The shortlist for the Student Radio Awards 2021 is out now ahead of this year’s live event on November 10th.
The SRAs are supported by BBC Sounds and Global and take place at Indigo at the O2 in London.
Grab your tickets and see more information here.
Student Radio Awards 2021 – Shortlists (in alphabetical order)
Best Entertainment Programming
Drivetime with Emma Millen |
Spark |
Good Morning Loughborough with Rosa Serret |
LCR |
Thursday Hometime on LSR |
Leeds Student Radio |
URB’s Alternative Eurovision Night |
University Radio Bath |
Xpress Ghost Hunt |
Xpress Radio |
XpressionFM Presents: Love is Blind |
XpressionFM |
Best Specialist Music Programming
Angus Park – Digging the Crates |
URN |
Homegrown Hip-Hop |
Spark |
Saudade (pron: Sow-DAH-djee) |
FreshAir |
Showtime |
URN |
The Alt Show – Celeste Adams |
URN |
‘we move radio’ with Antigoni |
University Radio Bath |
Best Speech Programming
Easpa Codladh |
SARC Radio |
International Women’s Day |
Xpress Radio |
Letters from a Stranger |
Purple Radio |
Subculture Snapshot |
OMG Radio |
The Devil’s Advocate |
Spark |
The Pandemic of Mental Health |
Xpress Radio |
Best Sport Programming
Krav Maga 101 |
Purple Radio |
Motorsport Interviews |
Cam FM |
Our City, Our Sport: URN Sport’s Coverage of The Nottingham Games |
URN |
Outside The Box URN |
URN |
Roses Unlocked |
University Radio York |
URN Sport’s ‘The Thursday Sports Show’ |
URN |
Best Chart Show Programming
Fly Live |
Leeds Student Radio |
LCR |
Surf Radio |
University Radio York |
Xpress Radio |
Best Journalistic Programming
97% – A panel on the safety of women and non-binary people |
Cam FM |
Durham through Covid |
Purple Radio |
Ella Bicknell interviews Jacqui Rammage over Durham’s mass Covid 19 testing strategy |
Purple Radio |
Remember, Remember, the Month of Movember |
Purple Radio |
The Scoop On Sunday |
Queen’s Radio |
URY Newshour |
University Radio York |
Best Podcast Programming
BOWIE & BEYOND EPISODE 2 HERE COME THE BOWIE-ITES |
OMG Radio |
DUADS’ Three Musketeers |
Purple Radio |
Letters from a Stranger |
Purple Radio |
How To Adult |
LCR |
Spotlight On |
URN |
Women of Nottingham |
URN |
Best Event Programming
Candidate Interview Night |
University Radio York |
International Women’s Day |
Xpress Radio |
LGBTQ+ Takeover |
Xpress Radio |
Retro RAW |
RAW 1251AM |
The Closed Mic Night |
Surf Radio |
Transmission 2021 |
Leeds Student Radio |
Best Technical Achievement
Bailrigg FM Documentation Upgrades |
Bailrigg FM |
BAPS3 Audio Playout Software |
University Radio York |
Candidate Interview Night |
University Radio York |
Josh Davies – Purple Radio |
Purple Radio |
LiveDisplay |
LCR |
XpressionFM’s New Equipment |
XpressionFM |
Best Interview
‘Katie’, a Student Quarantining in Queen’s Accommodation |
Queen’s Radio |
Chris Benjamin Interview on ‘The Rising Stars Podcast’ |
Purple Radio |
Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland |
Queen’s |
Ella Wydrzynska interviews Ben Poole from The Starring Lincoln Theatre Company |
URN |
Outside The Box: ‘Dementia: Football’s Open Secret?’ |
URN |
Us and STEMM with Dr Adam Rutherford |
Cam FM |
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Award
Purple Radio |
Purple Radio |
Queen’s Radio – Cross Community Engagement |
Queen’s Radio |
RAW 1251AM |
RAW 1251AM |
The Nila Extract |
URN |
Xpress Radio |
Xpress Radio |
Youths Choice diversity |
Youths Choice |
Best Station Sound
CSR |
Fly Live |
RAW 1251AM |
URN |
Xpress Radio |
Youths Choice |
Best Station Branding
Purple Radio |
Spark |
University Radio York |
XpressionFM |
Best Multiplatform Initiative
Candidate Interview Night |
University Radio York |
Purple’s SRA Chart Show |
Purple Radio |
Russ Abbot ‘Atmosphere’ Christmas Number One Campaign |
URN |
Trent Consent |
Fly Live |
University of Nottingham’s Diversity Festival |
URN |
XpressionFM Presents: Love is Blind |
XpressionFM |
The Joe Lyons Award for Best Producer, supported by Global
Chris Steers |
OMG Radio |
Emma Millen |
Spark |
Holly Markham |
Xpress Radio |
Joanna Wright |
Purple Radio |
Megan Hayward |
Spark |
Thomas Copeland |
Queen’s Radio |
Best Newcomer
Chrissy Cameron |
Spark |
George Scotland |
URN |
Josh Davies |
Purple Radio |
Lewis Dobbs |
RAW 1251AM |
Molly Stazicker |
Purple Radio |
Nila Varman |
URN |
Best Presenter
Claudia Milani-Santarpia Vargas |
University Radio York |
Ella Wydrzynska |
URN |
Emma Millen |
Spark |
Harry Briggs |
Fly Live |
Nila Varman |
URN |
Zeina Addadahine |
Youths Choice |
Best Student Radio Station
Purple Radio |
Queen’s Radio |
Spark |
URN |
University Radio York |
Xpress Radio |
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Posted on Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 at 11:15 am by RadioToday Staff