Radio gold for LMFM's Gerry and Louise
The Late Lunch LMFM'S early afternoon talk show presented by Gerry Kelly was awarded the top gong for Radio Moment of Year at the virtual awards ceremony earlier this month.
The show previously picked up the prestigious Gold award for Best Magazine Show in 2014.
The successful Radio Moment of the Year entry 'Saved By An Angel' centred around the emotive reunion on air of a lady and her 'angel' who stopped her from taking her own life.
The lady had been seconds from jumping from an M1 motorway overpass when her saviour happened to notice her while driving by and fled back to rescue her just in time.
Having received treatment, the lady thanked her angel for giving her back to her children, partner and family.
"What a fantastic feeling to be acknowledged by IMRO at the National Awards considering the competition and wonderful to be part of a very special radio moment”, said Gerry Kelly.
"It's a privilege to present Late Lunch but this is a win for the team. Myself and my producer Louise Walsh work tirelessly to try and create a diverse and captivating daily show, worthy of our listeners' support. "We also get great support from our colleagues in LMFM, regular contributors to the show and our wonderfully loyal listeners".
It was a night to remember too for Sinead Brassil whose 11 to 1 Show was shortlisted for an award, Sarah McCann who made the final five with her documentary about multi marathon runner Collette O’Hagan and LMFM’s production manager Peter Dunne who picked up a Silver award for his weekend show on Midlands Radio
LMFM's Content Controller Eamonn Doyle said "to get shortlisted in this category is an achievement but to win it, considering we were up against RTÉ, Newstalk and BBC Radio Ulster, just demonstrates how powerful that piece of radio was. To get two people to speak live on-air about such a harrowing, personal experience was an incredible achievement by Gerry and Louise.
“On behalf of everyone in the station I want to say congratulations and well done on producing award-winning work, not just on one particular day, but throughout the year"