University Radio York

StudentMedia
name=University Radio York
logofile=Ury_logo_300x117_colour.png logoalt=URY
logosize=250px
slogan=Covering campus completely
type=Radio
launch=1967
web=http://ury.york.ac.uk/
media associations=Student Radio Association
university=University of York
other media=TV - YSTV
Newspapers - Nouse, Vision
distribution 1=On campus
dist details 1=24 hours a day during term time 1350AM
distribution 2=Online
dist details 2=Live stream
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:"URY redirects here; for other meanings, see URY (disambiguation)."

University Radio York (commonly known as URY) is a student radio station covering the campus of the University of York, UK. It is the oldest legal independent radio station in the UK.Fact|date=May 2008

Availability

The station broadcasts on 1350AM, and also has a live stream on the station's website. Like most student radio stations, it is run entirely by volunteers, mainly from the students studying at the university.

The station broadcasts 24 hours a day during the university term times (a total of around 30 weeks a year).

History

URY began broadcasting in 1967, It was set up in 1967 by Mike Greasley, a then student of the university. The station broadcast for the first time as "Radio York" under a test licence, and was the first station independent of the BBC to broadcast legally in the UK. The station was relaunched as "University Radio York" in 1969. The relaunch saw a guest broadcast by legendary DJ John Peel.

The station switched from its original 999 kHz induction loop system to a LPAM licence in 1999, and now broadcasts across the whole of York University's Heslington campus on 1350AM. The station has also conducted several RSL FM broadcasts across the whole of the city, the last of these being in 2008.

Initially the station's purpose was to broadcast lectures and educational material as well as popular music, however the output is now mainly entertainment-based, with additional specialist arts and speech programming. News was provided by The Student Broadcast Network until its demise however, the station's long-running news programme "The Source" at 6pm is still a pivotal part of the evening schedule.

URY was the Student Radio Association / BBC Radio 1 Student Radio Station of the Year 2005.

Recent Achievements

URY won the Student Radio Association / BBC Radio 1 Student Radio Station of the Year award for the first time in its history in 2005. This was also the first time the station had even been nominated for an SRA award. URY's Programme Controller at the time, Matt Wareham, was also nominated for the Best Station Sound category in the same year, but did not receive an award. In recent history URY featured live broadcasts from Ireland and the USA, and has listeners as far afield as Canada and Norway.Fact|date=February 2007

As part of the prize for winning Student Radio Station of the Year, on 29th May 2006 URY was broadcast on BBC Radio 1, taking over the 4 to 7am Early Breakfast slot usually occupied by JK and Joel. The show was broadcast nationally on 97-99 FM and DAB, across the USA on Sirius Satellite Radio and online through the BBC Radio 1 website. It was also made available by both URY and BBC Radio 1 on their respective listen again webpages.

External links

* [http://ury.york.ac.uk Homepage] .
* [http://www.unofficial-guides.com/guides/york-media.html A review of the station] .
* [http://ollynewport.blogspot.com/2007/03/ury.html A Short Blog of URY] .
* [http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/University_Radio_York Short overview of URY] .