{"id":165619,"date":"2025-09-24T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165619\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:49:09","slug":"finalists-revealed-for-2025-community-radio-awards-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165619\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalists revealed for 2025 Community Radio Awards \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The finalists for this year\u2019s Community Radio Awards have been announced as the event marks its 10th ceremony.<\/p>\n

The awards coincide with 20 years since community radio first launched in the UK.<\/p>\n

This year has seen the highest number of entries in recent years, with stations from across the UK recognised for storytelling, journalism, creative programming and local engagement.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Steers, Chair of the Community Radio Awards, said: \u201cThis year is not just about recognising the outstanding work across our sector over the past year it\u2019s also a time to reflect on two decades of community radio in the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe quality and diversity of entries this year have been truly inspiring, and we\u2019re thrilled to celebrate the dedication and creativity of our finalists.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ceremony takes place on Saturday 25 October in Bradford, following the National Community Radio Conference, organised by the UK Community Radio Network. Volunteers, presenters, producers and supporters will gather for what is set to be a major celebration of the sector.<\/p>\n

The Community Radio Awards continue to be supported by headline sponsor Aiir<\/a>, who are returning for their sixth year. Grab your ticket here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The finalists for the 2025 Community Radio Awards are:<\/p>\n

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Elections & Political Coverage of the Year<\/p>\n

Your Voice Matters: St Austell Speaks \u2013 CHAOS Radio<\/p>\n

Gateway 97.8 Election Hustings \u2013 Gateway 97.8<\/p>\n

Charles Fletcher \u2013 60 Seconds Scotland \u2013 K107FM<\/p>\n

Vote WNC \u2013 NLive Radio<\/p>\n

Election 2024 \u2013 Oldham Community Radio<\/p>\n

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Celebrating & Championing Community Radio of the Year<\/p>\n

K107FM Community Space \u2013 K107FM<\/p>\n

Championing The 4Ps Radio Training School \u2013 Vectis Radio<\/p>\n

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Digital Content of the Year<\/p>\n

@K107FM \u2013 Facebook \u2013 K107FM<\/p>\n

Radio LaB\u2019s New Digital Content Strategy \u2013 Radio LaB 97.1fm<\/p>\n

Radio Tamworth on TikTok \u2013 Radio Tamworth<\/p>\n

Riverside Broadcasting Digital Team \u2013 Riverside Radio<\/p>\n

Accessibility and Community are at the Heart of What We Do \u2013 RNIB Connect Radio<\/p>\n

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Newcomer of the Year<\/p>\n

Amy Boyd \u2013 Chelmsford Community Radio<\/p>\n

Kirsty Corbett \u2013 Erewash Sound<\/p>\n

Oli Mac \u2013 Maritime Radio<\/p>\n

Rob Singleton \u2013 Riverside Radio<\/p>\n

Seb Grant \u2013 Spark<\/p>\n

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Sage Person of the Year (Over 60)<\/p>\n

Paul James \u2013 Academy fm Thanet<\/p>\n

Terry Snowden \u2013 ALL FM<\/p>\n

Pat Reading \u2013 Marlow FM<\/p>\n

Steve Whitley \u2013 Radio Tyneside<\/p>\n

Ian Barclay \u2013 Riverside Radio<\/p>\n

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Young Person or people of the Year (under 25)<\/p>\n

Honor Mant \u2013 BFBS Salisbury Plain<\/p>\n

Daisy Barker \u2013 Chelmsford Community Radio<\/p>\n

Amy Boyd \u2013 Chelmsford Community Radio<\/p>\n

Harrison RB \u2013 Express FM<\/p>\n

Radio LaB Student Managers \u2013 Radio LaB 97.1FM<\/p>\n

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Volunteer of the Year<\/p>\n

Richard Belle \u2013 Andover Radio<\/p>\n

Ste Greenall \u2013 Black Cat Radio<\/p>\n

Mike Butterworth \u2013 K107fm<\/p>\n

David Neal \u2013 Mix 92.6<\/p>\n

Nick Mundy \u2013 Radio Winchcombe<\/p>\n

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Sports Show of the Year<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Sports Mix Show \u2013 Cambridge Radio<\/p>\n

Habbin the Night of Our Lives \u2013 Cambridge Radio<\/p>\n

Drive 105 Match Night Live \u2013 Drive 105<\/p>\n

Rapha Report \u2013 Radio Skye<\/p>\n

Switch Radio Sport \u2013 Switch Radio<\/p>\n

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Arts & Creative Radio of the Year<\/p>\n

Treasure Island \u2013 Chelmsford Community Radio<\/p>\n

Radio LaB\u2019s Halloween Murder Mystery \u2013 Radio LaB 97.1FM<\/p>\n

Choices: Deluxe Edition \u2013 Radio LaB 97.1FM<\/p>\n

ArtyParti \u2013 Spark<\/p>\n

Murder on the Mersey: Ghost in the Post \u2013 Wythenshawe FM<\/p>\n

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News, Journalism & Factual Storytelling of the Year<\/p>\n

