Brand, O'Leary win first Sony awards

Russell Brand and Dermot O'Leary both picked up their first ever Sony Radio Academy Awards last night.

The pair - both on BBC Radio 2 - won the entertainment award and music programme award respectively.

BBC Radio 4 was named UK station of the year while BBC Radio 1's Chris Moyles beat Johnny Vaughan of Capital 95.8 to the breakfast show title.

The Sonys were presented at a ceremony at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.

Digital-only station Planet Rock, which is under threat of closure, won the award for digital station of the year. Fish, a host on the station, came second in the music broadcaster category, while it also took the multiplatform radio award.

BBC 6 Music DJ George Lamb was voted winner of the Sony DAB rising star award, ahead of BBC Radio 1's Kelly Osbourne.

Jenny Abramsky, the BBC's outgoing director of audio and music, was given a special award in recognition of her 40 years in the industry. Judges said she had "stamped her very distinctive imprint on our industry... she’s been a mighty champion".