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2008 nominees

Here they are! The winners of the 2008 Student Radio Awards. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees of this year's awards.

best station

This is awarded to the station that has made the biggest impact with its audience in the last year. They’ve achieved everything they aimed to do with flair and attitude, whilst having a lot of fun.

  • GOLD: URN (University of Nottinham)
  • SILVER: Smoke Radio (University of Westminster)
  • BRONZE: Fly FM (Nottingham Trent University)

best female

This category is for a female student radio presenter who deserves particular recognition for their overall presentation style and skills, including production and rapport with their audience.

  • GOLD: Kate Cooper-Owen (LSRfm.com, Leeds Universities)
  • SILVER: Jessica Cooper (Fly FM, Nottingham Trent University)
  • BRONZE: Hannah Davies (Xpress Radio, Cardiff University)

best male

This category is for a male student radio presenter who deserves particular recognition for their overall presentation style and skills, including production and rapport with their audience.

  • GOLD: Mark Crossley (Fly FM, Nottingham Trent University)
  • SILVER: Ben Holt (Xpression FM, Exeter University)
  • BRONZE: Rob Watts (URY, University of York)

newcomer of the year

This category is for a member of a student radio station who has been involved for less than one year. They deserve particular recognition for their overall contribution to the station and not necessarily their presenting efforts.

  • GOLD: Dan Roberts (Smoke Radio, University of Westminster)
  • SILVER: Dan Bunker (Fly FM, Nottingham Trent University)
  • BRONZE: Andy Vale (GU2, University of Surrey)

best specialist music programming

This category is designed to recognise programmes that have a specialist music policy that is more tightly focussed than the station’s main playlist. Judges will consider one-off documentaries or specials but programmes must display a passion for music.

  • GOLD: Retox (LCR 1350, University of Loughborough)
  • SILVER: Armed Response DnB (Subcity, Glasgow University)
  • BRONZE: The Evening Show (URN, University of Nottingham)

best journalistic programming

This category is designed to recognise programmes that form part of the station’s news, sport or current affairs output. One-off special features or programmes will be considered as well as regular programmes and services. Special consideration will be given to programmes that are targeted at the student audience.

  • GOLD: URN News (URN, University of Nottingham)
  • SILVER: Elections Newsfeed (URN, University of Nottingham)
  • BRONZE: Liquid Leeds (LSRfm.com, Leeds Universities)

best entertainment programming

This category recognises programming that forms part of the station’s entertainment output with a particular emphasis on the items and links within, acknowledging the person or persons responsible for devising, writing and producing them. An example of the genre would be The Chris Moyles Show.

  • GOLD: The Afternoon Show with Gareth & Tom (URN, University of Nottingham)
  • SILVER: Will & Russ on Primetime (RaW, University of Warwick)
  • BRONZE: Breakfast with Rob Watts, Steve Gardner & Hannah Green (URY, University of York)

best scripted programming

This category recognises the creation of planned comedy or drama programmes; either designed to make listeners laugh or those containing fictional or story-based content or readings.

  • GOLD: Three Years In Heaven - Selina Williams (BIRST, Bournemouth Media School)
  • SILVER: Embers - Eleanor McDowell & Geoff McQueen (BIRST, Bournemouth Media School)
  • BRONZE: Alice in Moulsecoomb - Laura Stevens (URF, University of Sussex)

best interview

This category recognises an outstanding interview.

  • GOLD: Greg Dyke by Rob Watts (URY, University of York)
  • SILVER: Interview with Sandi Toksvig (RaW 1251am, University of Warwick)
  • BRONZE: Danny Wallace by Goodlass & Marshall (Smoke Radio, University of Westminster)

best outside broadcast

This category is for programmes which were recorded outside of the station’s studios. Judges will be examining the way in which entries captured the essence of the event.

  • GOLD: Election Night 2008 (URN, University of Nottingham)
  • SILVER: URN @ The Summer Party (URN, University of Nottingham)
  • BRONZE: Roses (Bailrigg FM, University of Lancaster)

best technical achievement

This category celebrates a technical development that has improved your student radio station. You have identified a need and designed and developed a practical, successful engineering or IT based solution to fulfil this need, especially where a project shows particular innovation and originality.

  • GOLD: The All-In-One OB Box (URN, University of Nottingham)
  • SILVER: Xpress Radio CMS (Xpress Radio, Cardiff University)
  • BRONZE: URB Nonstop V2 (1449am URB, University of Bath)

best marketing/branding

This category recognises stations with an increased awareness of on-air and off-air branding. This category is about the balance between on- and off-air station imaging and how the station communicates its image and values in order to attract and retain listeners.

  • GOLD: Fly FM (Nottingham Trent University)
  • SILVER: Insanity (Royal Holloway University of London)
  • BRONZE: 1449am URB (University of Bath)

the kevin greening creativity award

This category is a special annual award to recognise the unique on air creativity of a presenter/s and/or show team’s exceptional execution of innovative radio. This could range from a link from music or speech radio, a feature, a drama or interview to an overall programme, competition, or station message.

  • The Technical Difficulties (URY, University of York)

the student radio chart show award

This is a special award presented by the Student Radio Association to honour the station deemed to have best hosted the Student Radio Chart Show. The award will primarily be judged on the presentation skills and production values demonstrated by the stations when they hosted the show, although the winning station must also have shown professionalism and consistency in being a part of a the syndication.

  • CUR1350 (Cambridge University & Anglia Ruskin University)