Mixcloud Announces 2017 Online Radio Awards Winners

The winners of Mixcloud’s 2017 Online Radio Awards have been announced!

Founded in 2014, the Online Radio Awards are the world’s biggest celebration of online radio, with more than 10,000 entries submitted this year — making it the awards’ biggest year yet. The entries were whittled down to a series of shortlists before an expert panel of industry judges selected the winners. The awards provide an important platform for DJs, podcasters, and radio stations from all over the world, focusing on independent shows and stations whose primary means of distribution is via the internet.

“It goes without saying that now is a truly exciting time to be involved in online radio and audio,” said Nikhil Shah, Mixcloud co-founder. “ We launched the Online Radio Awards four years ago because these communities deserve to be celebrated, so it was brilliant to see so many strong contenders for 2017 — a year when Podcast and DJ cultures and the communities within them are thriving more than ever.”

Split across four groups, the awards included categories for Best Online Music Show, Best Online Radio Show, Best Online Radio Personality, and Best Online Talk Show.

Mixcloud teamed up with 11 partners to present this year’s awards, representing some of the key players in audio culture. The partners included Cómeme, Dimensions Festival, Discogs, Good Hope FM, Kiss FM Australia, Livescape, Music Is My Sanctuary, Resident Advisor, SXSW FM, The Find Mag, and Wonderfruit, each of whom offered guidance and support during the awards.

Learn more about the winners and nominees at theonlineradioawards.com and don’t forget to tune in to our very Data Transmission Station everyday over at DT Radio.

Full list of winners

Best Online Music Show
Motellacast by DJ MoCity (Hip Hop / RnB / Afrobeats)
The Eclectic Ladyland Liveshow (Jazz)
Gabrielle Kwarteng on The Lot Radio (Eclectic)
The Hospital Podcast by Hospital Records (Bass / Dubstep / DnB)
The Wonky Sensitive Mixtape (Pop)
Les Garçons Bien Élevés (Rock / Alternative)
New Age Rage” on Berlin Community Radio (Ambient / Chillout)
GHETTOBLASTERSHOW by GonesTheDJ (Funk / Soul)
Dekmantel Podcast (Dance / Electronic)
The Cookout (EDM / Big Room)
Ras Kwame’s Reggae Recipe (Reggae / Dancehall)
Awesome Tapes From Africa on Dublab (World Music)
Thistle Radio by NPR (Country / Folk / Blues)
Natasha Maximova’s Into Continental on Reform Radio (Rising Star)

Best Online Radio Station
Rinse France (Europe)
Radio La Bici (Central & South America)
Brooklyn Radio (North America & Canada)
Seoul Community Radio (Asia Pacific / M.E. / Africa)
Hong Kong Community Radio (Rising Star)

Best Online Talk Show
2 Dope Queens (Comedy)
How I Built This (Business)
The Allusionist (Education)
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People (Culture)
The Bill Simmons Podcast (Sports)
Melanin Millennials (Lifestyle / Health)
Reveal (News / Politics)
Freakonomics (Science / Technology)
Ear Hustle (Rising Star)

Best Online Radio Personality
Andrew Weatherall on NTS (Male)
Snoochie Shy on Radar Radio (Female)

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Grahame Farmer

Grahame Farmer’s love affair with electronic music goes back to the mid-90s when he first began to venture into the UK’s beloved rave culture, finding himself interlaced with some of the country’s most seminal club spaces. A trip to dance music’s anointed holy ground of Ibiza in 1997 then cemented his sense of purpose and laid the foundations for what was to come over the next few decades of his marriage to the music industry.