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Welcome to the Student Radio Awards 2011!
Congratulations to all of you nominated, and well done on everyone else coming along to show support. What you’ve created at your respective student radio stations all around the UK has been amazing and of a really high quality. Those of you who are nominated are a true testament to that. The imagination, organisation and dedication that goes into reading, producing, presenting and then brining to life your radio shows take an enormous amount of effort and talent. So tonight is a huge ‘big up’ to you all for being great!
Scott and I are looking forward being your hosts tonight, and we’ve decided to throw Huw to the lions, so he’s in the crowd with you - catch him to say hi.
BBC Radio 1 is once again very pleased to be a major supporter of the Awards, now in it’s 16th year. A big thanks goes to Andy Parfitt, Ben Cooper, Neil Sloan and Jocelin Stainer all of whom have put in lots of work to make tonight possible. We would like to take this opportunity to thank and welcome all the other radio groups, stations, and companies who have been part of supporting this years Awards. We would like to thank our other supporters throughout the BBC, for understanding that student radio is something that we all as an industry need to stand up and support.
I would like to make a special thanks to the SRA Executive and officers for working tirelessly behind the scenes, and to all of you who decided to enter in the first place. Without your entries, over 100 judges would have had an easy summer! Thanks to them for spending their own free time to listen and comment.
Finally a big thanks to those who helped put the production of this evening together - Chris North, John Lawley and others at Wise Buddah and the team at Solent Productions.
Tonight starts the first of my three years as Chair of the Awards, and I’m hugely grateful to the SRA for giving me the opportunity to take up the role. I look forward to closely working with many of you in the future. I’m such a fan of the passion and talent that’s in student radio and I’m sure that you will never disappoint.
Have a raving, raucous and wonderful night!
Annie.
Contents05 Meet Your Hosts
07 The Afterparty
07 Your Commitee
08 - 09 Noms Parties
12 - 13 This Years Nominations
15 How ASRA works
16 - 21 The Judges
23 The Student Radio Conference 2010
24 The Voices of the Awards
25 The Kevin Greening Award
27 Thank You
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Scott Mills
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Annie Mac
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Huw Stephens
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Fred BradleyChair of the SRA
Thom PalserMembership &
Communications Officer
Kyle WilkinsonEvents Officer
Lee SevenoaksDevelopment Officer
Laurence MoretonMarketing Officer
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Cardiff played host to the ILSR day for Wales and the South West of England, which saw a good turnout this year, including one Ruth Jones! The training day was held in the main building of the city’s prestigious University, featuring speakers from across the region to give advice and support to everyone involved in student radio. The speakers included Danielle, who talked about creating a decent radio demo with support from The Pips, Emma Gilliam, who discussed good interview eitquette and how to get into broadcast journalism, and Steve Austin, who gave a good insight into production for radio - a particular highlight came when he revealed that BBC Wales will be setting up a work experience scheme with Xpress Radio in Cardiff.
The evening was just as eventful, with the attendees being treated to seeing a recording of “What’s The Story?”, a topical news panel show produced by Dave Cribb, with Dan Mitchell and Ruth Jones as guests - the latter of which ended up reading out the nominations for the Student Radio Awards later in the evening! With many attendees seeing fit to catch the last trains home, the day was seen off with a few pints of beer and calls to repeat it soon. A good time was had by all and all that is left is to wait for the Student Radio Awards!
Cardiff
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The I Love Student Radio Day, ‘North West and North Wales Edition’ started down in the deep and dimly lit chambers of Manchester’s Club Academy (only the best for us, eh?). Yet instead of up and coming bands parading across the stage, our first speaker, was John Ryan, Editor of BBC Manchester, who kicked off the day by telling us what was actually going on in MediaCity UK and how many people we had to battle off for a job. With this in mind, there was a lot of scribbling down notes as our next speaker, Alex James who presents In:Demand for Bauer Media, spoke about presenting in commercial radio. The rest of the day included talks on production, speech radio and demos from other top industry speakers including Chris Stevens from GMG, Jo Meek from Wise Buddah, Mel Harris from Sparklab productions and Jo Good from 6music. It was a great day for people in the NW to meet the speakers, but also each other. We had students from Liverpool, Chester, Salford and Lancaster to join the Manchester ranks of radio enthusiasts- what a good start to the first ever I Love Student Radio Day! After a smooth sailing I Love Student Radio Day, we decided to do some sailing of our own at this year’s North West and North Wales Nominations Boat Party around Salford Quays! After the crew (erm, radio crew, obviously)
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The Yorkshire and North East Training day was a great day for the students of stations in the region, held at Click Teesside. The day started off without any sunshine but the the spirits of the attendees were not dampened (Probably due to excitement over the nominations). Greg McInally (From Napier University 10 years ago) gave the students a great speech on the workload and typical days of a breakfast producer at Real Radio. His vast knowledge base was clearly on show and was a passionate speaker. The next Speakers were Marie Gardiner and Mark Black from Sun FM. Their different approach was very fresh and the speech captivated the student audience. Prompting many questions for their dual roles. Click Teesside gave us a great speech on how they run, including a great show of the technical side.
