May 19 2011
So tomorrow is the final day of the Smoke’s massive Summer Send Off… Ahhh I hear you say : (
We have got a day packed to the rafters with all your favourite Smoke DJ’s and presenters taking part in what is going to be the final day of broadcasting for Smoke this year.
We are live from The Undercroft in Harrow all day with live bands, a BBQ and a on-air pub quiz.
Come down, day or night and party with the Smoke team, lets end this year in style and wave good bye to Smoke for another year.
May 19 2011
Smoke’s Summer Send Off rolls on into day 4 at the Cavendish campus. Today’s site is the largest of all the Westminster buildings and is home to the scientists of the university.
Following from yesterday’s historic tour of Little Titchfield, Smoke News saw it only fitting to explore all seven floors of the building to find out a little bit more about our home for the day. With the success of yesterday’s tour, we decided to carry on the theme of being curious and generally up to no good. We thought we’d kick things off by gazing adoringly at the Science campus from the outside and marvel in it’s somewhat ‘lego-esque’ architecture.
Our lovely Cavendish building
As Little Titchfield only had 6 floors, can you imagine our excitement to find that Cavendish has 7!
We raced to the top floor to see if the view had anything to rival the scene at Titchfield campus. It was definitely worth the rush when we were greeted by this…
View from the 7th floor
What goes up must come down so we decided to take a peek at where the scientists of tomorrow are learning their trade. Think it’s safe to say Olly got a little bit too into our tour. Say hello to Dr. Douglas, we think the lab coat suits him.
Olly getting stuck in to our tour.
After Olly finished his experiment and we managed to get him to let go of the lab coat we moved downwards once more. Olly was adamant on taking the stairs but Jimmy had more of an adventurous idea.
Jimmy - please step away from the edge
After convincing Jimmy that scaling the side of building was not in his best interests, we headed downstairs again, only for Olly to bump into an old friend. Its safe to say that that this friend was extremely old and to honest he looked a little pale.
Bless 'em, they must have had so much to catch up on
The friend’s reunited could have gone for hours but it time to move on with the tour. There’s only so much science the Smoke News guys could handle so we headed back to base to join the rest of the team. It’s safe to say we were enlightened but we’ll leave the science to the professionals.
It’s been a busy week for Smoke but Harrow’s Undercroft bar is now in sight. Roll on the final day of Smoke Radio’s Summer Send Off, cheers Cavendish!
May 19 2011
We really did have the best educational intentions as we entered the building. Things started positively when we noticed a plaque just outside the main entrance, which informed us that Her Majesty the Queen had opened the building in 1929 as an annexe to the Regent St. campus.
Upon us entering the building we found that the extent of the historical facts we uncovered remain on the plaque outside. With that in mind took it upon ourselves to see what the campus had to offer two slightly immature Smoke Radio presenters.
views to the east
views to the west
As soon as Jimmy managed to get through the gates we raced to the top floor for the view, taking special note of the malfunctioning lift. Upon unsuccessfully attempting to get to the roof of the building we could not resist the sign labelled, FIRST AID, where Olly suddenly fell ill.
Call me a doctor...
As we mentioned previously, Little Titchfield is the law campus and as Olly is not the most well behaved boy so we decided to put him on trial in the mock courtroom in which Jimmy posed with an electric curtain.
Olly loved that curtain!
So there you have it, a not so historical tour of the Little Titchfield campus, we learnt a lot today – sort of.
May 19 2011
So… Day three and we’re off to Westminster’s law campus – Little Titchfield – where Smoke Radio will be broadcasting for the third day of the massive Summer Send Off.
Apart from being the smallest area of the university, my knowledge of Little Titchfield is most definitely on the low side. With that in mind, whilst Matty and Manish are broadcasting today from one, Smoke Radio News will be taking a little tour to see what makes Little Titchfield campus tick.
Todays broadcasting starts from 1 with Matty and Manish’s Request Show until 3
From 3 – 4 is Approaching Tomorrow with Jamie and Greg
Nic and Nat back from 4-6 to wrap things up.
Tune in from 1pm today and get involved with the Big Summer Send Off
Much Love
Olly
May 16 2011
Its Monday morning and that means only one thing. No, not a boring first day back at work or an early start!
It’s the Smoke Radio, Wacky Races.
Five teams are battling it out to be first to the finish line and be crowned the champions. Dressed as Wacky Races characters, the teams of two, will be tied together, making their way across central London. They will have to stop at five checkpoints and perform tasks before they are allowed to move on. After success at all five tasks, its a dash to the finish at Harrow campus.
The outcome of the race will be bet on by Smoke listeners and a pair of end of year Masquerade Ball tickets are up for grabs.
Tune in to Smoke Radio all day and be kept up-to-date with Wacky Races.
Wacky Races are only the first part of the Smoke Summer Send Off and we have a whole week of events to celebrate the past year.
So if your around this week, come and join us for what will be a tremendous send off for Smoke.
Oct 19 2010
They are:
Best Newcomer – Darby Dorras.
Best Interview – Gary Pounder.
…Best Live event or outside broadcast – Smoke On Tour.
