Community Radio Awards


The Community Radio Awards are an accolade bestowed upon creatives in the community sector of broadcast radio in the United Kingdom. The awards showcase the work of community radio volunteers.

History

The Community Radio Awards were founded in 2016 by Rebecca Steers.
The 2016 awards ceremony was held in Birmingham
The 2017 awards ceremony was held on 23 September in Bristol following a process involving over 350 entries in 16 categories from 70 community stations.
The 2018 ceremony was held on 15 September in Sheffield, with 360 entries considered from 77 stations in 18 categories.
The 2019 ceremony was held in Barry, Wales in October, receiving more than 425 entries.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 ceremony was held online on December 7, receiving 460 entries for consideration from 90 stations.
The 2021 ceremony was held on 23 October in Coventry following the inaugural national Community Radio Conference by the UK Community Radio Network

Nominations and winners

2022

Community Radio Awards 2022 winners:
Station of the YearCommunity Development Project of the Year

  • Gold: The 4Ps Radio Training School for Young people, Vectis Radio
  • Silver: Ukraine Community Appeal, Sheppey FM 92.2
  • Bronze: Older Voices, ALLFM
  • Community Show of the YearCovid and Community Rebuild
  • Gold: The Short Breaks Show, Vectis Radio
  • Silver: A Tribute to Allan Brigham, Cambridge 105 Radio
  • Bronze: All About Frome, Frome FM
  • Gold: Tommyfield Live
  • Silver: Think on Our feet
  • Bronze: #MercatMarriage, K107FM
  • Digital and RSL Station of the YearMale Presenter of the Year
  • Gold: Petersfield's Shine Radio
  • Silver: Poppyland Radio
  • Bronze: Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd
  • Gold: Stephen Higgs
  • Silver: Neil Kefford
  • Bronze: Connor Morgans
  • Female Presenter of the YearLive Event or Outside Broadcast
  • Gold: Rupa Mooker
  • Silver: Dr Audrey Tang
  • Bronze: Leigh Chambers
  • Gold: Iron To Iron, Erewash Sound
  • Silver: The Barry Island Festival of Food, BRO RADIO
  • Bronze: Hustings 2022, Radio Skye
  • Entertainment Show of the YearSpeech and Journalism of the Year
  • Gold: Natasha Reneaux
  • Silver: Paul James
  • Bronze: We Are Young
  • Gold: Fighting Fear With Hope
  • Silver: Friday Night Clive
  • Bronze: One Love One Planet
  • Arts and Creative Radio of the YearSpecialist Music Show of the Year
  • Gold: Hills Are Alive
  • Silver: The Easts
  • Bronze: Be the Sea
  • Gold: Priya Matharu
  • Silver: The Letty Rock Show
  • Bronze: Saltire Indie Rock Show
  • Sports Show of the YearVolunteer of the Year
  • Gold: Black Country Saturday Sports Show
  • Silver: Skye Spòrs
  • Bronze: Saturday Sports Show – Twitter Spaces
  • Gold: Mark Draper
  • Silver: Tom Walker
  • Bronze: Robin Zhang
  • Young Person of the YearSage Person of the Year
  • Gold: Megan Hayward
  • Silver: Toby Crabb
  • Bronze: Daisy Barker
  • Gold: Craig Mitchell
  • Silver: John Rumble
  • Bronze: Jim Campbell
  • Newcomer of the YearInnovation of the Year
  • Gold: Anna Gillingham-Sutton
  • Silver: Chloe Monaghan
  • Bronze: John Reid-Hansen
  • Gold: ECHO@ALLFM
  • Silver: Falmouth to Falmouth
  • Bronze: The 4ps Training School for young people
  • Podcast of the YearCommunity Radio Award Honours
  • Gold: Dogs with Jobs, Petersfield's Shine Radio
  • Silver: Self Injury Support, Gentle Activism
  • Bronze: The Shine Radio Recipe, Petersfield's Shine Radio
  • Recipient: Bill Best
  • Recipient: Geoff Rogers
  • 2021

