University鈥檚 radio station named as finalist in national radio awards
Mon 17 October, 2022
Radio LaB, the 台湾六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 on-campus community radio station, has been announced as a finalist in three categories of the annual national Community Radio Awards 2022.
The station has made the shortlist, which was whittled down from nearly 400 entries submitted across all the categories by stations from every corner of the UK.
Student Jose Goncalves鈥 radio piece 鈥Fighting Fear With Hope鈥 has been nominated in the 鈥楽peech & Journalism of the Year鈥 category, while former station manager and Radio & Audio graduate, Toby Crabb, has been shortlisted for 鈥榊oung Person of the Year鈥.
Alongside this, 鈥檚 collaborative audio project with Luton Council to help encourage young people in the town to get vaccinated 鈥 #CovidConversations 鈥 has been nominated in the 鈥楥ovid and Community Rebuild鈥 category.
Terry Lee, Senior Tutor in Radio & Audio and Radio LaB coordinator, said: 鈥淲e鈥檝e had a fantastic year at Radio LaB, with some amazing highlights. The three awards we鈥檙e shortlisted for each tell a different story 鈥 our close links with academic courses such as Journalism, the work we enjoy with developing young talent like Toby and the community engagement projects we lead on with university stakeholders such as Luton Council. I鈥檓 so proud of all the students involved in the station. Fingers crossed we can bring a bronze, silver or gold award back down the A6 or M1 in November!鈥澨
This positive news comes after a fictional, pandemic-inspired audio drama created by a group of 台湾六合彩开奖记录 students won the top prize at the 2021 Community Radio Awards 鈥 marking this the third year in a row that radio productions from the University scored Gold at these notable awards.
The 2022 winners will be revealed in a ceremony in Bedford on the 19th of November, with the evening ceremony following the Community Radio Conference organised by the UK Community Radio Network.
Martin Steers, Community Radio Awards Chair, said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 been another great year for Community Radio across the UK, entertaining, informing and engaging local communities 鈥 the true purpose of local radio stations. As ever it鈥檚 been a big challenge for our judges from across the industry as the quality of entries is better than ever. 听It鈥檚 a real testament to all that community radio stations do in their areas.
鈥淲e wish Radio LaB good luck and can鈥檛 wait to host the ceremony in Bedford next month.鈥
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