Audio and Radio Industry 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. 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). 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 for each category and graded Gold, Silver or Bronze.
| Audio and Radio Industry Awards | |
|---|---|
| (The ARIAs) | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in radio / audio presenting and production |
| Date | 2 May 2023 |
| Location | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | The Radio Academy |
| Hosted by | Rylan Clark |
| Formerly called | The Sony Radio Awards The Radio Academy Awards |
| First awarded | 2016 |
| Website | www |
| Related | The Radio Academy Awards The Young Audio Awards |
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. The very next year they were rebranded as the Young Audio Awards.