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{{Infobox radio station
| name = University Radio York
| name = University Radio York
| logo = URY Social Logo.png
| logo = URY Social Logo.png
| logo_alt = URY
| logo_alt = URY
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| city = York, England
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| city = York, UK
| frequency = FM: 88.3 MHz (restricted to cover the University's campuses)<br>DAB: Band 8B (York)
| area =
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| airdate = 1968
| branding =
| former_frequencies = 999 kHz<br>1350 kHz
| slogan = On Air, Online, On Tap
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| format = [[College radio|University Radio]]
| frequency = {{Frequency|1350|AM}} (on campus)
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| coordinates = <!-- {{coord}} -->
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| airdate = 1967
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| affiliations = {{ubl|[[University of York]]|[[Student Radio Association]]|[[YUSU|York University Media]]|''[[Nouse]]'' (newspaper)|''[[York Vision]]'' (newspaper)}}
| last_airdate = <!-- for defunct stations -->
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| owner = YUSU
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| format = [[College radio|University Radio]]
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| affiliations = {{ubl|[[University of York]]|[[Student Radio Association]]|[[YUSU|York University Media]]|''[[Nouse]]'' (newspaper)|''[[York Vision]]'' (newspaper)}}
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| owner = YUSU
| sister_stations = [[York Student Television|YSTV]] (television)
| sister_stations = [[York Student Television|YSTV]] (television)
| webcast = [http://ury.org.uk/live Live stream online] and [[iTunes]]
| webcast = [http://ury.org.uk/live Live stream online] and [[iTunes]]
| website = {{URL|http://ury.org.uk/}}
| website = {{URL|http://ury.org.uk/}}
}}
}}
'''University Radio York''' (commonly known as '''URY''') is a [[campus radio]] covering the campus of the [[University of York]]. It was the first legal independent radio station in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/uao/ugrad/living/arts.htm |title=The Arts at York |access-date=3 January 2010 |date=8 January 2009 |publisher=[[University of York]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106080101/http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/uao/ugrad/living/arts.htm |archive-date=6 January 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
'''University Radio York''' (commonly known as '''URY''') is a [[College radio|University Radio]] station covering the campuses of the [[University of York]]. It was the first legal independent radio station in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/uao/ugrad/living/arts.htm|title=The Arts at York|access-date=3 January 2010|date=8 January 2009|publisher=[[University of York]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106080101/http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/uao/ugrad/living/arts.htm|archive-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> Broadcasting from [[Vanbrugh College]] on the University's west campus, URY has won a number of awards from various organisations including the [[Student Radio Association]] of which it is a member.


==About==
==About==
Like most student radio stations, University Radio York is run entirely by volunteers, all students studying at the University of York. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day during university term time (a total of 30 weeks per year). The schedule is made up of a variety of shows including entertainment, news, speech, drama and music. With a new intake of students each academic year, the station's output can change significantly.
Like most student radio stations, University Radio York is run entirely by volunteers, all students studying at the University of York. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day. Most programming is created during term time, outside of which broadcasting falls to a sustainer service. The schedule is made up of a variety of shows including entertainment, news, speech, drama and music. With a new intake of students each academic year, the station's output can change significantly.


==History==
==History==
[[File:URYStudio21984.jpg|thumb|right|Studio 2 in operation in 1984]]
[[File:URYStudio21984.jpg|thumb|right|Studio 2 in operation in 1984]]
In 1967, Mike Greasley then a student of the university, obtained a testing and development license for "Radio Heslington".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/479/|title=40 Years of URY|access-date=23 November 2012|date=9 June 2007|publisher=University Radio York}}</ref>


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The other limitations were strategically overcome and in 1969 the name Radio York not being available, University Radio York was licensed, becoming the first station independent of the [[BBC]] to broadcast legally in the UK. The station launch was a joint show with BBC local radio station and featured a guest broadcast by DJ [[John Peel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/events/1968/john_peel/|title=University Radio York – John Peel First Show|access-date=3 January 2010|date=9 February 2007|publisher=University Radio York}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/479/|title=University Radio York – 40 Years of URY|access-date=30 August 2013|year=2008|publisher=University Radio York}}</ref>
In 1967 Mike Greasley then a student of the university, obtained a testing and development license for "Radio Heslington".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/479/ |title=40 Years of URY |access-date=23 November 2012 |date=9 June 2007 |publisher=University Radio York }}</ref> {{citation needed span|date=October 2019|Then, entering his final year in 1968, he handed the project over to Ranjan Karunaratne, an overseas student who changed the name to Radio York and broadcast illegally through the summer of 1968, to drum up support for the project which had been dismissed in all quarters as impossible: the GPO said it was legally impossible, the professor of physics said it was physically impossible and the Student Executive said it was financially impossible. (Volunteered that they might consider part of a £200 equipment fund but Ranjan's budget of £1,500 was out of the question). The illegal broadcasting (signal was picked up as far afield as Norway, when it was supposed to be contained to the campus) was a successful tactic: Ranjan's motion for full funding was passed at the next annual general meeting. The following issue of Nouse, the student newspaper, emblazoned the headline: "King of Radio York Triumphs!"}}