    Community Radio Awards 2021:
    • Community Development Project of the Year
    • * Bronze Business Watch – Academy FM Thanet
    • * Silver A Space to Speak your Mind – SourceFM
    • * Gold The 4PS Radio Training School – Vectis Radio
    • Station of the Year – Sponsored by PlayoutONE
    • * Bronze Sheppey FM
    • * Silver Heartland FM
    • * Gold Pride Radio
    • Female Presenter of the Year
    • * Bronze Amelia Slaughter – Marlow FM
    • * Silver Katherine Liley – Heartland FM
    • * Gold Suzie "Sparkles" Stevens – LCR FM
    • Male Presenter of the Year
    • * Bronze Ste Greenall – Black Cat Radio
    • * Silver Kev Lawrence – PCR103.2FM
    • * Gold Lewis Bowden – BFBS Catterick
    • Community Show of the Year
    • * Bronze A Space to Speak your Mind – SourceFM
    • * Silver The Kev Lawrence Breakfast Show – PCR103.2FM
    • * Gold Christmas Day Radio Festival of Carols and Readings – Black Country Radio
    • Live Event or Outside Broadcast of the Year – Sponsored by In:Quality
    • * Bronze Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021 – Heartland FM
    • * Silver The Marlow Christmas Drive-In – Marlow FM
    • * Gold The Falmouth Remembrance Service – SourceFM
    • Entertainment Show of the Year
    • * Bronze Lewis Bowden's Afternoon Show – BFBS Catterick
    • * Silver Natasha Reneaux Entertainment Show – BFBS Aldershot
    • * Gold Switch Radio's Christmas Crackers – Switch Radio
    • Speech & Journalism of the Year – Sponsored by RadioToday
    • * Bronze One Voice Radio Series: Chinese life in Britain – allfm
    • * Silver Dad raises funds for MIND, in memory of his son – Black Cat Radio
    • * Gold Down on the Farm – Spark Sunderland
    • Arts & Creative Radio of the Year – Sponsored by the Audio Content Fund
    • * Bronze Camelot – Chelmsford Community Radio
    • * Silver The Spooky Hour, by The Saturday Writers and Jonathan Pagden – Wycombe Sound
    • * Gold Beginning Of The End – Radio LaB 97.1FM
    • Specialist Music Show of the Year
    • * Bronze Around the World – Lisburn’s 98FM
    • * Silver The Rock Shop with Michelle Livings – Marlow FM
    • * Gold Dance Revolution Chart of the Year 2020 – Spark Sunderland
    • Sports Show of the Year
    • * Bronze K107 Saturday Sports Show – K107FM
    • * Silver Sports+ – Purbeck Coast FM
    • * Gold Daily Life with Rajani – Awaz FM
    • Volunteer of the Year
    • * Bronze Kevin Ridgeon – Andover Radio
    • * Silver Andy Rankine – Drystone Radio
    • * Gold Nigel Dallard – Winchester Radio
    • Young Person of the Year
    • * Bronze Aimee Cordwell – Sheppey FM
    • * Silver Yanis Kerampran – Ipswich Community Radio
    • * Gold Lewis Allsopp – Erewash Sound
    • Sage Person of the Year
    • * Bronze Susie Mathis – Wythenshawe FM
    • * Silver Moz Walsh – allfm
    • * Gold Kelvin Currie – Vectis Radio
    • Newcomer – Sponsored by The Radio Hub
    • * Bronze Flight Sergeant James Bruce – BFBS Brize Norton
    • * Silver Amelia Salmons – Erewash Sound
    • * Gold Ashleigh Kennan-Bryce – Heartland FM
    • Innovation of the Year – Sponsored by Maxxwave
    • * Bronze A Space to Speak your Mind – SourceFM
    • * Silver Short Breaks in Lockdown – The 4Ps Radio Training School – Vectis Radio
    • * Gold 12 Communities One Bristol – BCfm Radio – Bristol Community FM
    • Podcast of the Year
    • * Bronze 12 Communities One Bristol – BCfm Radio – Bristol Community FM
    • * Silver Rough Diamonds: True Colours – DWS AUDIO
    • * Gold The Alfred Daily Podcast – This is Alfred
    • Digital or RSL Station of The Year
    • * Bronze Ocean Youth Radio
    • * Silver Petersfield's Shine Radio – Petersfield's Shine Radio
    • * Gold Radio Wanno – HMP Wandsworth – Radio Wanno – HMP Wandsworth
    • Covid and Community Response
    • * Bronze Coronavirus Update – Gateway 97.8
    • * Silver Covid Response – BFBS Aldershot
    • * Gold Hidden Heroes, Marlow's Quiet Night In, and more – Marlow FM