The nominations were fast approaching and Click Teesside showed their helpfulness by getting the venue ready and the Crown pub was more than helpful. The anticipation was tangible while the nominations were read out. With roars of appreciation when a station present was nominated and respectful applause when the station was not nominated in a category. The night went very well and a few surprised screams when people got nominated when not expecting it. The Yorkshire and North East has been well represented and good luck to all nominated individuals and stations from the region. :-)
A big thank you goes to Lee Sevenoaks, Dominic Dunn and Rachael Devine for all their help they gave in the lead up. Thank You also to John McInally , Marie Gardiner and Mark Black for taking time out to speak to the Students who turned up.
Yorkshire & North East
The London and East Anglia I Love Student Radio Day was in Camden this year. It had an enormous turn out of 200 attendees from all over the region and they enjoyed a Training Event in the day time and a Nominations Party in the evening. The training event featured speakers from all over the industry including Mark Crossley (Absolute Radio), Maddi Lown (BBC R1 Newsbeat), Verity Geere (SKY News and Magic), Emma Stephens (BBC Radio 1xtra), Jacob Rickard (Freelance) and many more. The talks focussing on Radio Production, Presentation and Journalism.
Lock 17 in Camden sponsored the event and the Nominations Party was held in the canal side Market Bar. People flocked to the party which was hosted by Jon Hillcock and Vicki Blight to drink, socialise and celebrate/commiserate. Smoke Radio clawed the most nominations from the London and East Anglia region, but there was also a large number of URN-ers and LSR-ers cheering, an almost multi-cultural Nominations Party.
A massive thanks has to go to Lock 17 in Camden for sponsoring the event, as well as Wise Buddha, ASRA, everyone that helped out and made the event possible, Photography by Ila Desai and everyone that came and enjoyed themselves.
London & East Anglia
The event started at 11am in Brighton at ‘Komedia’. After spending an hour to set up all the equipment and add the finishing touches to the room the first couple of people starting walking through the door. The day kicked off with a formal introduction and video from the SRA. The first speaker ‘Gav’ from ‘The Pips’ spent the first hour formally chatting about the best ways to submit, produce and create a demo. The group then went for some lunch in the lanes. At 1.30pm Andy the legend took the stage to chat about his life experience with radio and generally giving us all an education. The group then had a chance to mingle with one another, including the station managers to swop numbers. Nick Bright the last speaker of the day radio 1xtra’s weekend dj spoke passionately about his journey into radio. This particularly captured our attentions as he had only graduated university 18 months previous. We all then went on to have station pictures and group photos. All three speakers spent the next half an hour chatting to the students, with one another and with me. The session came to a successful end at 4pm and everyone dispersed for a couple of hours to explore Brighton.
Moving onto the next secluded and mature venue ‘Kuba’ it was the start of a good night chatting, drinking, laughing and partying. The setting was perfect everyone had set up camps in the room but yet mingled well with cocktails. 8pm came around quite quickly and by then itching to know the results. After reading the results there was mixed emotions from everyone, after that there were celebratory drinks all around. Everyone by then was quite tired and eager to keep partying but commitments meant that they all had to go around 9.30pm. It was a really successful day, good feedback from all and everyone seems to be excited for the next few months in student radio! The day ended up having 50 people at both events!
A massive thank you to all of the students that came down to the training day and evening event. Thank you to ‘Komedia’ and ‘Kuba’ for having us, you were very professional and did a lot to help me make it a success. Another thank you to the speakers, Gav, Andy and Nick, you made it the perfect training day! A special thank you to my sponsor for the evening Mr Michael Stringer of Flip-It!
Congratulations to the stations that made it through to the 02, I hope the south-east do me proud!
