Student Radio Chart Show

THE STUDENT RADIO CHART SHOW

9th November 2008: New Nationally Syndicated Chart Show in the UK will Commence Broadcasting on the SRA Network

For the first time ever, the student radio community of the UK is launching a brand new nationally syndicated chart-show: the ‘Student Radio Chart Show’.

Following a successful trial period in the spring the show is to launch after months of preparation.

The Student Radio Chart Show is being produced and arranged by the Student Radio Association, the national representative body for student radio stations in the United Kingdom, also responsible for arranging events such as the annual BBC Radio 1 Student Radio Awards. The show will be hosted by a different station each week – on Sunday 16th November at 3pm, it will be the turn of XPRESS RADIO.

The student demographic is an incredibly important, influential and trend-setting market, and the Student Radio Chart Show will bring a new, fresh and alternative line-up of established and brand-new musical talents to the attention of UK music lovers.

A spokesperson for the Student Radio Association stated:

“This is an incredibly exciting time for the student radio community in the United Kingdom. Despite the huge number of student radio alumni working in influential positions within the UK’s media industry, and over 70 student radio stations in the UK, public appreciation for the importance of student radio is incomparable to that of America or Europe, for example. The Student Radio Chart Show will not only improve this situation, but more importantly provide an outlet for music selected by the student population that does not always find a place on existing UK chart shows. Most importantly for the student radio association, it will get stations in the network working together and getting to know each other.”

For more information or to arrange an interview with Rob Elliott, Producer of The Student Radio Chart Show for the Student Radio Association, please email chart@studentradio.org.uk

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