ARIAS Best Community Radio Station

The Audio & Radio Industry Awards (ARIAS) are the Oscars of UK radio and audio, and Vectis Radio is proud to announce that at this year's awards ceremony we were awarded the Gold for Best Community Radio Station of the Year.

The ARIAS are the premium awards scheme in the sector, recognising the talented individuals and teams in UK audio and radio who excel at their craft and produce the very best work in the world,

The ceremony was hosted by Rylan Clark at London's Theatre Royal, and listen back to the moment our dreams became a reality, when we were announced as winners

Station manager and founder of Vectis Radio, Ian Mac, collecting the award with fellow Director Kelvin Currie

After winning the award a stunned Ian Mac said:

“This is the proudest day in the station’s history, I am over the moon. Thank you to the Radio Academy for shining a light on Community Radio and indeed Vectis Radio.

“We, like all the other like minded community stations do incredible work in our community on a shoestring budget. To enable us to continue this work, we need your support. Please support us when and if you can, because while awards are always fantastic, they don’t pay the bills.”

Vectis Radio is the Isle of Wight’s community radio station here for everybody to enjoy and be a part of. If you’ve ever wanted to have a go at radio. Here’s your chance to join an award winning team. Almost all of our presenters had never presented radio before joining the station. Everyone can do it!

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