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Station
of the Year
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Entry Guidelines
You are required to submit a
maximum 15 minute stand-alone documentary style recording featuring
extracts from your station output. The entry should give the judges an
insight into your station, the hospitals you broadcast to, style of
presentation and programme content. Also include material from any special
programmes or events covered during the year.
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Male
Presenter of the Year
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Entry Guidelines
The judges
in previous years have been impressed by interviews presenters have done
with both personalities and patients. They also look for presenters who
don’t sound exactly like those broadcasting on local commercial and BBC
local studios. “Be yourself”.
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Female
Presenter of the Year
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Entry Guidelines
The judges
in previous years have been impressed by interviews presenters have done
with both personalities and patients. They also look for presenters who
don’t sound exactly like those broadcasting on local commercial and BBC
local studios. “Be yourself”.
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Special
Event
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Entry Guidelines
In previous
years the judges have looked for entries that have brought a flavour of
the event or occasion to the hospital bedside. The maximum length should
be 15 minutes.
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Best
Speech Package
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Entry Guidelines
The entry
should be a maximum of 5 minutes taken from a programme or interview that
has been broadcast on the station. All music should be edited out of the
entry. The material must have originated from station presenters and not
from any other source.
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Best
Newcomer
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Entry Guidelines
The award
is open to anyone who joined a hospital radio station for the 1st time
during the 2 years prior to the closing date. It should take the form of a
5 minute compilation. The judges are looking to hear what you have
achieved on air in the short time you have been broadcasting. An
individual may only enter this award once.
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Best
Specialist Music Programme
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Entry Guidelines
The entry
will be 5 minutes and should show the judges the presenter's knowledge of
the music in question and should also include any content applicable to
the programme. E.g. an event guide / what's on feature relating to the
show. Programmes could include Jazz, Classical, Country etc.
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Station
Promotion
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Entry Guidelines
An entry of
up to 60 seconds is required and should be a station promotion or
programme trailer that has been produced "in-house". The judges
will be looking for how well the message is conveyed and whether they feel
it will attract the ear of the listener. To be clear this must be a
promotion rather than a "jingle" and must not have been produced
by a third party.
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HBA
Volunteer of the Year
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Entry Guidelines
This award
is open to all members within hospital radio and requires a written
submission of no more than 300 words on the station's official letter
heading, explaining why the award is justified of actions taken within the
eligible dates. It could be for a presenter who has gone beyond the call
of duty, a request collector, an engineer or a fund raiser. It is aimed at
recognising the hard work that goes on behind the scenes that often goes
unrecognised.
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The
John Whitney Award
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Entry Guidelines
The award
will be made to the person who has made an outstanding contribution to
Hospital Radio over a period of years. The winner may be drawn from
broadcasting but might equally be found from a technical or administrative
background. They may have worked for a single station or a series of
stations. The nomination should explain why the candidate has made a real
and long lasting impact.
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