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 2024 Community Radio Award winners: Special Award: 2024 General Election Coverage Gold: Wycombe Sound General Election Coverage 2024 Silver: Vote24 Radio Programme – NLive Radio Bronze: General Election History for the Isle of Wight – Vectis Radio Newcomer of the Year - Sponsored by The Radio Hub Gold: Paul "Babz" Plumb – Sheppey FM 92.2 Silver: Joshua Jones – Academy fm Thanet Bronze: Olivia Giovanna Goodman – Radio Cardiff Sage Person of the Year Gold: Tony Gillham – Black Cat Radio Silver: Ronald Leleux – Vectis Radio Bronze: Catriona Maclean – Radio Skye Young Person of the Year - Sponsored by The Radio Hub Gold: Olly Hilton – BFBS Catterick Silver: Theo Oakley – Radio Folkestone Bronze: Luke McNamara – Radio Woking Volunteer of the Year - Sponsored by Wales Community Radio Network Gold: Robin Zhang – Radio Cardiff Silver: Josh Holmes-Bright – Caroline Coastal FM Bronze: Dave Dallard – Erewash Sound Sports Show of the Year Gold: Richard Wyeth – BFBS Aldershot Silver: Live Local Sports Commentary – Mix 92.6 Bronze: The Rapha Report – Radio Skye Arts & Creative Radio of the Year - Sponsored by Devaweb Gold: A Christmas Carol – Cambridge 105 Radio Silver: Together – Warminster Community Radio Bronze: Unplugged with Ashlee – Switch Radio News, Journalism & Factual Storytelling of the Year - Sponsored by RadioToday Gold: The Agony and The Ecstacy – Saving Oldham Coliseum – Oldham Community Radio Silver: Hayley Hammond – BFBS Brize Norton Bronze: Natasha Reneaux – BFBS Aldershot Specialist Content Show of the Year - Sponsored by PRS for Music Gold: Hooray 4 Musicals – A Christmas Carol – Maritime Radio Silver: A 'Sky Tonight' Special Report – HCR104fm Bronze: Martin Lunn – The Astronomy Show – Drystone Radio Specialist Music Show of the Year - Sponsored by PPL Gold: Crossover Country – Radio Skye Silver: The Indie Club – Spark Bronze: Currently Country – K107FM Entertainment Show of the Year - Sponsored by CopMedia Gold: Hayley Hammond – BFBS Brize Norton Silver: Ryan Galpin – BFBS Salisbury Plain Bronze: Lunchtime with Tristan B – BCfm Live Event or Outside Broadcast of the Year Gold: St Neots Festival – Black Cat Radio Silver: Bro Radio's Community Awards – Bro Radio Bronze: Radio LaB at Radio 1's Big Weekend – Radio LaB 97.1FM Female Presenter of the Year Gold: Steffi Callister – Cambridge 105 Radio Silver: Suzy Lee – Radio Skye Bronze: Amy Gray – Cambridge 105 Radio Male Presenter of the Year Gold: Stephen Higgs – Switch Radio Silver: Ryan Galpin – BFBS Salisbury Plain Bronze: Luke Wallwork – Liverpool Community Radio Community Show of the Year Gold: Rhondda Heritage Hour – Rhondda Radio Silver: In Conversation with Indiraa – Nu Sound Radio 92FM Bronze: Ampthill Past Memories – Radio LaB 97.1FM Community Impact Project of the Year Gold: YouthSPACE – Radio Skye Silver: The 4PS Radio Vectis Radio Training School is 10 years old – Vectis Radio Bronze: River Radio Toy Appeal – River Radio Station of the Year Gold: ALL FM Silver: Academy fm Thanet Bronze: Vectis Radio
2023 Community Radio Award winners: Special Category: HM Queen Elizabeth II – Her life, Her reign, and her passing Gold: Northampton remembers and celebrates HM Queen Elizabeth II - NLive Radio Silver: The Queen In Birmingham - Switch Radio Bronze:Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Has Died - Cambridge 105 Radio Special Category: Coronation of King Charles III Gold:Coronation of the King - BFBS Aldershot Silver:The Coronation Ceilidh Special Broadcast - Radio Skye Bronze:The Day the King Came - Bolton FM Newcomer of the Year Gold:Ian Campfield - Gateway 97.8 Silver:Jenny Jefferies - Black Cat Radio Bronze:Phil Norris - Vectis Radio Sage Person of the Year (Over 