ABOUT (( URY ))

University Radio York (based at the University of York) campus is a station run by students for students. Pioneering independent radio in the UK, URY began life as a student's hobby in 1967, assuming full-time broadcasting status the following year. Since then it has continued to grow, developing its studio facilities and resources, and gaining the respect and professionalism which can be heard on-air today. If you are interested in the history of URY, there's more here including photo's of the original studio.

If this is the first time you've visited us, this site should hopefully give you an insight into the way we operate and if you're a student in York, what you can expect from us as a listener and how you can get involved in the station yourself.

URY Today

URY has moved homes several times in its thirty-odd years on air, most recently in the summer of 1997 when for the first time it gained its own building in the heart of Vanbrugh College on the university campus. The station is run by students for students so it's guaranteed to give you exactly what you want to hear. There's no set format to our shows so our presenters can do what they like, as long as its legal! We have a dedicated team of journalists to bring you all the latest news and sport from campus, home and abroad on our daily news programme 'the source@six' backed up by the full weight of Independent Radio News. Broadly, the activities of the station fit into four areas, that of the Business Team who look after all the money and publicity, the Studio Team who sort out all the programming, the News Team who in addition to producing the Source@six, provide unrivaled coverage of the annual Student Union Elections, and finally the Technical Team without whom URY could never get on the air. All of the URY teams are permanently on the look-out for new members so if anything takes your fancy, Getting Involved will tell you everything you need to know. URY broadcasts 24 hours a day during term time on 1350AM across campus. October 1998 also saw URY's first temporary FM licence, enabling complete coverage of the city in FM stereo.

The Future

It's hard to predict what the future holds for radio in general so guessing URY's destiny isn't an easy task. Now we have a Low Power AM licence, we have much better coverage of campus, and temporary FM licences are a way to appeal to people on and off campus. Beyond that, it all lies in the hands of the Radio Authority who make the licences available and the future students of the university who take on the job of running the station and building on its success.

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If you wish to get involved in URY, either as a presenter and/or member of one of out teams, please e-mail the following address:

(( URY )) Training
training@ury.york.ac.uk