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The station switched from its original 999&nbsp;kHz induction loop system to a [[Low-power broadcasting#AM radio|LPAM]] licence in 1999, which broadcast across both of The University of York's Heslington West and Heslington East campuses on 1350&nbsp;AM. The station has also conducted several [[Restricted Service Licence|RSL]] [[FM broadcasting|FM]] broadcasts across the whole of the city, the last of these being in 2008.
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The other limitations were strategically overcome and in 1969 the name Radio York not being available, University Radio York was licensed, becoming the first station independent of the [[BBC]] to broadcast legally in the UK. The station launch was a joint show with BBC local radio station and featured a guest broadcast by DJ [[John Peel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/events/1968/john_peel/ |title=University Radio York - John Peel First Show |access-date=3 January 2010 |date=9 February 2007 |publisher=University Radio York }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/479/ |title=University Radio York - 40 Years of URY |access-date=30 August 2013 |year=2008 |publisher=University Radio York }}</ref>


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Initially the station's purpose was to broadcast current affairs, and programmes of general interest in the arts and sciences 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 ''URY Newshour'' (previously ''York 60'' and ''York Report'') at 6pm is still a pivotal part of the weekly schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/schedule/|title=University Radio York Schedule|access-date=7 June 2010|date=7 June 2010|publisher=University Radio York }}</ref>
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The station switched from its original 999&nbsp;kHz induction loop system to a [[Low-power broadcasting#AM radio|LPAM]] licence in 1999, and now broadcasts across both of The University of York's Heslington West and Heslington East campuses on 1350AM. The station has also conducted several [[Restricted Service Licence|RSL]] [[FM broadcasting|FM]] broadcasts across the whole of the city, the last of these being in 2008.


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In 2008, URY broadcast 12 hours of US Presidential Election coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/schedule/shows/12430/|title=URY's US Election Results Live|access-date=30 August 2013|publisher=University Radio York}}</ref>
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Initially the station's purpose was to broadcast current affairs, and programmes of general interest in the arts and sciences 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 ''URY Newshour'' (previously ''York 60'' and ''York Report'') at 6pm is still a pivotal part of the weekly schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/schedule/ |title=University Radio York Schedule |access-date=7 June 2010 |date=7 June 2010 |publisher=University Radio York }}</ref>


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The ''URY Marathon'' was broadcast in March 2013 for 40 hours in aid of [[Macmillan Cancer Support]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/schedule/shows/12644/|title=URY's Longest Show Ever in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support|access-date=11 November 2013|publisher=University Radio York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/macmillan-marathon|title=Macmillan Marathon|access-date=11 November 2013|publisher=York Vision}}</ref> At the time of broadcast, it was URY's longest show ever. The two presenters, William Chalk and Tom Edwards, and one newsreader, Ben Bason, broadcast without sleep for the duration, raising over £1,800.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.justgiving.com/urymarathon/|title=URY's Longest Show Ever in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support |access-date=11 November 2013 |publisher=JustGiving.com}}</ref>
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In 2008, URY broadcast 12 hours of US Presidential Election coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/schedule/shows/12430/ |title=URY's US Election Results Live |access-date=30 August 2013 |publisher=University Radio York}}</ref>


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In autumn 2013, the Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief Engineers of the time (Stephen Clarke, Thomas Haines and Andrew Durant) started a project to completely overhaul the internal audio systems of URY. The main aim of this was to remove the 'URY hum' – a low level buzz starting at 50&nbsp;Hz with subsequent harmonics which filled the entire audio range. Following Alumni grant and crowd funding, and with the support of Focusrite Audio Engineering, the team was able to upgrade all studio interconnects to be digital, using Focusrite's RedNet system on the Audio Over IP protocol, Dante. In September 2015, URY was able to begin broadcasting a 'hum-less' stream. The project was nominated for a Student Radio Award in October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.studentradio.org.uk/2016/10/the-student-radio-awards-2016-nominations-announced/|title=The Student Radio Awards 2016: NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED|access-date=17 October 2016|publisher=The Student Radio Association}}</ref>
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The ''URY Marathon'' was broadcast in March 2013 for 40 hours in aid of [[Macmillan Cancer Support]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/schedule/shows/12644/ |title=URY's Longest Show Ever in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support |access-date=11 November 2013 |publisher=University Radio York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/macmillan-marathon |title=Macmillan Marathon |access-date=11 November 2013 |publisher=York Vision}}</ref> At the time of broadcast, it was URY's longest show ever. The two presenters, William Chalk and Tom Edwards, and one newsreader, Ben Bason, broadcast without sleep for the duration, raising over £1,800.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.justgiving.com/urymarathon/ |title=URY's Longest Show Ever in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support |access-date=11 November 2013 |publisher=JustGiving.com}}</ref>