      2020

    Community Radio Awards 2020:
    • Community Development Project of the Year
    • * The #Lovebus – Andover Radio
    • * Occupy The Airwaves: 2020 – Phonic FM
    • * The Radio Plus Community Advent Calendar 2019 – Radio Plus
    • * A Space to Speak Your MindSource FM
    • * The Vectis Radio 4Ps Radio Training School – Vectis Radio
    • Station of the Year
    • * Bro Radio
    • * Express FM
    • * Môn FM
    • * Pride Radio
    • * Raidió Fáilte
    • Female Presenter of the Year
    • * Fiona McNeill – Dunoon Community Radio
    • * Gemma-Leigh James – Marlow FM
    • * Priya Matharu – Switch Radio
    • * Pippa Sawyer – Wycombe Sound
    • * Julie Donaldson – Zetland FM
    • Male Presenter of the Year
    • * Luis Wyatt – Andover Radio
    • * Chris Kaye – BFBS Catterick
    • * Tom Lamb – Erewash Sound
    • * Lee Roe – Ribble FM
    • * Rob L'Esperance – Wycombe Sound
    • Community Show of the Year
    • * Radio: Impact! – Cambridge 105 Radio
    • * VE Day Party – Gateway 97.8
    • * Trevor Blackman Now – Maritime Radio
    • * The For Women By Women Show – Vectis Radio
    • * The Vectis Radio 4Ps Training School Documentary – Vectis Radio
    • Live Event or Outside Broadcast of the Year
    • * Virtual Strawberry Fair – Cambridge 105 Radio
    • * Memories Bus – Gateway 97.8
    • * Northern Pride Festival 2019 – Pride Radio
    • * Day trip for elderly people – Radio Verulam
    • * Surrey Fire And Rescue Service Open Day – Susy Radio
    • Entertainment Show of the Year
    • * Coffee and Tea – Gateway 97.8
    • * Drive with Emma Millen – Spark
    • * Vibe Breakfast – Vibe 107.6 FM
    • * Morning Plus with Ollie Darvill – Erewash Sound
    • * Amelia Slaughter – Marlow FM
    • Speech & Journalism of the Year
    • * When a community rallies round – after the radio station broke the story – Black Cat Radio
    • * Community rallies round as cemetery memorial is vandalised – Black Cat Radio
    • * Basildon Question Time – Gateway 97.8
    • * Meet The Smugglers – Radio LaB 97.1FM
    • * He's Just A Cleaner – Spark
    • Arts & Creative Radio of the Year
    • * Virtual Strawberry Fair – Cambridge 105 Radio
    • * The Luncarty Lockdown – Heartland FM
    • * A Fete Worse Than DeathSomer Valley FM
    • * David Jay's Remembrance Sunday programme – Susy Radio
    • * Mulch – A Tale of Allotment Folk – Warminster Community Radio
    • Specialist Music Show of the Year
    • * Country In My Veins – Ali Donowho – Alive Radio
    • * It's Showtime with Ryan & Jodana – Bro Radio
    • * Community Keyboards with Ian Wolstenholme – Oldham Community Radio
    • * The Vintage Show with Liz Catlow – Ribble FM
    • * Priya Matharu – Switch Radio
    • Sports Show of the Year
    • * Richard Wyeth – Sports Show – BFBS Aldershot
    • * Bro Radio's Saturday Sport – Bro Radio
    • * NLive Sports Show – NLive Radio
    • * Verulam Sport – Radio Verulam
    • * Switch Radio Sport – Switch Radio
    • Volunteer of the Year
    • * Kevin Rennie – Alive Radio
    • * Stephen Spencer – Ipswich Community Radio
    • * Alex Airnes – K107fm
    • * Steve Fox – Red Kite Radio
    • * Kelvin Currie – Vectis Radio
    • Young Person of the Year
    • * Luis Wyatt – Andover Radio
    • * Johnny Jenkins – Gateway 97.8
    • * Yanis Kerampran – Ipswich Community Radio
    • * Lucy Ashburner – Marlow FM
    • * Jake Hunter – Radio Ninesprings
    • Sage Person
    • * Moz Walsh – ALLFM
    • * Liz Mullen – BFBS Colchester
    • * Tony Barnfield – Cambridge 105 Radio
    • * Rob Bayly – Somer Valley FM
    • * Paul Blitz – Winchester Radio
    • Newcomer
    • * Claire Hamilton – Drystone Radio
    • * Angie B – Marlow FM
    • * Kate Walker – Red Kite Radio
    • * Isabel Ellis – Ribble FM
    • * Benjy Potter – Vibe 107.6 FM
    • Innovation Award
    • * Live under lockdown! – Cambridge 105 Radio
    • * We created the board game, called 'Our Time and Place…Halifax' – Phoenix Fm
    • * COBS – A Complete Outside Broadcast System – Radio Verulam
    • * Switch Radio's News Hub – Switch Radio
    • * The Vectis Radio 4ps Vectis Radio Training School – Vectis Radio
    • Podcast
    • * RAINBOW DADS – Stories of Gay and Bi Dads – Chelmsford Community Radio
    • * Primrose and Terry: in the shed – Radio LaB 97.1FM
    • * FEM2020 – Spark
    • * LockDown Reflections – Ujima Radio
    • * Kids in Quarantine Podcast – Chelmsford Community Radio
    • Digital or RSL Station Of The Year
    • * Maidstone Radio
    • * Ocean Youth
    • * Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd
    • * Riverside Radio
    • * Swansbrook Radio
    • Special Coverage: 2019 General Elections Coverage
    • * Election Coverage 2019 #BrumVotes – Switch Radio
    • * All Out Election – Gateway 97.8
    • * The South West Wiltshire Interviews – Warminster Community Radio
    • * General Election Coverage – Wycombe Sound
    • * General Election Hustings – Bro Radio