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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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Welsh Varsity Cricket 2013

 

Welcome to Sunday of our Varsity weekend after Cardiff thrashed Swansea 4-0 in the Boat Race yesterday! We’re down at the Cricket today, hoping for the same winning score by the end. Like yesterday, were updating our twitter with scores, breaking news and photos, so check us out at @xpressradio – and remember to tune in on wednesday for our commentary on the match!

Xpress commentator Pete Robertson chatting to Cardiff Captain Tom Williams pre-game.

Xpress commentator Pete Robertson chatting to Cardiff Captain Tom Williams pre-game.

Welcome

A very big welcome from all of us at Xpress Radio!

Welcome to our new home here at cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk, on this new website we will be able to provide you with more of what you love. From our improved radio stream to pictures and video from around the office, we believe that this new site gives us the space to grow and improve what we do. The new site also has some great new features that we’re proud of:

  • Pop-out radio player – its now easier than ever to keep listening to Xpress, whatever you’re doing,
  • Featured content – each week we will showcase some of our best content on the front page of the site,
  • Future possibilities – while xpressradio.co.uk will still bring you to our site, here at cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/xpressradio we have the ability to expand what we offer in the future (more on that below).

Over the next few months and over summer, we’re going to work hard to add some features that are currently missing, but we know are needed to make a great Xpress site. These include:

  • A full schedule – quickly find out when all our shows are on, and what they are all about,
  • Individual show pages – a place where shows can upload their own photos, videos and content for followers to use,
  • Podcast support – listen back to and subscribe to your favourite shows each week.

But while we work on these, we hope you enjoy using the new site. If you have any comments or suggestions feel free to get in touch at online@gairrhydd.com

Best wishes,

Daniel Potts & Oliver Smith