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Loyal listeners bombarded the sitehttp://www.webradioawards.com to show how much they enjoy the unformatted station, which plays everything under the sun, from demos to the latest chart toppers.
The Web Radio Awards are the first and only award given solely to the web's most popular radio stations and their DJ talent, all of whom deserve to be honoured and credited for their hard work.
Winners are chosen by the public and not by a team of know-it-all judges. The Web Radio Award site says stations should take pride in knowing that it was devoted listeners that made it all possible!
Awards for Blast 1386 included:
Best College Station
Best Americana DJ – Mark Watkins
Best College DJ – Gabriella Campitelli
Best Dub DJ – Dub Bug
Best Experimental DJ – Paul Avery
Best Radio Duo – Ian Gardener and Gabriella Campitelli
Hottest Radio Babe – Gabrielle Campitelli
Best Funk DJ – Stephen Howie
Bob Goertz, Station Manager said: “Everybody is highly delighted and we would like to thank everyone who voted for us and all the people who have put so much hard work into this station, which has made it so successful.”
Blast 1386 is looking forward to continuing its winning formula as an unformatted station with a unique website that tells you when you should listen, according to your music choice.
Blast 1386 broadcasts 24 hours a day 7 days a week, so you can enjoy all your favourite tunes on Blast while you sunbathe over the summer.
To add to the summer line-up, Phill Jupitus, from BBC 6 Music, will be simulcasting his breakfast show from Blast 1386 at TVU’s Reading Campus - for one day only - in August. Watch this space for more
The Mayor will be visiting Gary to support his weeklong radiothon in aid of charities ‘PALS’ and ‘ANTICS’. Gary needs to raise £3000 for these charities in order to gain a place on the TV show ‘Rumble in The Jungle’, where contestants will spend 14 days and nights in Sabah in Northern Borneo.
Blast is holding a week of 24-hour live radio, starting at midnight on 24th April 2005, ending at 11pm on the 29th April 2005. The event will comprise of 6-hour and 12-hour slots. Shows will feature competitions, interviews and give-aways.
The Mayor will be finishing his tour of duty on Wednesday at Gary’s charity band fundraising evening at the Reading Fez Club, Gun Street from 7pm – late.
For more information on Rumble in the Jungle and to find out about Gary’s progress so far check out: Blast 1386 www.blast1386.com, Gary’s website: www.garysweb.co.uk or Home of Rumble in the Jungle: http://globalchallenge.tv/
PALS is a registered charity giving children with disabilities between the ages of 5 and 18 the chance to take part in activities which able-bodied children can take part in naturally.
'ANTICS' is a charity that supports under 18s who have or are affected by cancer. The charity focuses its support on distributing funds to children for a number of reasons - for example if a parent or sibling suffers from cancer. ANTICS enables young people to deal with the illness through counselling, respite care and a number of other avenues.
Station Manager Bob Goertz said: “This represents a great step for us, expanding our output on Sky Digital means we are the only university in the country to offer music students such direct access to a national platform, with a potential audience of seven million.”
The Saturday sessions, ‘Evening Classes’ are hosted by the mistress of new music, Linda Serck. With tutorials, music trivia, live sessions and tips from experts on how to make it in the industry. There will also be a few ‘exchange students’ showcasing their music. These students come from places overseas with the same name as Thames Valley towns!
Sunday’s early hours belong to Jim Bowes and Tim Wolfe who will be presenting a schizophrenic marriage of two of Blast’s most popular shows. The programme will seek to play every CD that arrives at Blast and decide whether it deserves a place on the play list. Expect banter, guests, great music, and live sessions.
These shows take Blast’s commitment to unsigned and independent music up to 14 hours a week. Any students wishing to submit demos should drop them into the radio station located in the Kings Road Campus. Any local unsigned bands from outside the University should post them to:
Unsigned Demos
Blast 1386
TVU / Reading College
Crescent Rd
Reading
Berkshire RG1 5RQ
The BDXC is a club for radio enthusiasts, it specialises in coverage of all aspects of radio broadcasting - from searching out distant or difficult-to-hear radio stations to listening to the major international broadcasters - on the short wave, medium wave and VHF/FM bands. The club also has in-depth coverage of UK domestic radio developments as well as reports on new ways of listening to the radio including WorldSpace and the World Wide Web.
The result of the poll surprised even station manager Bob Goertz who said: "We have more and more fans of Blast1386. The wide range of programmes, free-form style and the great sound have marked us out as a firm favourite.”
“Blast1386.com is listed on so many lists of UK online radio stations that we see a considerable amount of online listening. These are people who log in on both a casual and regular basis and are from the local area and abroad. The move to a faster broadband stream hasn't dented those figures one bit.”
Members of the BDXC placed BBC national radio and Classic FM first, but ranking Blast1386 at no 16 put them ahead of many local stations and digital radio channels. To listen to Blast go to www.blast1386.com and see what you think.
For anyone interested in radio that is out of the ordinary, like Blast1386, contact the British DX Club via its web site at www.bdxc.org.uk
The station is suspending normal presenter schedules today January 17th for the UK Radio Aid appeal, which it is hoped will raise more than £1 million for the disaster-hit region.
Blast 1386 is joining up with stations such as 2-Ten fm, Kick fm, Classic Gold, and Kestrel for the first fundraising event of its kind in commercial radio’s 31-year history.
Former Radio One breakfast show host Chris Evans will return to radio for the first time in three years with a special broadcast and will interview Prime Minister Tony Blair. His broadcast will also be heard on Virgin Radio, which famously sacked him from the breakfast job.
Other celebrity presenters taking part include Big Brother hosts Davina McCall and Dermot O’Leary and Capital Radio DJ Johnny Vaughan.
Radio Aid, which can be heard from 6am to 6pm, will reach an estimated 30 million listeners who will all be asked to donate at least an hour of their salary to the appeal. In addition, each of the 200 stations taking part will donate one day’s profit to the fund.
Blast 1386 station manager Bob Goertz said: "We are delighted to play a part in such a worthy cause and I’m sure our listeners will respond in huge numbers by giving generously of their time and money."
For further details and to make a donation go to http://www.ukradioaid.com
or call Bob Goertz on 0118 967 5084
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