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The Student Radio Network is a union of radio stations that represent the heart & conscience of Aotearoa’s contemporary, alternative community. 95bFM, Radio Control 99.4FM, Radio Active 88.6FM, RDU 98.5FM, and Radio One 91FM have a deep musical kaupapa within Aotearoa, platforming unique and authentic voices.
The Student Radio Network Awards, with funding from NZ On Air, celebrate the musicians, broadcasters and volunteers who breathe life into these stations. The awards were live streamed as well as broadcast simultaneously on all five stations from 7PM on December 11.
The list of Student Radio Network award nominees and winners – the songs, EPs, albums, and musicians representative of the alternative sound of Aotearoa – are below:
National Awards:
Favourite Single brought to you by Independent Music New Zealand:
Ebb – Alloy
Fable – Karakia
Kédu Carlö – Mating Call
Milk – CRIT +
Night Lunch – House Full of Shit
QUALMS – FRANK GRIMES
Shannengeorgiapeterson – Home Again 4
Skymning x Totems – On My Job
The Nudge Vs. Troy Kingi – He Ōrite
Van Staden & Böhm – Spirit Level



Favourite EP / Mixtape brought to you by Recorded Music New Zealand:
Brown Boy Magik – Trans Pacific Time
Ebb & Texture – CXT004
fruit juice parade – the more you question, the further you get from the answer
Kōtiro – High Def Multinational
Len Blake – Honey Blood
Night Lunch – Table for Two
NO COMPLY – WELCOME TO BAD
Phoebe Rings – Phoebe Rings
Van Staden & Böhm – Hardcore
Womb – Holding A Flame



Favourite Album brought to you by APRA AMCOS NZ:
Adelaide Cara – How Does This Sound?
Bad Taste – Bad Taste
Bathysphere – Heaven is Other People
Grecco Romank – Red Tower
Guardian Singles – Guardian Singles
Kane Strang – Happy to Perform
Mara TK – Bad Meditation
Milk – III
NahBo – Ruptured
Wurld Series – What’s Growing



Favourite Solo Act brought to you by Southern Comfort:
Amamelia
CHAII
Dawn Diver
Leao
Milk
PollyHill
Reb Fountain
Ryan Fisherman
Thomas Isbister
Vanessa Worm



Favourite Group brought to you by Roundhead Studios:
Avantdale Bowling Club
Beacon Bloom
Carb on Carb
Dale Kerrigan
DARTZ
Dick Move
Guardian Singles
Imugi
Van Staden & Bohm
Virtual Shadow Ensemble



Outstanding Achievement Award brought to you by New Zealand Music Commission



Regional Awards:
Outstanding Contribution to 95bFM brought to you by Progear



95bFM’s Favourite Song of 2021 brought to you by Auckland UNESCO City of Music



Outstanding Contribution to Radio Control brought to you by MUSA (Massey University Students’ Association)



Radio Control’s Favourite Song of 2021 brought to you by MUSA (Massey University Students’ Association)



Outstanding Contribution to Radio Active brought to you by Parrotdog Bar



Radio Active’s Favourite Song of 2021 brought to you by Hills Hats



Outstanding Contribution to RDU



RDU Favourite Song of 2021 brought you MAINZ



Outstanding Contribution to Radio One 91FM brought to you by OUSA (Otago University Students’ Association)



Radio One 91FM’s Favourite Song of 2021 brought to you by OUSA (Otago University Students’ Association)



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