Natasha Reneaux \u2013 BFBS Aldershot<\/p>\n

Jason Herbert \u2013 BFBS Blandford<\/p>\n

The Saxonvale Saga \u2013 Frome FM<\/p>\n

Adam Gordon \u2013 Radio Skye<\/p>\n

Riverside Reports Team \u2013 Riverside Radio<\/p>\n

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Specialist Content Show of the Year<\/p>\n

Historic Bedford: VE Day 80 \u2013 Bedford Radio<\/p>\n

Month of the Military Child \u2013 BFBS Aldershot<\/p>\n

Bro Radio Juniors \u2013 Bro Radio<\/p>\n

The Voice of Business with Nell Op de Beeck \u2013 Radio Woking<\/p>\n

The Mid Morning Show \u2013 Vectis Radio<\/p>\n

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Specialist Music Show of the Year<\/p>\n

Dance Anthems with Matt Price \u2013 Radio Woking<\/p>\n

The Jazz Club \u2013 Jake Hart \u2013 RNIB Connect Radio<\/p>\n

The Indie Club \u2013 Spark<\/p>\n

The Midweek Mosh \u2013 Switch Radio<\/p>\n

Priya Matharu\u2019s Desi Beats \u2013 Switch Radio<\/p>\n

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Entertainment Show of the Year<\/p>\n

Wednesday Drivetime \u2013 Academy fm Thanet<\/p>\n

The Full English Breakfast Show \u2013 Black Cat Radio<\/p>\n

Bro Radio Juniors \u2013 Bro Radio<\/p>\n

House of Fun \u2013 PCRFM<\/p>\n

Riverside Breakfast with Jason Rosam \u2013 Riverside Radio<\/p>\n

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Live Event or Outside Broadcast of the Year<\/p>\n

Cambridge Folk Festival 2024 \u2013 Cambridge Radio<\/p>\n

Eisteddfod in Rhondda Cynon Taf \u2013 GTFM<\/p>\n

Live from G\u0175yl Cefni 2025 \u2013 M\u00f4nFM<\/p>\n

The Northern Pride Festival \u2013 Pride Radio<\/p>\n

RNIB Connect Radio at the Paralympics 2024 \u2013 RNIB Connect Radio<\/p>\n

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Presenter of the Year: Man<\/p>\n

Neil Kefford \u2013 Academy fm Thanet<\/p>\n

Patrick Foster \u2013 Academy fm Thanet<\/p>\n

Chris Kaye \u2013 BFBS Catterick<\/p>\n

Gavin Richards \u2013 Cambridge Radio<\/p>\n

Dan Draper \u2013 Riverside Radio<\/p>\n

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Presenter of the Year: Woman<\/p>\n

Dishali Asrani \u2013 Awaz FM<\/p>\n

Amy Gray \u2013 Cambridge Radio<\/p>\n

Lizzie Sentance \u2013 Marlow FM<\/p>\n

Daryl Jenkins \u2013 Spark<\/p>\n

Priya Matharu \u2013 Switch Radio<\/p>\n

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Voices of the Community Award<\/p>\n

Mark McKenzie & Major Karen Tate \u2013 BFBS Scotland<\/p>\n

The Coeliac Shack \u2013 Radio LaB 97.1FM<\/p>\n

Older Voices \u2013 Radio Tyneside<\/p>\n

The Ukraine Hour \u2013 Somer Valley FM<\/p>\n

In Her Element, supporting women and girls in the North East \u2013 Spark<\/p>\n

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Voices for all Award<\/p>\n

Me Time Podcast on the Joy Ethic Show \u2013 ALL FM<\/p>\n

Rainbow Mums \u2013 Chelmsford Community Radio<\/p>\n

Alex Airnes \u2013 K107FM Community Space \u2013 K107FM<\/p>\n

The Ukraine Hour \u2013 Somer Valley FM<\/p>\n

Glocal \u2013 Ujima Radio<\/p>\n

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Community Impact Project of the Year<\/p>\n

Finding Your Voice \u2013 Colne Radio<\/p>\n

Work Experience For ALL \u2013 Sheppey FM 92.2<\/p>\n

Music in Mind \u2013 Sheppey FM 92.2<\/p>\n

Hear Our Voices \u2013 Ujima Radio<\/p>\n

The 4Ps Radio Training School \u2013 Vectis Radio<\/p>\n

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Station of the Year<\/p>\n

Academy fm Thanet<\/p>\n

Radio Skye<\/p>\n

Riverside Radio<\/p>\n

RNIB Connect Radio<\/p>\n

Vectis Radio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The finalists for this year\u2019s Community Radio Awards have been announced as the event marks its 10th ceremony.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-165619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}