SONY AWARDS: Sony Radio Academy Awards 1983-2007: the all-time top 10.

In the 25 years of the Sony Awards many a radio personality has made their voice heard on the nation's airwaves. Music Week profiles 10 of the music influential.

TERRY WOGAN

Terry Wogan is a broadcaster who, despite disappearing to television for a period, has enjoyed a long and lingering relationship with the Sony Awards. He was the first person to receive one when the Awards launched in 1983 when he was named broadcaster of the year. He returned in 1994 to win the Non-Contemporary Music Award, while in 2000 he took the Special Award and last year was given the Gold Award. He plays down the importance of awards shows in general, but his recognition by the Sony Awards reflects the contribution he has made to UK radio and helps justify the claim by his current boss - Radio Two controller Lesley Douglas - that he is a "broadcasting genius".

JOHN PEEL

Despite making his name by playing eclectic and often challenging music, John Peel was a broadcaster who became a national treasure thanks to his work on both Radio One and Radio Four. His Sony wins recognise his contribution both to music and speech-based radio, with his first awarded in 1986 when he was voted National DJ of the Year. He came back in 1993 to find himself the recipient of the National Broadcaster Of The Year award and in 1999 - coincidentally the year when his least favourite football team, Manchester United, scooped a treble - Peel won a treble of his own with three Gold Awards for his Home Truths show on Radio Four.

ALAN FREEMAN

The whole concept of the modern DJ was invented single-handedly by Alan "Fluff" Freeman and, although his best and most ground-breaking work had been produced before the Awards started, his unique contribution was recognised by Sony judges more than once. In 1989, he was named Radio Personality Of The Year for his show on Capital Radio and in 2000 he was presented with a Special Award.