Winners of the second edition of Mixcloud & IRF Online Radio Awards to recognize the outstanding curatorship, production and creative talent within the online radio industry have been announced.
Mixcloud, a leading platform for on-demand radio launched the awards last year to help celebrate and champion the best content in the growing sector of Internet radio.
Over 5,000 radio makers and listeners nominated shows for the categories of Best Online Radio Station, Best Online Music Show and Best Online Talk Show, with 24 sub-categories spanning a range of genres and territories.
The 130 shortlisted nominations were whittled down to the 24 winners by a panel of industry judges that include programme makers and executives from LA’s KCRW, SXSW, 7digital, Mixcloud and last year’s winner NTS Radio.
The three biggest winners of the day are Red Light Radio for Best Online Radio Station, The Selector for Best Online Music Show, and Serial Podcast for Best Online Talk Radio Show.
Phil Catchpole, Programme Manager of The Selector – a radio show produced by the British Council – said: “We are absolutely delighted to win the Best Online Music Show. Mixcloud has become the place to share radio shows online and to be recognised as one of the best shows on the platform is a wonderful thing.”
Orpheu de Jong and Hugo van Heijningen, Co-founders of Amsterdam’s Red Light Radio, will be flown out to the International Radio Festival in Zurich later this year as winners of the Best Radio Station award.
They said: “When we had just started with RLR almost 5 years ago, we were amazed to be invited to the International Radio Festival. It was the first Red Light Radio trip abroad and a lot has happened since. We are very honoured to have won the award now 5 years later and are excited to come back to the festival.”
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Overall Winner: Red Light Radio
Best USA & Canada Radio Station 2015: TRP Radio
Best Central & South America Radio Station 2015: Radio Colmena
Best Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa Radio Station 2015: Ness Radio
Best Europe Radio Station 2015: Red Light Radio
Best Online Music Radio Show 2015: The Selector
Best Ambient/Chillout Radio Show 2015: Cinambientique
Best Bass/Dubstep/D&B Radio Show 2015: Hospital Records Podcast
Best Country/Folk/Blues Radio Show 2015: Keb Darge on Soho Radio
Best Dance Radio Show 2015: Orgasmic on Rinse FM France
Best Electronica/Beats Radio Show 2015: Kutmah – Sketchbook Radio
Best EDM/Big Room Radio Show 2015: UMF Radio
Best Funk/Soul Radio Show 2015: Stamp the Wax on Radar Radio
Best Jazz Radio Show 2015: Jazzman Records on NTS
Best Pop/New Music Radio Show 2015: The Selector
Best Rock/Alternative Radio Show 2015: Rough Trade Shops – Counter Culture Radio
Best World Radio Show 2015: Sadisco on Frission Radio
Best Hip Hop/R&B Radio Show 2015: Hip-Hop Journal on Brooklyn Radio
Best Online Talk Radio Show 2015: Serial
Best Business Radio Show 2015: Startup
Best Comedy Radio Show 2015: WTF with Marc Maron
Best Culture Radio Show 2015: Serial
Best Lifestyle & Health Radio Show 2015: Tim Ferriss
Best Sport Radio Show 2015: The Football Ramble
Best News & Politics Radio Show 2015: The Globalist (Monocle)
Best Science & Technology Radio Show 2015: Product Hunt
More info on the judges, finalists, winners here: https://www.mixcloud.com/onlineradioawards/