Elis James & John Robins' Radio 5 show and Chris and Rosie Ramsey's podcast are among those nominated for The Radio Academy Awards, known as the Arias. They are both up for Funniest Show alongside James Veitch, Kurupt FM, ReincarNathan and the Dave Berry Breakfast Show.

Comedian Jacob Hawley is nominated for Best New Presenter for his BBC Sounds show Jacob Hawley on Drugs.

Frank Skinner and Iain Lee are nominated for Best Speech Presenter. 

The results will be announced on Wednesday, 4th March.

Full nominations below.

Best New Presenter, supported by Big Red Talent

• Anushka Asthana, on Today in Focus, by The Guardian
• Jacob Hawley, on Jacob Hawley: On Drugs, BBC Sounds
• Kenny Allstar, on BBC Radio 1Xtra, by Somethin’ Else
• Raj & Pilar, on BBC Radio 1’s The Reality Tea, by Fresh Air Productions
• Simon Jordan, on talkSPORT
• Tyler West, on Kiss FM

Best New Show

• Politix & Chill, BBC Sussex
• Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James, BBC Radio 1
• The Hang with Gregory Porter, Cup and Nuzzle
• The Next Episode, BBC Sounds
• Through the Decades, Absolute Radio
• Today in Focus, The Guardian

Best News Coverage, supported by sip.audio

• Anatomy of a Stabbing, PM on BBC Radio 4
• Cops on the Front Line, BBC Radio Manchester
• Myles Bonnar – A-Game Exposé, BBC The Social and BBC News Scotland
• The JACK News Team, Jackfm Oxfordshire
• Today in Focus, The Guardian
• Valley of Tears, Q Radio

Best Speech Breakfast Show, supported by Broadcast Bionics

• 5 Live Breakfast, BBC Radio 5 live
• Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, talkSPORT
• Annabel Amos at Breakfast, BBC Radio Northampton
• Good Morning Ulster, BBC Radio Ulster
• Julia Hartley-Brewer Breakfast Show, talkRADIO
• Toby Foster at Breakfast, BBC Radio Sheffield

Best Speech Presenter

• Emma Barnett, on BBC Radio 5 live
• Frank Skinner, on Absolute Radio
• Iain Lee, on talkRADIO
• Mark Patterson, on BBC Radio Foyle
• Matthew Wright, on talkRADIO
• Mike Sweeney, on BBC Radio Manchester

Best Sports Show

• Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, talkSPORT
• Drive with Adrian Durham and Darren Gough, talkSPORT
• Super G: How Geraint won the Yellow Jersey, BBC Radio Wales
• Tailenders, TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 live
• That Peter Crouch Podcast, BBC Radio 5 live
• The Jim White Show, talkSPORT

Best Coverage of an Event

• Bloody Sunday: The Decisions Live, BBC Radio Foyle
• Cricket World Cup Final, BBC Radio 5 live
• England Cricket Winter Tours, talkSPORT
• Great North Run, Metro Radio
• Mental Health Awareness Week, Absolute Radio
• The Duke, The Duchess and the Royal Dolls, BBC Sussex

Funniest Show

• Elis James and John Robins, Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 live
• James Veitch’s Contractual Obligation, BBC Radio 4
• Kurupt FM, Audible UK
• ReincarNathan, Talkback for BBC Radio 4
• Shagged Married Annoyed, Avalon Television Ltd
• The Dave Berry Breakfast Show, Absolute Radio

Best Music Breakfast Show

• Big John @ Breakfast, Hallam FM
• KISS Breakfast with Tom & Daisy, Kiss FM
• Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James, BBC Radio 1
• The 1Xtra Breakfast Show with Dotty, BBC Radio 1Xtra
• The Dave Berry Breakfast Show, Absolute Radio
• The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, BBC Radio 2

Best Music Presenter, supported by PPL and PRS for Music

• Abbie McCarthy, on BBC Radio Kent / Radio 1 / 6 Music
• Kate Molleson, on BBC Radio 3
• Mistajam, on BBC Radio 1Xtra
• Olivia Jones, on Total Access
• Edith Bowman, on Soundtracking a podcast by Ebow Productions
• Nigel Williams, on Jazz FM

Best Specialist Music Show

• Absolute Radio Stories, Absolute Radio
• Bobby Friction, BBC Asian Network
• Gilles Peterson, Somethin Else for BBC Radio 6 Music
• Soundtracking with Edith Bowman, a podcast by Ebow Productions
• The Ty Bentli Show, Country Hits Radio
• This Classical Life, BBC Radio 3

