Leeds Student Radio took home the title of Best Student Radio Station at the Student Radio Awards 2023.
Industry folk, judges and students gathered at indigo at The O2 in London on Tuesday to see the awards announced in a ceremony hosted by Aimee Vivian from Capital and Dean McCullough from BBC Radio 1.
Honorary life memberships were also given out to Abbie Brock, Daniel Wildman, Thomas Rowson and Heart’s Pandora for all their work supporting the SRA.
Here are all the winners:
Best Newcomer
Supported by BBC Asian Network
Fion Cudmore University Radio York Harvey Mellor University Radio York Thivyaa Rahulan RAW
Best Multiplatform Initiative
Supported by Pineapple Audio Production
12 Days of Christmas Queen’s Radio Round the Clock Radio Challenge: The Big Music Quiz South Region RAW Sport Varsity 2023 RAW
Best Technical Achievement
Supported by Aiir
Jake Kalender Forge Radio Roses 2023 University Radio York Triple Studio Project: The Long and Winding Road Insanity Radio
Best Station Branding
Supported by Painting Pixels
Fuse FM
Leeds Student Radio
Purple Radio
Best Station Sound
Supported by Wizz FX
Shock Radio
Roses 2023 University Radio York and Bailrigg FM University Radio Nottingham
The Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Award
Supported by News UK
Leeds Student Radio Daytime Teams Leeds Student Radio Melanin Queens Cam FM Unfiltered with Anahita St Andrews Radio
Best Interview
Supported by Times Radio
Amelia Salmons interviews Chloe Ann Fly Live GRL: Gynae Gossip Spark Henrique Fenner-Leitao’s Interview with American Composer Jake Heggie for “Moments that Matter” RAW
Best Event Programming
Supported by Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball
1350AM: The Last Hurrah! University Radio York SU Elections on URN University Radio Nottingham Roses 2023 University Radio York
Best Chart Show Programming
Supported by BBC Radio 1
Queen’s Radio
Shock Radio
University Radio York
Best Podcast Programming
Supported by BBC Sounds
The Beat of the North East Spark Freshers 2.0 Xpress Radio Purple Radio Drama Purple Radio
The Joe Lyons Award for Best Producer
Supported by Global
Connor Begley Forge Radio Jake Chappell Spark Matty Fisher Leeds Student Radio
Best Journalistic Programming
Supported by Bauer Media Audio UK
Cam and Jack’s Local Election Extravaganza! JAM Radio The Pulse University Radio Nottingham URNgasm University Radio Nottingham
Best Specialist Music Programming
Supported by BBC Radio 1Xtra
Indie Archive with Olly Hilton University Radio York Lucy Crisp’s Top N Takeover Fly Live Singles of the Seventies University Radio York
Best Sport Programming
Supported by TalkSPORT
RAW Sport Varsity 2023 RAW They Think It’s All Doha University Radio Nottingham The Welsh Varsity – The Final Rugby Showdown Xpress Radio
Best Speech Programming
Supported by LBC
A New Age of Riot Grrrl documentary – Hope Lynes Spark Freshers 2.0 Xpress Radio Who Took Mic? Queen’s Radio
Best Entertainment Programming
Supported by Global
Honor Mant Fuse FM It’s Margot Mondays University Radio Nottingham Monday Breakfast with Tyler Selby Spark
Best Presenter
Supported by BBC Radio 1
Daisy Cox Cam FM Hope Lynes Spark Jack Wilfan JAM Radio
Best Student Radio Station
Supported by Global
Leeds Student Radio
Purple Radio
Xpress Radio
Kevin Greening Award for Creativity
Rebekah Newnes (Best Newcomer) Queen’s Radio RAW Sport Varsity 2023 (Best Multiplatform Initiative) RAW Ali Glen (Best Presenter) University Radio Nottingham
And the winner of Station of the Year is……. #SRAs pic.twitter.com/v5ZlHGaxCr
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