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Student Radio

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Students at Westminster are encouraged to get involved with the award-winning student station, Smoke Radio. It broadcasts on the web with a lively mix of news, music, guests and competitions. The station is crewed by students from across the university, bringing with them a range of skills and expertise, plus loads of enthusiam.

Smoke Radio has had considerable success at the Student Radio Awards over the years. Our Gold awards include:

  • Best Journalistic Programming (2006)
  • Best Newcomer (2008)
  • Best Live Events (2009)
  • Best Marketing and Branding (2009)


In 2007 Smoke Radio won Silver for Best Station of the Year at the Student Radio Awards. We were also shortlisted for Best Marketing and Branding.

Radio Studio InterviewRecent broadcasts include UniTalk, a phone-in co-hosted with 5Live’s John Pienaar, which was also used on his Sunday night programme. Every May, the station hosts Smoke On Tour, where it holds a series of live music events from all four of the University’s sites. Smoke also broadcasts live results of the Student Union elections each year.

Many previous Smoke programmes are available as podcasts and there are galleries with plenty of images too.

For more information and to listen, look at the Smoke Radio website or email committee@smokeradio.co.uk