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Kathryn McDonald wins Radio Gold
Our student shines at Student Radio Awards 2006

Kathryn McDonald, who recently completed the MA in Radio Production course, has won Gold in the Student Radio Awards, in the category of Best Comedy and Drama, for her production, 'Fishing for Love on the Net.'

The piece formed part of her production work for the Course's widely acclaimed web station, Bournemouth Internet Station (BIRSt).

Speaking after the awards, which took place at London's New Connaught Rooms on Thursday, 9 November, supported by BBC Radio 1, Sean Street, Professor of Radio in the Media School said:

"I'm delighted that Katy has won this award. It is richly deserved – the work of a accomplished radio producer with a keen and intelligent audio imagination. She has a great future in the medium. In congratulating her, I'd also like to pay tribute to all the students and staff involved with our MA in Radio Production, who together make this such a vibrant and exciting course, increasingly lauded by the radio industry itself."

The award, the latest of many won by MARP students in the Course's seven year history, is the second in the SRA Comedy and Drama category in consecutive years. In 2005, MARP student Zoe Mack won Silver for her comedy, Back To Work.

Kathryn is understandably delighted: "I'm so surprised to have won gold but really really chuffed! Studying radio in Bournemouth gave me the chance to make such a diverse range of programmes, and I would like to thank Sean Street and Hugh Chignell in particular for all their help and encouragement over the past year."

You can listen to Katy's Gold Award piece by going to: www.birst.co.uk where you can also hear a range of other work by her, and the rest of the 2006 MARP cohort. In January, BIRSt relaunches with a new team.

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