Audio and Radio Industry Awards

Audio and Radio Industry Awards
(The ARIAs)
Awarded forExcellence in radio / audio presenting and production
Date2 May 2023
LocationTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byThe Radio Academy
Hosted byRylan Clark
Formerly calledThe Sony Radio Awards
The Radio Academy Awards
First awarded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Websitewww.radioacademy.org
RelatedThe Radio Academy Awards
The Young Audio Awards

The Audio and Radio Industry Awards (ARIAS, ARIAs, or UK ARIAs) are annual awards awarded for excellence in UK radio and audio presenting and production.[1][2] Established in 2016 by the Radio Academy, they succeeded the Radio Academy Awards, the academy's honours system of 1983 to 2014 (there were no awards for 2015).[1][2] They are awarded for productions in the previous calendar year. In contrast to many other media award ceremonies, three winners are selected by judging panels[3] for each category and graded Gold, Silver or Bronze.

In May 2019 the Young ARIAs were inaugurated at the BBC Radio Theatre in London in a ceremony hosted by BBC Radio 1's Matt Edmondson and Kiss FM host Daisy Maskell.[4] The very next year they were rebranded as the Young Audio Awards.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "My Dad Wrote A Porno podcast up for Radio Academy ARIAS award". East London and West Essex Guardian. 19 September 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b "ARIAS: Audio & Radio Industry Awards". LeedsBeckett.ac.uk. 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. ^ Riley, Phil (16 January 2020). "RadioRiley: How we judge the ARIAs". RadioRiley. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Winners announced for the first ever Young ARIAS". RadioToday. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Young ARIAs to become Young Audio Awards in 2020". RadioToday. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Young Audio Awards | The radio & audio awards for 8-18 year olds". Young Audio Awards. Retrieved 5 April 2022.