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Rare FM
	Current Rare FM logo
London;
Branding	Student Radio
Programming
Format	Music (various genres) and talk
Affiliations	University College London; Student Radio Association;
Ownership
Owner	UCL Union
Technical information
Repeater(s)	Central London: 9 months a year on 87.7 FM
Links
Website	rarefm.co.uk

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Rare FM is the student radio station of University College London.

Background

Rare FM was set up in 1998 as an affiliated society of UCL Union. Rare FM broadcasts continuously over the Internet with approximately 15 hours of live original programming, starting at 9:00 a.m. and finishing at 12:00 midnight from.

Rare FM has started to provide some content via podcast which is published through Anchor to Spotify and Apple Podcasts among other locations. Rare FM now broadcasts a published schedule of shows from November to June between the hours of 09:00 to 00:00. When not broadcasting set shows, the station plays a curated playlist.

Rare FM has moved home over the last two years in a process overseen by the 2021-23 president, treasurer and studio manager: Yiannis Goeldner-Thompson, Dan Amery and Jack Ward respectively. The new studio has been fully upgraded with broadcasting and mixing equipment.

Rare FM also hosts several club nights throughout the year at venues such as The Cause and The Pickle Factory. From 2022-23 these are overseen by Louis Miller, the station's Head of Events.

Rare FM also promotes its music based journalism magazine and online platform, Under City Lights, which goes to print annually.

FM Broadcast History:

Year	Date
1998	27 September - 24 October (4 weeks), from BBC Swain's Lane
2000	2 November - 29 November (4 weeks)
2004	1 February - 28 February (4 weeks)
2005	23 September - 5 October (UCL Fresher's Week)
2006	No FM broadcast
2007	6 March - 19 March
2008	4 March - 18 March
2009	No FM broadcast due to lack of available frequencies
2010	1 November - End of the academic year
2011	1 November - End of the academic year
2012	1 November - End of the academic year
2013	1 November - End of the academic year
2014	1 November - End of the academic year
2015	1 November - End of the academic year
2016	1 November - End of the academic year
2017	1 November - End of the academic year
2018	1 November - End of the academic year
2019	1 December - March
2020	1 November - End of the academic year
2021	1 November - End of the academic year
2022	1 November - End of the academic year

Rare FM DJs also broadcast live at UCL and UCL Union events, such as the Freshers' Fayre and the Summer Arts Festival.

Content

Rare FM is primarily a music station, which in past tended to focus on indie/alternative music. However, in recent years this focus has dwindled and a diversity of genres and interests is now widely catered to. Shows specialising in Funk, Soul, Disco, Jazz, Blues, House, Electro, Hip hop, DnB, Dubstep, Grime, Psytrance, Dancehall and Reggae all now feature on a schedule that of 2008 amasses over 130 DJs with a vast variety of tastes. Rare FM also broadcasts the weekly Student Radio Association chart show each Sunday.

Broadcasts

Broadcasts in 2020

Rare FM for the first time since its formation, changed broadcast location, choosing to broadcast from presenter's homes through Mixlr whilst the UK continued to inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The station now hosts 90 different shows with over 150 current members.

Events

Rare FM regularly puts on events which fill some of London's largest nightclub venues. From 2020-2023, this has included The Cause,^[1] Corsica Studios^[2] and Pickle Factory. Rare FM members including president from 2021-2023, Yiannis Goeldner-Thompson, Ibra Ali and Rob Norris also played at the Seaside Beano Festival with The Cause in June 2022.

Station alumni

Aliza Ayaz - Pakistan City FM89 RJ^[3]^[4]^[5]
Alex Zane^[6] - DJ in 1999-2000 (with weekly show It's Alex Zane!), went on to be a presenter for XFM, MTV and Channel 4 where he hosted Popworld.

References

^ Cause, The Cause. "Nightclub". The Cause. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ Corsica, Studios. "Corsica Studios,". Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ "Selling Sufism: Qawwali and Coke Studio in Pakistan".
^ "UCL's BNOC of the year 2018: Group One". 18 May 2018.
^ "This Pakistani Teenage Girl is Reaching New Heights in the UK and We're Nothing but Proud!". 4 July 2018.
^ "Alex Zane". PFD. 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2007.

External links

[1] Cause, The Cause. "Nightclub". The Cause. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[2] Corsica, Studios. "Corsica Studios,". Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[3] "Selling Sufism: Qawwali and Coke Studio in Pakistan".

[4] "UCL's BNOC of the year 2018: Group One". 18 May 2018.

[5] "This Pakistani Teenage Girl is Reaching New Heights in the UK and We're Nothing but Proud!". 4 July 2018.

[CV-6] "Alex Zane". PFD. 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2007.

