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Xpress wins Most Improved Student Station!

Xpress saw our recent efforts recognised by the Student Radio Association at last week’s ‘I Love Student Radio’ awards. Xpress fought off some tough competition to be given the award, ahead of Highly Commended stations Smoke Radio and Nerve Radio. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to attend the awards due to our coverage of the Welsh Varsity.

The award tops off what has been a monumental year for Xpress, with the station going on FM for the first time in several years, the launch of Xpress Sports Xtra for this year’s Varsity and the launch of Mixtape, Xpress’s fortnightly club night at Undertone, amongst many other achievements.

The Xpress management would like to thank everyone who has been involved this year and we’re looking forward to celebrating with you at the Media Awards on the 9th May and at the Xpress closedown party on the 9th June at Gwdihw.

There’s still several important broadcasts left this year, with Thursday’s Cardiff Central Decides offering students the chance to question their next potential MP in Y Plas from 6pm onwards. We’ll be providing extensive coverage of the summer’s festivals , including Bestival.

All of Xpress’s content from this year is available on our Mixcloud at:┬áhttps://www.mixcloud.com/xpressradio/

If you’d like to get involved in Xpress Radio next year, email stationmanager@xpressradio.co.uk. Broadcasting will resume properly in October, with full training provided.

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Cardiff Central Decides – Live this Thursday from 5:30pm #CCDecides

Xpress Radio and Cardiff Union TV are hosting a live debate, #CCDecides, between candidates this Thursday!

Candidates from the 6 biggest parties running for the Cardiff Central seat will be in Y Plas on the 30th April answering YOUR questions in a live debate.

The candidates are as follows:

Richard Hopkin (Conservatives)
Chris von Ruhland (Green Party)
Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrats)
Jo Stevens (Labour)
Martin Pollard (Plaid Cymru)
Anthony Raybould (UKIP)

If you’d like to submit a question, you can do so here : http://bit.ly/1OwIifI

Tickets are free and will be allocated on a first come first served basis as there is a ticket limit of 200 people.

Register for tickets now:
http://www.cardiffstudents.com/events/9409/5582/

If you can’t get a ticket, you’ll be able to watch the debate live on www.cardiffunion.tv and listen on www.xpressradio.co.uk and on 87.7FM!

Doors open at 17:30

Get in touch via twitter and facebook using the official hashtag of #CCDecides

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Varsity is tomorrow!

It’s nearly here… Welsh Varsity 2015 will be taking place in Swansea tomorrow! The biggest day of student sport in Wales culminates in the rugby grudge match between Cardiff and Swansea at the Liberty Stadium.

We’ll be providing live coverage and commentary of the rugby from 6:30pm. We’ll be live from Swansea from 9am and with you throughout the day bringing updates, results, interviews and analysis, and we’ll also have live commentaries of the men’s and ladies football matches on Xpress Sports Xtra, available at xpressradio.co.uk/varsity.

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There have been 5 events so far, with both Cardiff and Swansea winning two. Cardiff won the rowing after Saturday’s Welsh boat race , winning three out of four races. Cardiff won the equestrian competition with Swansea winning the track cycling. Last night, the Varsity boxing event was held at Swansea Union, with Swansea’s boxers winning 3 fights to Cardiff’s two. Today, Cardiff’s rifle club were beaten by Swansea’s ┬áwith Swansea finishing on 1110 and Cardiff on 1073. Swansea are currently 3-2 up in the Shield going into the main day of Varsity Action with 25 sports set to take place tomorrow.

We’ll be providing updates and results live┬áon 87.7FM in the Cardiff area, at xpressradio.co.uk and through our free app – just search xpressradio in Google Play and the iTunes store.

 

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FM Schedule

Just 3 days to go until we’re on 87.7FM across Cardiff! Here’s a sneak peek of our schedule!

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Xpress Radio on 87.7FM!

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Just a week until we relaunch after our Easter hiatus! Make sure you tune in to us via our website , free app or on 87.7FM in the Cardiff area!

Xpress Radio has a brilliant schedule lined up for you, including our ‘Cardiff Central Decides’ live debate with election candidates on 30th April at 5.30pm, and our VARSITY 2015 coverage throughout the day on Wednesday 22nd April, with exclusive live coverage of the rugby game from Swansea’s Liberty Stadium!

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Missing us? Have a listen to us chatting to BBC Radio 4‘s Steve Punt here:
http://bit.ly/1amYUHF

Xpress Radio at Dim S┼Án!

Xpress headed to Dim S┼Án to get some exclusive interviews and sessions with some of the acts that you’ll find nowhere else. Here’s some photos of a few of the sessions/interviews!

