[tkraines]

12 Gold Awards, 2 Live Acts, 1 Fellowship and a great night!

Friday night, BBC Radio 1 in Association with The Radio Academy presented the Student Radio Awards 2003. The ceremony was a great success with performances from Aqualung and Chikinki, 12 Gold Awards, 1 Fellowship to The Radio Academy, and a successful after show party with music from 1Xtra DJ Ronnie Herel, LJ Blendz and XFM legend Eddie Temple-Morris.

The Student Radio Awards 2003, which took place at Canvas in London, had 36 winners, with RaW - The University of Warwick scooping 3 Gold Awards including the outstanding Student Radio Station of the Year Award, with the top prize being a 4 hour show on Radio 1 from midnight till 4am on Christmas Eve.

The night’s highlights included a standing ovation for Red Dwarf and BBC 6 Music legend Craig Charles as well as Controller of Radio 1, Andy Parfit giving XFM presenter and Chair of The Student Radio Awards, Kevin Greening, a Fellowship to The Radio Academy, the highest honour in the broadcasting industry.

This was the eighth year of the Student Radio Awards, which celebrate the talent of Student Radio Stations from around the country. The Awards began in 1996 when The Student Radio Association, and Matthew Bannister as Controller of Radio 1 set up this celebratory event.

Andy Parfit commented in his speech that in comparison to American radio, where the format is monotonous and unadventurous, British radio sees great up and coming talent in student radio, where its members push the boundaries of creating exciting output.



SPEECH BASED NON FACTUAL PROGRAMMING

Sponsored by Somethin’ Else


BRONZE:
The RaW Monologues
RaW – The University of Warwick
David Shipp


SILVER:
Because Fish Are Funny
1449 AM URB – University of Bath
Chris Day, Gareth Gwynn, David Houghton, Lyndsay Fenner,
Tom Natt, Thierry Draper, Peter Bowely & Ben Vane.


GOLD:
Stalker Corker
Birst – Bournemouth University
Lynda Bewley


SPEECH BASED FACTUAL PROGRAMMING

Sponsored by LBC 97.3

BRONZE:
On The Edge
Birst – Bournemouth University
Joe Hallam


SILVER:
Varsity Football Match
CUR 1350 – University of Cambridge
Ben Speight, Charlie Sneddon, Joe Mayhew, Mike Derringer,
Pete Kelsey, Helen Chapman & Alex Stevenson


GOLD:
Newslink
LSR FM - Leeds University & Leeds Metropolitan University
Emma Storey, Simon Owen, Fergus Bell, Nicola Conroy,
Katherine Phillips, Ali Law, Lynda Hardy & James Taylor.


TECHNICAL INNOVATION AWARD

Sponsored by UNIQUE INTERACTIVE

BRONZE:
Junction 11
The University of Reading
Oliver Stirling


SILVER:
URN 1350
University of Nottingham
URN Engineers


GOLD:
Surge
University of Southampton
Nicholas Humphrey



PRODUCTION INNOVATION AWARD

Sponsored by WISE BUDDAH

BRONZE:
Jo Horsley
LSR FM
Leeds University & Leeds Metropolitan University


SILVER:
Phil Cotton, Paul Hughes, Rob Upton
URN 1350
University of Nottingham


GOLD:
David Shipp
RaW
The University of Warwick




WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by THE RADIO ACADEMY

BRONZE:
Fuse FM
The University of Manchester
Ian Gregory, Kate Fitzpatrick and Graham Nimbley


SILVER:
Surge
University of Southampton
Sven Lantham & Nicholas Humphrey


GOLD:
Bailrigg FM
Lancaster University
Peter Price


OFF AIR BRANDING & PROMOTIONS

Sponsored by INTEMPO DIGITAL

BRONZE:
DEMON FM
De Montfort University
Heidi Hansen, Punam Khaira, John Lawley,
Rachel Taylor & Helen Berkem


SILVER:
UTOPIA FM
University of Sunderland
Victoria Charles, David Green, Sarah Urban, Craig Waterworth, Andy Watson, Phil Smith & the marketing team


GOLD:
LSR FM
Leeds University & Leeds Metropolitan University
Steve McConville, Dan Broom, Alice Greaves, Ruth Saxelby
& Tom Wong



NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by CREATION

BRONZE:
Sarah Teacher
Altered Radio
University of Oxford


SILVER:
Jonathan Wood
Utopia FM
University of Sunderland


GOLD:
Mark Delamere
URN 1350
University of Nottingham


BEST FEMALE PRESENTER

Sponsored by BBC RADIO 1

BRONZE:
Anne-Marie Spellman
Demon FM
De Montfort University


SILVER:
Claire Williams
Xpress Radio
Cardiff University


GOLD:
Natalie Luurtsema
Altered Radio
University of Oxford






BEST MALE PRESENTER

Sponsored by BBC RADIO 1

BRONZE:
Joff Hopkins
Junction 11
The University of Reading


SILVER:
Duncan Wallace
Utopia FM
University of Sunderland


GOLD:
CHRIS CARTER
RaW
The University of Warwick


SPECIALIST MUSIC PROGRAMMING

Sponsored by BBC 6 MUSIC

BRONZE:
CITY SESSIONS
Subcity - University of Glasgow
Ben Freedman & Emily Mules

SILVER:
ROCKIN’ THE SUBURBS
RaW - The University of Warwick
Chris Carter

GOLD:
FUTURE INNOVATION
Demon FM – De Montfort University
Rick Dobson, Mark Towers & Adam Jones




BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW

Sponsored by RIVER ISLAND

BRONZE:
Whatever Show (93.0 Roskilde Festival Radio)
LCR1350 – Loughborough University
Patrick Charlton, Keith Sage, Marc Burrows, Julia Williams,
Kristina Højholt Pedersen & Søren Korsgaard


SILVER:
The Driveby
LSR – Leeds University & Leeds Metropolitan University
Dan O’Connell, Roman Tagoe, Alex Jones, Hannah Jones, Kathryn Addo, Steve Darke, Aaron Jackman, Rachel Trayner & Richard Lambert


GOLD:
Lenton Boulevard
URN 1350 – University of Nottingham
Wayne Widdowson, Tony Johnson, Ian Kennedy,
Anna Johncock, Anna Cookson & Rachel Fletcher


STUDENT RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by BBC RADIO 1

BRONZE:
XPRESS RADIO
Cardif University
Hiten Vaghmaria

SILVER:
LSR FM
Leeds University & Leeds Metropolitan University
Steve McConville, Kevin Dunning, Becky Maxted, Matthew Harrison, Matt Mehigan & Malcolm Webb

GOLD:
RaW
The University of Warwick
Talia Kraines, Dom Moret, Russell Boyatt, Chris Cantwell, Katie Huson, Rob Glass & Team

[mpalfrey]

nice to see RaW doing well, know some people involved with it and I do occasionally listen to some of the shows, just a shame its only on AM really....

[tkraines]

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[sumsungpc]

Nice to hear it was a bit better than last year's fiasco.