PPL IS PROUD TO BE A SPONSOR OF THE STUDENT RADIO AWARDS.WE WISH MUCH SUCCESS TO ALL NOMINEES. BOTH TONIGHT AND ALSO IN THE FUTURE!
PPL, founded in 1934, is the music licensing company which, on behalf of 47,500 performers and 6,300 record companies, licenses the use of recorded music in the UK. This enables TV and radio stations, online streaming services and hundreds of thousands of shops, pubs and others using music in their business to obtain a licence comprising millions of recordings.
As a music industry service, the company does not retain any profit for itself. The costs of collecting, processing and distributing the licence fees are taken from the gross revenues that the company collects which are distributed and paid to all PPL’s record company and performer members. These include featured artists as well as session musicians, ranging from orchestral players to percussionists and to singers.
In addition, the company collects international performance rights income for 80% of its members and this revenue stream is currently the fastest growing area of the company. PPL now has representation in 28 different countries around the world, which has resulted in 52 separate contracts with similar organisations, representing a further 2,000 overseas record companies and 21,000 performers for the collection of income generated by their respective rights in the UK.
For further information please visit ppluk.com
STANDING UP FOR MUSIC RIGHTS.
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Ian ThursfieldRamAir
Tom WattsFly FM
Aislinn HayesIC Radio
Natalie HolidaySmoke Radio
Lissie DayLSRfm.com
Elections NightURN
Summer PartyURN
Leeds Day of ActionLSRfm.com
Click-a-thonClick Teeside
Varsity Rugby 2011KCL Radio
The Hidden BroadcastLSRfm.com
Scott McGerty Interviews Wretch 32107 Spark FM
Stu Manton with Greg DaviesURN
Gary Pounder Interviews Gary PowellSmoke FM
Kieran and Ness Meet Greg DaviesFly FM
Rusko in the StudioForge Radio
Luke Cooper Milbank Protest InterviewURF
Push FrameworkXtreme Radio 1431AM
Outside Broadcast SoftwareSurge
IRIS - Interchangeable Radio Playout SystemInsanity Radio 1287AM
Station ManagerXtreme Radio 1431AM
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The PulseURN
York 60URY
Trent TalkFly FM
Nineteen: Now or Never?LSRfm.com
From our own Leeds CorrespondentLSRfm.com
The More Beautiful GameURY
In the StallsURY
The Zombie and You107 Spark FM
2UPSmoke Radio
The Prince and HumbersideURY
SlapdasherySmoke Radio
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Asian Invasion with YasserLSRfm.com
Barnie’s PlayhouseThe Cat 1251
John Cadigan - The World Music ShowSmoke Radio
French ToastSmoke Radio
Carlos Slazenger’s AudioVOX Radio
Dance Revolution107 Spark FM
Luke and EdXpress Radio
Pete and PearséFly FM
The Two Bens Radio ShowLUSH Radio
Ollie and LiamURN
The Chalk and Charles ShowURY
The Sean & Martyn ShowXpress Radio
Xpression FMXpression FM
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Radio SonarRadio Sonar
Pete AllisonFly FM
Martyn LittlewoodFly FM
James RobinsonFuse FM
Sean ThorneXpress Radio
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Jon JacksonDemon FM
Cheeka EyersURN
Michelle OwenXtreme Radio 1431am
Erica DancerDemon FM
Sarah Harrison107 Spark FM
Jade WorsleyFly FM
Tamsin GraingerXpress Radio
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Abi WilleyFuse Digital
Adam BowieHead of Strategy &
PlanningAbsolute Radio
Adam CatterallPresenter & Voice Over
Artist
Adam HeyhurstVisual and TV Producer
BBC Radio 1
Adam WilbournePresenter
Orion Media
Alex DuffyBreakfast Presenter
The Pulse
Alex Kenning Radio ProducerSomethin’ Else
Ali Rezakhani Freelance
Ally McCraePresenter
BBC Introducing Scotland
Amy Gladwell Broadcast Journalist
BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat
Andrea Day Communications & Training Manager
Traffliclink
Andrea FoxBreakfast Presenter
Juice Brighton
Andrew Bailey News Editor
Absolute Radio
Andrew WrightCEO
Wright Communicators
Anna CooksonPresenter & Producer
Freelance
Annabel Port Presenter
Absolute Radio
Annie MacPresenter
BBC Radio 1
Beccy HuxtableAssistant Producer
Scott MillsBBC Radio 1
Becky AndersonAsisstant Producer
WestwoodBBC Radio 1Xtra
Ben Cooper Acting Controller
BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, Asian Network & BBC Switch
Ben McGrailPresenter
BBC Somerset
Ben Mundy Broadcast Journalist
BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat
Ben TooneBBC Radio 4
Chloe StrawProducer
Bite Yer Legs
Chris BuckleyDeputy Programme
ControllerSignal Radio
Chris Doidge(TBC)
Over 500 entries from
56 different student radio
stations.