Tune in to xpressradio.co.uk and check out our mixcloud for the interviews and sessions and LOADS more!

Pictures by Jess Campbell.

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Xpress Radio and CUTV Presents: Cardiff Central Decides

Cardiff Central Decides

On the 30th April Xpress Radio and CUTV will be bringing you a LIVE DEBATE between candidates from the 6 biggest parties running for the Cardiff Central seat. ‘Cardiff Central Decides’ will be in Y Plas on the 30th April and candidates will be answering YOUR questions in a live debate!

The candidates are as follows:

Richard Hopkin (Conservatives)
Chris von Ruhland (Green Party)
Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrats)
Jo Stevens (Labour)
Martin Pollard (Plaid Cymru)
Anthony Raybould (UKIP)

If you’d like to submit a question, you can do so here : http://bit.ly/1OwIifI

Tickets are free and will be allocated on a first come first served basis as there is a ticket limit of 200 people.

Register for tickets now:
http://www.cardiffstudents.com/events/9409/5582/

If you can’t get a ticket, you’ll be able to watch the debate live onwww.cardiffunion.tv and listen on www.xpressradio.co.uk
and on 87.7FM!

Doors open at 17:30

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Xpress launches Xpress Sports Xtra for Welsh Varsity 2015

Xpress Radio will be providing live coverage of all the sports from this year’s Welsh Varsity.

Tori and Lewis will host the official Varsity Breakfast show as Cardiff students travel down to Swansea, before James & Arainrhod present live from Swansea from 9am. We’ll provide score updates and results from every sport, as well as interviews and reports.

Alongside our results show, which will be available on 87.7FM, our app and our website, we’ll be launching another online stream, at┬áhttp://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/xpress/varsity/, where you’ll be able to listen to live commentaries of the Men’s and Ladies football.

We’ll also be bringing you full commentary of the Men’s rugby , live from the Liberty Stadium. Will Cardiff be able to avenge last year’s 19-15 defeat to Swansea?

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Cardiff Student Election Results 2015 !

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After a long week of campaigning Cardiff’s Student Elections are now over and students have chosen their new full time and part time Student Officers. The elections results began┬áat 4pm in Y Plas, and Xpress Radio brought you live election coverage from our Head of Speech Jamie Williams and presenter Madhura Kanade.

In case you missed the election results here’s a brief round up of the winners and some of our highlights from the afternoon…

Results kicked off with some Candidate Awards which broadcast some of the fun behind the election campaigns. Awards included the Steven Spielberg award for best campaign video, as well as a separate category this year for best music video.

The election results quickly followed..

NUS WALES Delegates : Leah Hibbs, Jennifer Owen, Ahmed Laajam.

Student Senate Chair : Bryn Griffiths

Black and Ethnic Minorities Officer : Raviina Vijayanandam

Ethical and Environmental Officer : Daniel Tucker

International Student’s Officer : Grace Piddington

LGBT+ Open : Jack Meldrum

LGBT+ Women’s : Ellie Utley

Students with Disabilities : Diana Isajeva

Welsh Language : Steffan Jones

Women’s Officer: Rachael Melhuish

VP Postgraduate Students : Katie Kelly

VP Sports and AU President : Sam Parsons

VP Education : Sophie Timbers

VP Heath Park Campus : Katey Beggan

VP Societies : Hannah Sterritt

VP Welfare : Kate Delaney

SU President : Claire Blakeway

We hope you enjoyed Xpress Radio’s coverage of Election Results , let us know what you thought @xpressradio on Twitter and don’t forget to download our App for future live broadcasts !

Student Election Coverage !

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From the 23rd – 28th February Xpress Radio will be keeping you up to date with Cardiff’s Student Elections┬á, the all important selection of students for VP positions within the union.

One of the BIGGEST broadcasting events of the student calendar, Xpress Radio will be bringing you live discussions and debates with our candidates before the results, as well as a live broadcast on the final day.

Here’s a quick summary of the positions available….

  • Students’ Union President
  • VP Education
  • VP Heath Park Campus
  • VP Postgraduate Students
  • VP Societies
  • VP Sports and Athletic Union President
  • VP Welfare
  • Black and Ethnic Minorities Officer
  • Ethical & Environmental Officer
  • International Students Officer
  • LGBT+ Officer (Womens)
  • LGBT+ Officer (Open)
  • Mature Students Officer
  • Students with Disabilities Officer
  • Welsh Language Officer
  • Women’s Officer
  • NUS Wales Delegate (2 places)
  • Student Senate Chair

We’ll have more information for you soon so make sure to follow our twitter @xpressradio and Facebook page !