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 '''Rare FM''' is the student [[radio station]] of [[University College London]].
 ==Background==
+Rare FM was set up in 1998 as an affiliated society of [[University College London Union|UCL Union]]. Rare FM broadcasts continuously over the Internet with approximately 15 hours of live original programming, starting at 9:00{{nbsp}}a.m. and finishing at 12:00 midnight from.
+Rare FM has started to provide some content via [[podcast]] which is published through Anchor to Spotify and Apple Podcasts among other locations. Rare FM now broadcasts a published schedule of shows from November to June between the hours of 09:00 to 00:00. When not broadcasting set shows, the station plays a curated playlist.
-Rare FM was set up in 1998 as an affiliated society of [[University College London Union|UCL Union]]. Rare FM broadcasts continuously over the Internet with approximately 15 hours of live original programming, starting at 9:00{{nbsp}}a.m. and finishing at 12:00 midnight from [http://www.rarefm.co.uk/ http://www.rarefm.co.uk/.]
+Rare FM has moved home over the last two years in a process overseen by the 2021-23 president, treasurer and studio manager: Yiannis Goeldner-Thompson, Dan Amery and Jack Ward respectively. The new studio has been fully upgraded with broadcasting and mixing equipment.
-Rare FM has started to provide some content via [[podcast]]. RareFM now broadcasts a published schedule of shows from November to June between the hours of 09:00 to 00:00. When not broadcasting set shows, the station plays a playlist.
+Rare FM also hosts several club nights throughout the year at venues such as The Cause and The Pickle Factory. From 2022-23 these are overseen by Louis Miller, the station's Head of Events.
+Rare FM also promotes its music based journalism magazine and online platform, Under City Lights, which goes to print  annually.
 FM Broadcast History:
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+|2018
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+|2019
+|1 December - March
+|-
+|2020
+|1 November - End of the academic year
+|-
+|2021
+|1 November - End of the academic year
+|-
+|2022
 |1 November - End of the academic year
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-Rare FM DJs also broadcast live at UCL and UCL Union events, such as the Freshers' Fayre and the Summer Arts Festival.
+Rare FM DJs also broadcast live at [[University College London|UCL]] and UCL Union events, such as the Freshers' Fayre and the Summer Arts Festival.
 ==Content==
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 ==Broadcasts==
+=== Broadcasts in 2020 ===
-Rare FM has hosted over 117 shows since its emergence at UCL. As of 2018, broadcast content features breakfast shows including Serendipity, Hot Chocolate with [[Aliza Ayaz]], Mornings with Faz and Pink Matter starting at 9{{nbsp}}a.m. with other slots playing live until 11{{nbsp}}p.m. daily. Guest segments, live music, song requests, music discussions and updates are a recurring theme across the many shows available exclusively via the RARE FM podcasts.<ref>http://rarefm.co.uk/schedule-google/</ref>
+Rare FM for the first time since its formation, changed broadcast location, choosing to broadcast from presenter's homes through Mixlr whilst the UK continued to inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The station now hosts 90 different shows with over 150 current members.
-==Station Alumni==
-[[Alex Zane]] <ref name="CV">{{cite web|url=http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/zanea/a-pre.html|title=Alex Zane|publisher=PFD|year=2006|accessdate=2007-08-15 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071005103939/http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/zanea/a-pre.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-05}}</ref> - DJ in 1999-2000 (with weekly show ''It's Alex Zane!''), went on to be a presenter for [[XFM]], [[MTV]] and [[Channel 4]] where he hosted ''[[Popworld]]''.
-Nick Godwin - DJ in 2000-2001 worked as a DJ on [[BBC London 94.9|London Live]].
-Karyn Miller - Head of Spoken Word 1999-2000 went on to be a successful journalist for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' and ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]''.
+===Events===
-DJ Dadbod - One of the mighty Big Beat Manifesto duo who specialise in Reggae, Dub and Dubstep
+Rare FM regularly puts on events which fill some of London's largest nightclub venues. From 2020-2023, this has included The Cause,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cause |first1=The Cause |title=Nightclub |url=https://supportthecause.co.uk |publisher=The Cause |access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref> [[Corsica Studios]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corsica |first1=Studios |title=Corsica Studios, |url=https://www.corsicastudios.com |access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref> and Pickle Factory. Rare FM members including president from 2021-2023, Yiannis Goeldner-Thompson, Ibra Ali and Rob Norris also played at the Seaside Beano Festival with The Cause in June 2022.
+==Station alumni==
-[[Aliza Ayaz]] - Pakistan City FM89 RJ<ref>https://www.jamhoor.org/read/2019/12/23/selling-sufism-qawwali-and-coke-studio-in-pakistan</ref><ref>https://thetab.com/uk/london/2018/05/18/2018-bnoc-of-the-year-group-one-31811</ref><ref>https://pink.parhlo.com/this-pakistani-teenage-girl-is-reaching-new-heights-in-the-uk-and-were-nothing-but-proud/</ref>
+* [[Aliza Ayaz]] - Pakistan City FM89 RJ<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamhoor.org/read/2019/12/23/selling-sufism-qawwali-and-coke-studio-in-pakistan|title = Selling Sufism: Qawwali and Coke Studio in Pakistan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thetab.com/uk/london/2018/05/18/2018-bnoc-of-the-year-group-one-31811|title = UCL's BNOC of the year 2018: Group One|date = 18 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pink.parhlo.com/this-pakistani-teenage-girl-is-reaching-new-heights-in-the-uk-and-were-nothing-but-proud/|title = This Pakistani Teenage Girl is Reaching New Heights in the UK and We're Nothing but Proud!|date = 4 July 2018}}</ref>
+* [[Alex Zane]]<ref name="CV">{{cite web|url=http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/zanea/a-pre.html|title=Alex Zane|publisher=PFD|year=2006|access-date=2007-08-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071005103939/http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/zanea/a-pre.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-10-05}}</ref> - DJ in 1999-2000 (with weekly show ''It's Alex Zane!''), went on to be a presenter for [[XFM]], [[MTV]] and [[Channel 4]] where he hosted ''[[Popworld]]''.
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