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Chris NorthJoint Managing Director
& Head of TalentWise Buddah Creative
Chris Sawyer(TBC)
Chris StevensGroup Production
DirectorGMG Radio
Claire ThomasExecutive Producer
BBC Introducing
Clara RavenLive Music and Events
BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
Colin Murray Presenter
BBC Radio 5Live
Dari SamuelsProducer Mistajam
BBC Radio 1Xtra
Dave Cribb Comedy Producer
BBC 5Live
Dave SherwoodHead of Music
UTV Local Radio
David GarridoPresenter and Reporter
Sky Sports News
David LloydProgramme & Marketing
DirectorOrion Media
Dellessa JamesProducer
BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
Denis NowlanNetwork Manager
BBC Radio 4
Elliott Spiteri Talksport
Emma Newman Producer
Absolute Radio
Fergus DudleyEditor
Radio 2, 6Music & Asian Network
Fiona HanlonAssistant Producer
BBC Radio 1
Gaby O’DonnellDeputy Editor
BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat
Gareth GwynnComedy Writer
BBC Radio 4
Gemma CairneyPresenter
BBC Radio 1Xtra
Geoff LloydPresenter
Absolute Radio
Georgina Potts(TBC)
Greg James Presenter
BBC Radio 1
Harriett JenningsFeatures Editor & Station
ControllerThis is DIY
Heather Davies Producer
TDC
Helen GrimesSenior Broadcast
JournalistBBC Radio Devon
Helena AntoniadesProducer
BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
Howard BanksProducer
BRMB
Huw StephensPresenter
BBC Radio 1
Iain SawbridgeHead of Marketing
BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
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Ian BrannanHead of Presentation
Real Radio
Ian ChalonerAssistant Producer
BBC Radio 1
James BurseyProducer for Nick
GrimshawBBC Radio 1
James Clark Producer
BBC Radio 1
James CridlandManaging Director
Media UK
James Forster Assistant Producer
BBC Radio 1Xtra
James LloydFreelance PresenterBBC and Hallam FM
James StoddSenior Producer BBC
Radio XtrailsBBC Creative Marketing
James WalsheProgramme DirectorKerrang and Q Radio
Jamie LaundonSystems Integration
SpecialistRCS
Jen LongPresenter
BBC Introducing Wales
Jimmy BucklandDirector of Strategy
UTV Media
Jo MeekProducer
Wise Buddah
Jocelin StainerExecutive Producer
BBC Radio 1Xtra
Joff HopkinsGroup Music Scheduler and Network Presenter
Tindle Radio
John LawleyTalent Manager
Wise Buddah
John Plunkett(TBC)
John RyanManaging EditorBBC Manchester
John SimonsGroup Programme
DirectorGMG Radio
Jon HolmesPresenter & PerformerBBC 6Music & Radio 4
Jonathan PascoeProducer
ITN Productions
Jonathan SavageBBC London
Justin KingsHead of News
Bauer Media North East & Cumbria
Kasey Clarke Producer
BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
Kate Arkless GrayEditor
Audioboo
Katie Lamborn(TBC)
Laura Tannenbaum Brand ManagerAbsolute Radio
Lee PriceHead of Station Sound
Absolute Radio
Liz BraceCreative Writer &
ProducerTalksport
Louise PepperBBC London TV & Radio
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Lynsey HooperFreelance Football
Reporter & Presenter
Madeline LownBroadcast Journalist
BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat
Mark Crossley Presenter
Absolute Radio
Mark GrinnellEditor
BBC Devon
Mark Lockett ProducerTalksport
Mark MatthewsProgramme Director
Real Radio
Mark RyanExecutive Producer and
PresenterAmazing Radio
Marsha ShandurFreelance
Matt DeeganCreative Director
Folder Media
Matt Jamison Programme Director
Amazing Radio
Matt WillisAssistant Producer
Above the Title
Matthew SchofieldMorning News Presenter
BBC London
MistajamPresenter
BBC Radio 1Xtra
Neil Sloan(TBC)
Nick HumfreyTechnical Architect for
Music and Radio OnlineBBC
Nick JeffreyRadio Interference
AnalystBBC
Nicky BirchRadio Development
Somethin’ Else
Nicky EdwardsBBC Radio 5Live
Nicky NessController
BFBS Radio
Paul FaircloughDeputy Programme
ControllerSignal Radio
Paul Plant Director of Jingles &
Imaging MusicWise Buddah
Paul RodgersEditor
BBC 6Music
Paul SylvesterHead of Presentation
Absolute Radio
Paul ThomasProducer
BBC Radio 1
Pete DonaldsonPresenter
Absolute Radio
Peter GeeHead of Creative
Talksport
Over 130 judges from
across the media, radio
and education industries.