Best Marketing and Station Sound – Smoke Radio.
Best Speech Programming – 1UP.
The awards ceremony itself is one of the most important in the Radio Calendar. This year it’s being presented by Fearne Cotton, Greg James, and Huw Stevens! It’s a great opportunity for making contacts, and is full of industry professionals, as well as other student radio stations.
Here at Smoke we’d really appreciate you coming along and supporting the station too!
There are two types of tickets available:
Half ticket: upstairs seating, ceremony, and after-party = £29.50.
After-party only: = £18.
(Full table tickets are available for Smoke Committee members and nominees only, please contact Darby separately for details.)
If you want to come along you MUST send your full name AND phone number, with the email subject as ‘Awards’ to darby.dorras@smokeradio.co.uk by Friday this week (22nd Oct). You then need to be able to supply the money in cash, or by direct bank transfer, by 6.00pm on next Wednesday (27th Oct).
Looking forward to seeing you all there – it’ll be a great night… and hopefully we’ll pick up some awards!
Sep 17 2010
On Wednesday the 22nd of September Smoke Radio are hosting a very special event at Area 51 on the Harrow Campus.
It’s the first big event of the year in Area 51, and it’s set to be a blast, with Smoke Radio DJs and Special Guests. They’ll be playing out all the great music you can hear on Smoke Radio 24 hours a day, plus some classic disco and school cheese that we’d get killed if we actually broadcast!
It’s starting at 10pm, and if you get there before 11, entry is only £1!
Area 51 is going to be full to bursting, it’s going to be one of the busiest nights of the year. So make sure you get down there early to take advantage of all the drinks offers!
Sep 17 2010
It’s the news you’ve all been waiting for, Smoke Radio will be returning to the air for Freshers week, starting Monday the 20th of September.
We’ll be catching up with loads of new and returning students, getting your requests, visiting all the freshers fairs and of course, broadcasting your favourite music live all day from our studios at the Harrow Campus.
We’ll also be throwing our very own SMOKE RADIO SCHOOL DISCO at Area 51 on the Harrow Campus… watch this space for more details coming soon!
Here’s a list of all the events happening at the Harrow Campus throughout Freshers Week.
May 26 2010
Monday was a very special night in the Smoke Radio calendar as we held our annual awards ceremony. Everyone who’s been involved in Smoke Radio this year gathered at the William IV in Kensal Green for a meal, a few drinks and to see who would come away with the much coveted awards!
First of all it was time for the big ones, the awards that really recognised the effort people had put in to our Student Radio station this year. And the awards went to:
Best Daytime Presenter – Jon Holmes
Best Daytime Programme – Signal
Best Specialist Presenter – Frank McWeeny (of French Toast)
Best Specialist Show – Going to Bed with Edd
Best Newcomer – Sam Lovell
Best Comedy – Apple Bites Back / Rich & Spike Show
Commitment to Programming – Apple Bites Back / Rich & Spike Show
Outstanding Contribution – Darby Dorras
Matthew Linfoot is the Course Leader for Radio Production here at Westminster, and it was for his help and support every year that he was admitted to The Smoke Radio Hall of Fame. Everyone here at Smoke Radio would like to say a huge thank you once again to Matthew for all your advice and expertise this year.
The awards were gratefully received, applauses were rounded and speeches were made, but we weren’t finished there. There were still some slightly less serious, but still very impotant awards to be handed out. Here’s a run down of the rest of the winners:
Best Dressed: Bill Leuty, Will Kisby and Luke Beckett (Hard Talk)
Best Drunk: Sophie Clipsham and Nicola Clarke
Minor Celebrity Award: Matty Deller
Mr & Mr Smoke Radio: Matty Deller & Manish Doolabh
Mrs & Mrs Smoke Radio: Amy FitzGibbon & Alice Robertson
The other big news announced on Monday at the ceremony was who is to succeed this years committee, and take charge of Smoke Radio when we come back in the Autumn. There was a huge number of applications sent when we invited you to apply last month, and this years committee had some really tough choices to make.
And so finally it’s time for the news you’ve all been waiting for. The Smoke Radio Committee 2010-11 will be:
Head of Daytime Programming: Darby Dorras
Head of Specialist Programming: Sam Lovell
Head of Music: Edd Cross
Head of Web : Will Kisby
Head of News: Luke Beckett
Head of Marketing & Head of Branding: Massimo Paradiso & Rhianne Boland
Head of Events: Gary Pounder
After a busy year and a really busy week with Smoke on Tour, it was finally time for everyone to let their hair down, and they did so in style as the music and dancing went on late in to the night. The new committee will meet soon and start planning what we hope will be another fantastic year for Smoke Radio. So stay tuned and keep checking back as we keep you updated with all the latest announcements, plans and events throughout the summer!
May 21 2010
You’ve heard about the 2012 mascots on Smoke Radio news, now check out the pictures!
The mascots will represent the London games and will be all over the capital in the summer of 2012.
We reckon Wenlock and Mandeville are dead cute … what do you think?!
Wenlock - Source: lbc.co.uk
Mandeville - Source: lbc.co.uk
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