The Smoke Radio Awards 2010
May 26th
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!
2012 Olympic mascots
May 21st
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
Smoke on tour: Day 5
May 21st
The final day of Smoke on tour has arrived!
The Smoke crew are busy setting up at The Undercroft bar in Harrow, ready to bring you live shows and live music all day. We will have live performances from Abi Thommes, Foxx Bandits, Beneath the Beach the Pavement, Who’s Breakin’ and Missing White Women.
There will also be a BBQ, a bottle and judging by the weather, lots of sunshine for you to enjoy!
See you there!
Smoke on tour: The end of day 4
May 20th
The penultimate day of Smoke on tour is coming to an end.
The team have been live from Cavendish all day, broadcasting live from the foyer of the site bringing you live shows and some fantastic music.
Tomorrow sees Smoke back on home turf at the Undercroft in Harrow. We will have live music from Abi Thommes from our very university artists, a BBQ, a bottle and hopefully lots of sunshine.
Things kick off at 11 as usual with Rich and Spike presenting the final breakfast show of the week.
Make sure you tune in and if you are in Harrow head down to the bar to share the fun!
Smoke Magazine
May 20th
Fancy yourself as a budding journalist of photographer? Then why not get involved with the Smoke magazine.
Smoke is not all about our award winning radio station, we also have a fantastic magazine that was relaunched at the beginning of the year.
The SU are looking for new volunteers to contribute to the publication, in particular to the new edition that is due out in September in time for the new group of Freshers arriving at Westminster. Whether you want to take photos, write features or report on the university sports teams, there is bound to be something for you to get involved with.
If you fancy getting involved with the Smoke magazine, head on over to the UWSU website for more details and contact information.
Smoke on tour: Day 4
May 20th
Today sees the Smoke team take over the Cavendish site on day 4 of the Smoke tour.
Fresh from an action packed day in Marylebone yesterday, today Smoke Radio is broadcasting from our fourth location. If you are down at Cavendish today make sure you look out for us – we will be the ones with headphones and lots of technical equipment! – and drop by and say hello. You can even get involved with your favourite shows and get yourself on air!
Stay tuned to Smoke all day for more great radio and all the latest happenings at your uni.
Smoke on tour: The end of day 3
May 19th
The third day of Smoke’s London tour is coming to an end.
The Smoke team have been live from the Inter:Mission bar all day bringing you live shows and some fantastic performances from our very own MCs.
Tomorrow we are down at Cavendish bringing you more fantastic shows from your favourite radio station and more chances to win tickets to the Grad Ball at Koko! As usual, Rich and Spike will kicking things off from 11 with the breakfast show so make sure you’re tuned in.
Don’t forget you can listen again to the best bits of the week on Smoke’s audioboo page. The highlights from today will be up there soon so keep your eyes peeled.
5 a side football tournament
May 19th
If you fancy yourself as the next David Beckham why not enter you and your mates into the uni 5-a-side football tournament?!
The event takes place next Friday at Regent’s Place Power League, kicking off at 1pm and running through until 5. It will cost you £35 to enter a team and you can have a maximum of 8 players.
If you fancy entering you’ve got until next Tuesday to submit your application but places are limited so be quick!
You can pick up a form from the Student Union offices in Harrow or Marylebone.
Smoke on tour: Day 3
May 19th
It’s day number 3 and today Smoke Radio are hitting Marylebone.
If you are in or around the Marylebone site today make sure you pop down to Inter:Mission and say hello to the Smoke team. There will also be some of our very own MCs performing live for you to enjoy if you needed any more persuading.
We’ve got more great shows and great music coming your way all day so make sure you stay tuned to your student radio station.
Don’t forget if you’ve missed anything from the past 2 days (where have you been?!) you can listen to highlights on Smoke’s audioboo page of all the finest moments.