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Phil SmithProducer Shaun Keavney
BBC 6Music
Rachel HoughtonReal Radio
Rhys HughesExecutive Producer
Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton & Dev BBC Radio 1
Richard BanksContent Producer
BBC 6Music & Radio 2
Ricky Marshall Assistant Producer
Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs BBC Radio 2
Rod McKenzieEditor
BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat, BBC Radio 1Xtra News and Revealed
on BBC Switch
Rowan CollinsonProducer
Somethin’ Else
Sam BaileyMusic Events EditorBBC Audio & Music
Interactive
Sam GregoryExecutive Producer
Round 2 Creative
Samanthi Presenter
This Morning
Sarah GhostCommunications Officer
London South Bank University
Scott Mills Presenter
BBC Radio 1
Simon GreenBreakfast Producer
Tower, Wire and Wish FM
Simon LongDeputy Programme
DirectorKISS
Sophie LawDeputy Programme
DirectorJack FM and Glide FM
Sophie MillerTechnical Broadcast
AssistantBBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat
Steve Harris Presenter
BBC Radio Solent
Steve LamacqPresenter
BBC 6Music
Talia KrainesEntertainment Liaison
Bauer Media
Tom GreenExecutive Producer
Somethin’ Else
Tony Moorey Content DirectorAbsolute Radio
Tulip MazumdarPresenter
BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat
Tim DyeBBC Audio & Music
Interactive
Tim JohnsBroadcast Assistant &
Station Sound ProducerBBC Lincolnshire
Vicki BlightPresenter
Absolute Radio
Will Jackson(TBC)
Over an amazing
56 hours of audio
in total.
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During the Easter holidays in 2011, over 40 student stations arrived at The University of Hertfordshire for a 3 day conference with some of the biggest names in the radio industry taking part in talks, practical sessions and just as importantly, if not more, drinking sessions!
Around 350 people attended the biggest conference the Student Radio Association has held to date, with fantastic events throughout including the ‘I Love Student Radio Awards’, ‘Voice of the Awards’ and ‘Demo Factor’.
The conference was hosted by Crush Radio volunteers (the orange crew) who gained invaluable experience and knowledge from the event. Some also went onto find work placements and jobs from the contacts they made through hosting the conference and working with the industry professionals that attended the event.
The National Student Radio Conference 2011 was a massive success, here is what some of you guys said on twitter about your time at herts:
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For those who may not know, every year at the student radio conference a new voice is chosen to record all the announcements for tonights now legendary awards ceremony. Former winners and runners up have gone on to become professional voice over artistes working with stations such as BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1Xtra.
This year auditionees had to impress judges Matt Fisher (Station Sound Producer, BBC Radio 1 & BBC Radio 1Xtra), John Lawley (Talent Manager, Wise Buddah Voice Over Agency) and Matt Wilkinson (Presenter, Heart FM and the voice of Blockbuster).
Congratulations to the winners, Hollie Clarke and Ryan Arnold, who’s voices will be delighting our auditory senses with the ceremony announcements this evening. As well as recording the audio for tonight their prize includes the chance to record their very own personalised professional voice reel produced by Wise Buddah and a further voice audition with BBC Radio 1.
Thanks to the judges for their time and support and to Crush Radio for making the trip to Hatfield so much fun. Ben Townsend and his excellent compositions for tonights Awards theme and of course Wise Buddah Studios for their time, patience and as ever, fast turn around.
Enjoy your Evening,John Lawley
To find out more about the Wise Buddah Voice Over Agency please visit: www.wisebuddahvoices.com
Hollie Clarke is a former station Manager of Shock Radio and has been heavily involved with Student Radio for three years. While she admits that she absolutely loved it unfortunately she’s now graduated but is really excited to be the voice of the awards this evening.
