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On BIRSt BIRSt is going live! Broadcasts start later this month. More details coming soon.
BIRSt's First Accolade of 2008 Alan Brown has been awarded second prize in an international competition for his programme 'Walls Have Ears' in the Comedy/Drama category at the BEA (Broadcast Education Association) Festival of Media Arts 2008, Las Vegas.
BIRSt Relaunches for 2008 BU's internet radio station (BIRSt) is back 'on the air' with a fresh range of programmes on demand for listeners the world over. BIRSt is run each year by students on our MA Radio Production course and showcases the work of our current group of budding producers. The station broadcasts entirely on the internet, where visitors can choose from a range of pre-recorded programmes, from drama and fact-based features to comedy and music. Some programmes are produced by international students in their own languages. Jo Bishop, Area Station Director of 'The Local Radio Company', which owns Bournemouth-based Fire Radio, performed the formal switch-on of the station. She congratulated our students on their production skills and management capabilities. BIRSt students and alumni have won several accolades over the years for the quality of their programmes at the National Student Radio Awards.
BIRSt Wins Two Student Radio Awards Jackie Curthoys won a gold award for ‘Kwik Lit Classix presents… Wuthering Heights!’ - in the Best Scripted Programming category and Dave Dodd picked up a silver for Best Male Presenter. See the full list of winners here.
BIRSt Receives Two Student Radio Awards Nominations Two BIRSt producers have been nominated for Student Radio Awards. Dave Dodd (Best Male Presenter), and Jackie Curthoys (for ‘Kwik Lit Classix presents… Wuthering Heights!’ - Best Scripted Programming) The winners will be announced on 15 November 2007, at the Student Radio Awards ceremony in the New Connaught Rooms, in London. Good luck guys! See the full list of nominations
BIRSt Live! 2007
Ex-BIRSt producer wins Sony Award!
Controller of Radio 1, Andy Parfitt (centre) visits BIRSt,
Student Radio BIRSts into Life BU’s innovative and interactive Internet Radio Station - BIRSt - is back ‘on the air’ with a fresh range of programmes 'on demand' for listeners the world over. This year, BIRSt - www.birst.co.uk - celebrates its seventh anniversary. The station broadcasts entirely on the internet where visitors can choose from a range of pre-recorded programmes - drama and features to comedy and music - with some programmes produced by international students in their own languages. Over the years, BIRSt has introduced a number of broadcasting innovations including the creation of the world’s first ‘Bouncing Story’ jointly created by Bournemouth students and their counterparts at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. More recently, in October 2005, BIRSt introduced its first programmes for downloadable podcasts.
BIRSt Wins Gold at Student Radio Awards! Kathryn MacDonald, who recently completed BMS’s MA in Radio Production course, has won Gold in the Student Radio Awards, in the category of Best Comedy and Drama, for her production, Fishing for Love on the Net. The piece formed part of her production work for the Course’s widely acclaimed web station, Bournemouth Internet Station (BIRSt). Speaking after the awards, which took place at London’s New Connaught Rooms on Thursday, 9 November, supported by BBC Radio 1, Sean Street, Professor of Radio in the Media School said: I’m delighted that Katy has won this award. It is richly deserved – the work of a accomplished radio producer with a keen and intelligent audio imagination. She has a great future in the medium. In congratulating her, I’d also like to pay tribute to all the students and staff involved with our MA in Radio Production, who together make this such a vibrant and exciting course, increasingly lauded by the radio industry itself. The award, the latest of many won by MARP students in the Course’s seven year history, is the second in the SRA Comedy and Drama category in consecutive years. In 2005, MARP student Zoe Mack won Silver for her comedy, Back To Work. Kathryn is understandably delighted: I’m so surprised to have won gold but really really chuffed! Studying radio in Bournemouth gave me the chance to make such a diverse range of programmes, and I would like to thank Sean Street and Hugh Chignell in particular for all their help and encouragement over the past year. You can listen to Katy’s Gold Award piece by clicking here where you can also hear a range of other work by her, and the rest of the 2006 MARP cohort. In January, BIRSt relaunches with a new team.
BIRSt Receives Student Radio Awards Nomination: Nominations have been announced and Katy McDonald's Good luck Katy! See the full list of nominations
BIRSt can only be heard via the internet on www.birst.co.uk |
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