This is awarded to the station that has made the biggest impact with its audience in the last year. They've achieved everything they aimed to do with flair and attitude, whilst having a lot of fun.
Your entry should include:
- Audio: A compilation of the best of your station's output. It should include output from across the schedule. Maximum audio entry length is 15 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 8 sides of A4 (submitted digitally) that include the following:
- The station's aims, objectives and programming policy
- Highlights and achievements during the 2008/2009 academic year
- Special considerations or hurdles encountered in fulfilling remit and how these were tackled.
- Diagrams and images highlighting the above where appropriate.
- Maximum Audio Duration: 15:00
This category recognises stations with an increased awareness of on-air and off-air branding. This category is about the balance between on- and off-air station imaging and how the station communicates its image and values in order to attract and retain listeners.
Your entry should include:
- Audio: A compilation capturing how the station's brand/image is represented on-air. Maximum audio entry length is 7 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of six sides of A4 submitted digitally about how the marketing/branding of your station was developed and how it raised awareness of the station to your listeners. (The written submission can include images of events / publicity material)
- Maximum Audio Duration: 07:00
This category is for a male student radio presenter who deserves particular recognition for their overall presentation style and skills, including production and rapport with their audience.
Your entry should include:
- Audio: A compilation of your best on-air output. Maximum audio entry length is 4 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 600 Words (approximately 1 Side A4 at 11pt) about you and your show.
- Maximum Audio Duration: 04:00
- Word Limit: 600
This category is for a female student radio presenter who deserves particular recognition for their overall presentation style and skills, including production and rapport with their audience.
Your entry should include:
- Audio: A compilation of your best on-air output. Maximum audio entry length is 4 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 600 Words (approximately 1 Side A4 at 11pt) about you and your show.
- Maximum Audio Duration: 04:00
- Word Limit: 600
This category is for a member of a student radio station who has been involved for less than one year in student radio as a whole. They deserve particular recognition for their overall contribution to the station and not necessarily their presenting efforts. This award is open to students who can provide details of their achievements not only on air, but also off air as well.
Your entry should include:
- Audio (if applicable): A compilation of your best on-air contributions. Maximum audio entry length is 3 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 1000 words about everything you have achieved this year, both on and off air (500 words from the individual applying, 500 to be written by your station manager or similar).
- Maximum Audio Duration: 03:00
- Word Limit: 1000
This category recognises programming that forms part of the station's entertainment output with a particular emphasis on the items and links within, acknowledging the person or persons responsible for devising, writing and producing them. An example of the genre would be a breakfast programme.
Your entry should include:
- Audio: A compilation of the programme(s). Maximum audio entry length is 7 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 600 words about how the programme is presented and produced with particular emphasis on how ideas are created, developed and incorporated into the overall programme.
- Maximum Audio Duration: 07:00
- Word Limit: 600
This category recognises an outstanding interview. Interviewees can include (but are not limited to) MPs, celebrities, bands or university/students' union staff.
Your entry should include:
- Audio: A single interview including the voice of the interviewer. Maximum audio entry length is 4 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 600 words about how the interview was executed with particular emphasis on the way it was arranged, researched, presented and produced.
- Maximum Audio Duration: 04:00
- Word Limit: 600
This category is designed to recognise programmes that form part of the station's news, sport or current affairs output. One-off special features or programmes will be considered as well as regular programmes and services. Special consideration will be given to programmes that are targeted at the student audience.
Your entry should include:
- Audio: A compilation of the programme(s). Maximum audio entry length is 7 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 1000 words about how the programme was presented and produced with a particular emphasis on how stories and information were gathered, developed and compiled into an informative broadcast.
- Maximum Audio Duration: 07:00
- Word Limit: 1000
This category is for programmes which were recorded outside of the station's studios. Judges will be examining the way in which entries captured the essence of the event and how the OB connected with both the audience at the event and the audience listening to the programme.
Your entry should include:
- Audio: A compilation of the programme(s). Maximum audio entry length is 4 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 400 words about how the event/OB was planned, co-ordinated and executed with particular emphasis on where, why and how this coverage was achieved. (The written submission can include images of the event).
- Maximum Audio Duration: 04:00
- Word Limit: 400
This category recognises the creation of non-factual speech programming. This can include comedy or scripted dramas, panel shows and programmes designed to make listeners laugh as well as shows containing fictional, story-based content or readings.
Your entry should include:
- Audio: A compilation of the programme(s). Maximum audio entry length is 7 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 600 words about how the programme is presented and produced with particular emphasis on the preparation and scripting process.
- Maximum Audio Duration: 07:00
- Word Limit: 600
This category celebrates a technical development that has improved your student radio station. You have identified a need and designed and developed a practical, successful engineering or IT based solution to fulfil this need, especially where a project shows particular innovation and originality.
Your entry should include:
- Audio (if appropriate): Maximum audio entry length is 4 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 1000 words about how and why the innovation was designed, developed, how work was carried out and how it impacted on the way the station operates. (up to 4 diagrams, images and illustrations may be uploaded as jpg, gif, png or pdf - but the main written entry should be submitted through the web system).
- Maximum Audio Duration: 04:00
- Word Limit: 1000
This category is designed to recognise programmes that have a specialist music policy that is more tightly focussed than the station's main playlist. Judges will consider one-off documentaries or specials but programmes must display a passion for music.
Your entry should include:
- Audio: A compilation of the programme. Maximum audio entry length is 7 minutes.
- Written: A maximum of 600 words about how the programme was presented and produced with particular emphasis on how specialist music has been sourced and programmed.
- Maximum Audio Duration: 07:00
- Word Limit: 600
This is a special award presented by the Student Radio Association to honour the station deemed to have best hosted the Student Radio Chart Show. The award will primarily be judged on the presentation skills and production values demonstrated by the stations when they hosted the show, although the winning station must also have shown professionalism and consistency in being a part of a the syndication.
Any station who hosted the SRA chart can enter this category - however you must produce a 3 minute audio 'best of' for your show. If you have any problems getting hold of a recording of your chart, please contact Barry. No written entry is required for this entry as judges will instead use information on how the station participated in the overall chart process (submitting charts and tracks, professionalism in their show etc.) in judging the entry
- Maximum Audio Duration: 03:00
- Word Limit: No written entry