{"id":227948,"date":"2025-10-27T09:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/227948\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:54:07","slug":"community-radio-awards-winners-announced-for-2025-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/227948\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Radio Awards winners announced for 2025 \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The best of Community Radio has been celebrated in Bradford for the 2025 Community Radio Awards.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Stephen Higgs and Fiona McNeill, the evening celebrated the hard work of recipients from up and down the country.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Steers, awards chair, said: \u201cWhat another fantastic year for community radio. As we celebrate 20 years of community radio, it has been great to both share and celebrate with the awards and conference earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell done to all the winners, as well as all the finalists for the awards.\u201d<\/p>\n

The winners are as follows:<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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Celebrating & Championing Community Radio of the Year, sponsored by PPL<\/p>\n

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

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

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Digital Content of the Year, sponsored by Viamux \/ Optimux<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Newcomer of the Year, sponsored by Be Broadcast<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bronze \u2013 Paul James \u2013 Academy fm ThanetIan Barclay \u2013 Riverside Radio<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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Volunteer of the Year, sponsored by UK Community Radio Network<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Arts & Creative Radio of the Year, sponsored by RadioPlayer<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Specialist Content Show of the Year, sponsored by Fix Radio<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Specialist Music Show of the Year, sponsored by Promo Only<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Entertainment Show of the Year, sponsored by CopMedia<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Live Event or Outside Broadcast of the Year, sponsored by Hippynet Broadcast Technologies<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Presenter of the Year: Man, sponsored by All In Media<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Presenter of the Year: Woman, sponsored by DTS AutoStage<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Voices of the Community Award, sponsored by RadioPlayer<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Voices for All Award, sponsored by Devaweb<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Community Impact Project of the Year, sponsored by Be Broadcast<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Station of the Year, sponsored by Aiir<\/p>\n

Gold \u2013 Radio Skye<\/p>\n

Silver \u2013 Academy fm Thanet<\/p>\n

Bronze \u2013 Vectis Radio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The best of Community Radio has been celebrated in Bradford for the 2025 Community Radio Awards. Hosted by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-227948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}