guernsey and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ London – serving around 20,000 and almost 550,000 listeners respectively – in search of this most coveted award.
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There are the usual big fields for best Breakfast Programme – 26 entries – and Programme Presenter – 27 entries – and a doubling of entries for the Outstanding Contribution To ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Local Radio awards, which in this anniversary year covers outstanding contributions in any of the four decades of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Local Radio's existence.
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Nominations will be announced on 9 October 2007, with the Frank Gillard Awards presented to the winners by well–known alumni of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Local Radio – Kate Adie, Michael Buerk, Jane Garvey, Simon Mayo, Garry Richardson, Sophie Raworth, Sonia Deol and Mary Rhodes – at an awards ceremony hosted by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Director-General Mark Thompson in Birmingham Town Hall on 24 November.
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