Best Factual – Single Programme

• A Sense of Quietness, Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4
• Being Gerry Adams, Juniper for BBC Radio 4
• Kane Walker: Life and Death On The Streets, BBC WM
• Little Volcanoes, White Stiletto Productions for BBC Radio 4
• The Gig That Changed The World, Absolute Radio
• The Listening Room, Prison Radio Association

Best Factual – Series

• Absolute Radio Stories, Absolute Radio
• Blood Territory, 7 Digital
• Breakdown, BBC Radio Ulster
• Ladder to Nowhere, Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4
• Surrogacy: A Family Frontier, BBC Radio 5 live
• The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17, by Novel

Best Independent Podcast, supported by Audible

• Conflicted, Message Heard
• Folk on Foot
• My Dad Wrote A Porno, Medium Maze
• Passenger List, Goldhawk Productions / Radiotopia
• The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17, by Novel
• The Secret Life of Prisoners, Prison Radio Association

Best Fictional Storytelling

• Alien III, Audible
• A View From A Hill, Bafflegab Productions for Audible UK
• First Do No Harm, BBC Radio 4
• Forest 404, BBC Radio 4
• Macbeth, Almost Tangible
• ReincarNathan, Talkback for BBC Radio 4

Best Station Sound, supported by Raft Music

• Kiss FM
• Project Baxter on 6 Music, BBC Popular Music Station Sound
• Radio 1 Station Sound, BBC Popular Music Station Sound
• Radio 2 Station Sound, BBC Popular Music Station Sound
• Scala Radio Launch Package
• The Absolute Radio Network

Best Commercial Promotion

• Absolute Radio Queen
• Samaritans, talkSPORT
• The Dave Berry Breakfast Show with Wickes, Absolute Radio
• The Hometime Fish And Chip Tour 2019 with Maldon Salt, Absolute Radio
• Unfold Japan: Asahi Super Dry Beer, Worldwide FM
• Women of Steel, The Wave and Swansea Sound

Best Marketing Campaign

• Absolute Radio 10, Absolute Radio
• Boyzone Tour, Magic Radio
• England’s Winter Tours of Sri Lanka and the West Indies, talkSPORT
• New Voices, BBC Local Radio
• Our biggest ever Cake and a Cuppa, BBC Radio York
• Radio 1 Breakfast #MakeThisGreg, BBC Radio 1

Best Community Programming, supported by Sharpstream

• Chris Evans with Reverend Ruth Scott, Virgin
• National Prison Radio, Prison Radio Association
• Samaritans, talkSPORT
• The Sista Collective, BBC Radio 5 live
• The Stephen Nolan Show, BBC Radio Ulster
• You, Me & The Big C, BBC Radio 5 live

Best Local Radio Show

• Allison Ferns, BBC Surrey & BBC Sussex
• Boogie in the Morning, Forth 1
• Justin Dealey, BBC Three Counties Radio
• Pulse 1 Breakfast with Mylo & Rosie, Pulse 1
• Stephen Nolan, BBC Radio Ulster
• Trev and Rich JACK’s Morning Glory, JACK FM Oxfordshire

The John Myers Award for Local Station of the Year, supported by Aim

• BBC Hereford & Worcester
• BBC Radio Sheffield
• BBC Radio Ulster
• Metro Radio
• Stray FM
• Wycombe Sound 106.6fm

National Station or Network, supported by Arqiva

• BBC Radio 1Xtra
• BBC Radio 2
• BBC Radio 2 Beatles
• Planet Rock
• The Absolute Radio Network
• Union JACK Radio

Radio Times Moment of The Year

(To be decided by a public vote running on www.radiotimes.com which opens on Tuesday 21st January)

• Boris Johnson: “I paint buses”, talkRADIO
• Chris Evans returns to Virgin, Virgin Radio
• England Win the Cricket World Cup, BBC Test Match Special
• Father Joe Gormley on Lyra McKee’s Death, BBC Radio Foyle
• Live from the helicopter crash site, BBC Radio Leicester
• Matthew Sweet interviews Naomi Wolf, BBC Radio 3
• Mental Health Minute 2019 by Radiocentre and TBI Media, across UK Radio
• Overdosing man calls Iain Lee, talkRADIO
• Rory Stewart makes up a stat on Emma Barnett, BBC Radio 5 live
• Zoe Ball takes over at breakfast, BBC Radio 2