Ryan Arnold is currently in his final year studying Radio Production at De Montfort University in Leicester and played a big role at Demon FM both presenting and producing shows for the station. He’s also a professional DJ and plays weekly residencies at some of the biggest clubs in Leicester.
Ben Townsend ran URN from 2008 - 2010 during which time he produced a complete overhaul of their station sound, from beds and news themes, to IDs and ‘Ntros’.
Since then he has worked at BBC Radio 5 live; on jingle packages for stations in Canada and Ireland; and spoken at the Student Radio Conference 2011, Lambeth College and on the podcast series ‘The Earshot Creative Review’ about his work at student radio.
He is now a freelance radio imaging and music producer who has worked most recently, with Wise Buddah Jingles and Music Imaging, and on station sound at BBC Radio 1.
Everything about tonight would not have been possible without the support, guidance and job-endangering dedication of some of the people below. There is simply not enough room to properly mention everyone, but we want you all to know that we truly appreciate everything you’ve done for us this year - even if it meant giving Kyle a hi-five when he was feeling stressed out! Thankyou, from the bottom of our hearts! The level of support we receive from the professional industry constantly surprises us and it’s only thanks to all our sponsors that we can put on such a fantastic event tonight. A huge “cheers” must go to each of them for their continuing to support and dedication to student radio. A special thanks must go to BBC Radio 1. As headline sponsors they have helped us our every step along the way. We’d like to take this moment to mention former Controller, Andy Parfitt who has always been a fantastic supporter of student radio. During his time at BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra he managed to raise the profile of student radio throughout the industry, proving its importance and standing. Andy, thank you. This year at Radio 1 we’d like to thank Jocelin Stainer who has been a fantastic liaison between the SRA and Yalding House. We would also like thanks our co-headline sponsors, PPL, for their continued support of the Awards. But there’s more! I’d like to recognize other areas of the BBC for helping with this year’s awards: Radio 4, Five Live and 6Music, who have all been brilliant sponsors!
We are particularly pleased this year to be able to include sponsors from right across the radio industry. Special thanks must go to Paul Sylvester of Absolute Radio, James Rea and Chris Stevens from GMG Radio, and Ric Blaxhill of Bauer Media.
A massive thank you must to go all of this years judges (over 100 of them!). These people dedicate a huge amount of their valuable personal time to make the awards possible - all because they enjoy encouraging new talent, and supporting student radio. We would like to thank our Head Judges Tim Dye, Sarah Ghost, Abi Willey and Jonathan Pascoe, who have had the hard task of marshaling judges up and down the country. Special thanks must go to Sarah Ghost who once again has gone above and beyond the required workload and been a huge help to the SRA Executive over the past few months.
Thanks also to Annie Mac, Chair of the Awards, and our hosts tonight, Scott Mills, and Huw Stephens. This is Annie’s first year as Chair of the Awards, we hope that she’ll love it, and will continue to help support student radio in the coming years. Thanks also to John Lawley and everyone at Wise Buddah for putting together the majority of tonight’s audio and videos, especially to Ben Townsend for creating our soundtrack for this evening. Thanks to Scott Robinson (also our Web Officer), who tonight is running our live stream, live blogging and social media output, and to Adam Edworthy for our amazing awards graphics. Also Kenny England who is the SRA’s super designer, who had the huge job of putting together this very thing you hold in your hands!
I’d also like to thank Solent Productions for being brilliant in filming the awards, and always picking up on new suggestions to improve their output for us and to the London South Bank
University photographers (make sure you smile for them)! Thanks to Kenny and Lorna from IndigO2 for allowing us to hassle them for the fourth year running.
The SRA Executive also deserve a huge thank you for their tireless efforts in coordinating this year’s awards, particularly our events officer, Kyle Wilkinson. Special thanks also go to Matt Hurst, who deals with the SRA’s finances and makes sure we don’t go bankrupt, Thom Palser, our membership and communications officer, Laurence Moreton our marketing officer for securing a lot of support for external companies and radio groups. Lee Sevenoaks, and his team of regional officers for arranging last month’s regional nominations and our first ever I Love Student Radio Day events.
Finally we must thank you - the up and comers - for making tonight the reason we all get together, celebrate and get excited about the future of the industry! You’re awesome!
Cheers!
Fred Bradley--Chair | Student Radio Association
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