The Radio Academy announces winners for ARIAS 2024 Including: Rob Burrow MBE, Laura Smyth, Danny Mylo & Rosie Madison, Scott Mills, Tim Burgess, Forth 1’s Boogie in the Morning, National Prison Radio Association, Goldhawk Productions The Sisters, BBC Asian Network, Audio Always A Place To Call Home, RNIB Connect Radio, John Robins and more. –––––––– […]

Annie Nightingale to be honoured with Pioneer Award posthumously Audio industry to pay tribute to the late Steve Wright Award presenters including Jamie Laing, Marvin Humes, Nish Kumar, Coco Khan, Alex Scott, Vick Hope and more. The Radio Academy ARIAS 2024, the UK’s leading audio and radio awards that celebrate outstanding shows and the creative […]

TUESDAY 26TH MARCH 2024, 8pm The Radio Academy today announced the nominees for ARIAS 2024. The ARIAS will take place on 7 May, hosted by Alice Levine & Romesh Ranganathan. Get your tickets here! Nominees include: BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Greg James, Greatest Hits Radio Ken Bruce, Help I Sexted My Boss podcast, Kathy Burke’s Where There’s A Will, […]

Next Tuesday 26th March, we will reveal the nominees shortlisted for the 27 award categories in this year’s Radio Academy ARIAS – watch live on YouTube. The Radio Academy ARIAS (Audio and Radio Industry Awards) are the UK’s leading audio and radio awards that celebrate outstanding shows and the creative teams behind them. We are […]

Pictured: The Radio Academy’s Katie Hill, Chris North and Aradhna Tayal Leach at Foot In The Door, Glasgow Last month, Foot In The Door, our audio industry training and speed networking event headed to Glasgow. Foot In The Door is a one-day event for people at entry and early career level in audio, to build skills […]

Three new trustees have been announced to join The Radio Academy board of trustees. Following an election by Radio Academy Members, Molly Guinness, Rob Littlejohn and Adam Uytman have been announced as the new additions to their board of trustees. The charity opened elections for new trustees in January, seeking two trustees to join the […]

The Radio Academy announces its mentoring programme cohort for 2024 The Radio Academy has revealed the list of Mentees and Mentors participating in this year’s Radio Academy Mentoring Programme – RAMP – including new BBC Sounds Audio Lab creators. Twenty mentees from across the industry have been selected to receive six months of mentoring from […]

The Radio Academy have today announced that entry nominations for The ARIAS 2024 will open from Thursday 4th January via the website HERE. The highly anticipated annual event that celebrates the very best of UK audio and radio will take place on Tuesday 7th May at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the heart of the West End.  Previous attendees have ranged from household names to […]

It’s been another busy year at The Radio Academy! Let’s look back on some of the highlights together… The Radio Academy Mentoring Programme RAMP returned to support people at mid-level in their audio and radio careers, matching 20 mentees with mentors for guidance and advice on their next steps. As well as gaining one to […]

Elections are now closed.   The Radio Academy is seeking new Trustees to join its board from February 2024. Expressions of interest were invited, for candidates to be elected by the membership in January 2024. Meet the candidates and cast your vote by 8th Feb. The Trustees are the vital governing body of The Radio […]

Find out who is on The Reelworld Radio Academy’s 30 Under 30 list for 2023.

Fancy working on one of the audio industry’s most prestigious and anticipated awards? The Radio Academy ARIAS are the UK Audio & Radio Industry Awards and have been celebrating the best in audio excellence for around 40 years. We are hiring a freelancer role to manage our awards judging process. The Radio Academy is the UK audio […]

Fancy working on some of the audio industry’s most prestigious and anticipated initiatives? The Radio Academy exists to support, promote and celebrate people working in audio and radio. We are hiring a freelancer role to work with us over the coming year. We are looking for a Marketing and Communications Manager to work with us […]

A guest post from The Radio Academy partners, MusicMaster Scheduling, announcing the first ever International Music Scheduling Summit IMS². The Summit kicks off in Berlin, Germany and you’re invited… Have you ever thought about the sheer number of like-minded individuals in the global music scheduling community who have been yearning for a gathering to connect […]

The Radio Academy has awarded four new Fellowships at this year’s Festival – to Matt Deegan, Sheena Mason, Ray Paul and Nina Robinson. The Fellowship is the highest honour awarded by The Radio Academy, recognising outstanding contributions and achievements in audio as well as a commitment to the values of the Academy: to share knowledge […]

More names announced as the hottest talent in the audio universe take to the stage at the Radio Academy Festival on Tuesday 12th September 2023. Taking place at the Royal College of Physicians in London’s Regent’s Park, the Festival presents three stages of unmissable discussion, inspiration and entertainment on Sound Connections – why they matter, […]

Fancy working on some of the audio industry’s most prestigious and anticipated initiatives? The Radio Academy exists to support, promote and celebrate people working in audio and radio. We are hiring two freelancers to work with us over the coming year. We are looking for a Project Manager and an Administrator to work with us […]

Sound Connections is revealed as the theme for this year’s Radio Academy Festival, as the first speakers and sessions are announced for the annual audio industry event taking place on Tuesday 12th September in London. The Sound Connections theme builds on last year’s deep focus on the power of audio to connect with listeners, and […]

A guest post from Radio Academy sponsor Radio News Hub about a journey from journalism to technology entrepreneurship, fuelled by a passion for radio and news. Nearly ten years on, founders Jamie Fletcher and Stephanie Otty share the story behind the global news distribution company. 27.5 million and counting. That is the number of bulletins […]

The family of Tim Blackmore have announced that Tim has passed away, aged 78. Tim, who has passed away today aged 78, was a leader in the UK radio industry for over 60 years. Originally trained as a technical operator and studio manager at the BBC, Tim joined the BBC’s Gramophone Department as part of […]

The Radio Academy has announced the appointment of Aradhna Tayal Leach as the new Managing Director, taking on the role with immediate effect. Following a competitive process, Aradhna joins the Academy to continue to build and expand the role of the charity, in sharing best practice and celebrating amazing audio.   She will work closely with […]

A guest post by Khaliq Meer, Commissioning Executive, BBC Sounds Audio Lab Back in early 2020, during the chaos of Covid, confusion of Lockdown and groundswell of anger following the death of George Floyd, any certainty to be had felt short-lived and the p word (pandemic) was starting to take hold in unimaginable ways. I […]

Tim’s contribution to radio and audio will be recognised in the ceremony

Loved by listeners and the industry, Tony will be recognised at this year’s ARIAS