60) Gold:Sam Hinks - Radio Skye Silver:Paul James - Academy FM Thanet Bronze:Norman Ross - Quality Radio Young Person of the Year (under 25) Gold:Josh Holmes-Bright - Caroline Community Radio Silver: Daisy Barker - Chelmsford Community Radio Bronze:Dafydd Furnham - Bro Radio Volunteer of the Year Gold:Maggie Currie - Vectis Radio Silver:Steven Weighill - Sheppey FM 92.2 Bronze:Brian Dobson - Black Cat Radio Sports Show of the Year Gold:Saturday Sports Show: Non-League Day Special - Black Country Radio Silver:Varsity 2023: Bedfordshire vs Northampton - Radio LaB 97.1FM Bronze:The Local Sports Mix - Mix 92.6 Arts & Creative Radio of the Year Gold:Frankenstein the Pantomime - Chelmsford Community Radio Silver:The Art of Listening - Resonance FM Bronze:The Space Folk Horror Lounge Mummer's Play - Frome FM News, Journalism & Factual Storytelling of the Year Gold:The Host - Ukraine 1 Year On - Hope FM Silver:Trinity Theatre Seniors - West Kent Radio Bronze:Forced Out - BFBS Aldershot Specialist Content Show of the Year Gold:A Space to Speak Your Mind – SourceFM Silver:Your Voice - Black Cat Radio Bronze:The Parents' Show - Mix 92.6 Specialist Music Show of the Year Gold:Baker's Dozen Radio Show - Ipswich Community Radio Silver:Friday Night Trad - Radio Skye Bronze:Currently Country - K107fm Entertainment Show of the Year Gold:Gemma-Leigh James - BFBS Brize Norton Silver:Glenn Jones - Cambridge 105 Radio Bronze:Tom & Matty's Monthly Montage - Maritime Radio Live Event or Outside Broadcast of the Year Gold:Carols for Christmas – SourceFM Silver:Varsity 2023: Bedfordshire vs Northampton - Radio LaB 97.1FM Bronze:Mix 92.6 at The National League Play Off Final - Mix 92.6 Female Presenter of the Year Gold:Priya Matharu - Switch Radio Silver:Dr Audrey Tang - NLive Radio Bronze:Gemma-Leigh James - BFBS Brize Norton Male Presenter of the Year Gold:Ste Greenall - Black Cat Radio Silver:Patrick Foster - Academy FM Thanet Bronze:Neil Kefford - Academy FM Thanet Community Show of the Year Gold:Sophie Preece - Switch Radio Silver:The Erskine Veterans Radio Show - Quality Radio Bronze:A Space to Speak Your Mind - SourceFM Community Impact Project of the Year Gold:Rehabilitation into Education - Sheppey FM 92.2 Silver:The 4Ps Radio Training School for Young People - Vectis Radio Bronze:Food For Thought - The Voice FM Station of the Year Gold:Sheppey FM 92.2 Silver:Vectis Radio Bronze:Ujima Radio
2022 Community Radio Awards 2022 winners:
+ Presented: 19 November 2022 in Bedford. Station of the Year Community Development Project of the Year Gold: Black Country Radio Silver: Heartland FM Bronze: Vectis Radio 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 Year Covid 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 Year Male 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 Year Live 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 Year Speech 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 Year Specialist 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 Year Volunteer 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 Year Sage 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 Year Innovation 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 Year Community 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 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 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 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 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 (under 25) Bronze Aimee Cordwell – Sheppey FM Silver Yanis Kerampran – Ipswich Community Radio Gold Lewis Allsopp – Erewash Sound Sage Person of the Year (over 60) Bronze Susie Mathis – Wythenshawe FM Silver Moz Walsh – allfm Gold Kelvin Currie – Vectis Radio