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URY's longest show at the time, ''URY 101'', was broadcast in June 2016 for 101 hours in aid of [[Yorkshire Cancer Research]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ury.org.uk/schedule/shows/13222/|title=URY 101|access-date=17 October 2016|publisher=University Radio York}}</ref> The show was presented by Joe Willis, Naomi Gildert and Caterina Soave, and produced by Adam Brain, Peter Rogers, Stephen Clarke and Andrew Durant. They each took shifts to ensure the broadcast continued, with the presenters getting three 7 hour sleeps over the 4 days and the producers working for 6 hours each. The entire show was done as an Outside Broadcast, from Greg's Place on the [[University of York]] campus. The total raised was £1710 (including £1,188.16 donated online), and the show included live music, a broadcast from the campus lake and a whole host of games and challenges. It was completed as part of [[Yorkshire Cancer Research]]'s '100 for £100' campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://student100for100.everydayhero.com/uk/ury1350|title=everydayhero: 100 for £100|access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref>
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In Autumn 2013, the Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief Engineers of the time (Stephen Clarke, Thomas Haines and Andrew Durant) started a project to completely overhaul the internal audio systems of URY. The main aim of this was to remove the 'URY hum' - a low level buzz starting at 50&nbsp;Hz with subsequent harmonics which filled the entire audio range. Following Alumni grant and crowd funding, and with the support of Focusrite Audio Engineering, the team was able to upgrade all studio interconnects to be digital, using Focusrite's RedNet system on the Audio Over IP protocol, Dante. In September 2015, URY was able to begin broadcasting a 'hum-less' stream. The project was nominated for a Student Radio Award in October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.studentradio.org.uk/2016/10/the-student-radio-awards-2016-nominations-announced/ |title=The Student Radio Awards 2016: NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED |access-date=17 October 2016 |publisher=The Student Radio Association}}</ref>


In 2018, URY were awarded a grant by the University of York of £40,000 to upgrade their studios. This included brand new audio equipment, a total interior re-design, and fancy red/blue colour schemes to match. The 40K project was completed in Christmas 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ury.org.uk/about|title=URY About Us|access-date=11 October 2021|publisher=University Radio York}}</ref>
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URY's longest show ever, ''URY 101'', was broadcast in June 2016 for 101 hours in aid of [[Yorkshire Cancer Research]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ury.org.uk/schedule/shows/13222/ |title=URY 101 |access-date=17 October 2016 |publisher=University Radio York}}</ref> The show was presented by Joe Willis, Naomi Gildert and Caterina Soave, and produced by Adam Brain, Peter Rogers, Stephen Clarke and Andrew Durant. They each took shifts to ensure the broadcast continued, with the presenters getting three 7 hour sleeps over the 4 days and the producers working for 6 hours each. The entire show was done as an Outside Broadcast, from Greg's Place on the [[University of York]] campus. The total raised was £1710 (including £1,188.16 donated online), and the show included live music, a broadcast from the campus lake and a whole host of games and challenges. It was completed as part of [[Yorkshire Cancer Research]]'s '100 for £100' campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://student100for100.everydayhero.com/uk/ury1350 |title=everydayhero: 100 for £100 |access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref>

In September 2021, URY started broadcasting on 88.3&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;FM as part of [[Ofcom]]'s Limited Coverage FM trial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ury.org.uk/about/|title=URY About Us|access-date=11 October 2021|publisher=University Radio York}}</ref> The next year, in September 2022, URY was awarded a limited license to continue broadcasting on 88.3&nbsp;FM until 31 August 2027.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 September 2022|title=University Radio York gets permanent limited coverage FM licence|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/09/university-radio-york-gets-permanent-limited-coverage-fm-licence/|access-date=1 September 2022|website=RadioToday}}</ref>

Transmissions on 1350&nbsp;kHz AM ceased on 25 June 2023 following 135 hours of consecutive broadcast, URY's longest show to date.<ref>{{cite web|title=URY on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/URY1350/status/1672934734333083653?s=20|access-date=26 June 2023|website=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=University York Radio waves goodbye to AM transmission – Nouse|url=https://www.nouse.co.uk/articles/2023/06/22/university-york-radio-waves-goodbye-to-am-transmission|access-date=26 June 2023|website=www.nouse.co.uk}}</ref>

In June 2024, URY was issued a Community Radio License to broadcast on [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] across the city of York.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 June 2024|title=UK’s Oldest Independent Radio Station set to begin broadcasting on Digital Radio|url=https://www.jorvikradio.com/news/local/uks-oldest-independent-radio-station-set-to-begin-broadcasting-on-digital-radio/|access-date=15 September 2024|publisher=Jorvik Radio}}</ref>


==Achievements and awards==
==Achievements and awards==


=== Founding - 2009 ===
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URY won the [[Student Radio Association]] / [[BBC Radio 1]] [[Student Radio Awards|Student Radio Station of the Year award]] for the first time in its history in 2005.<ref>{{cite news | title=Student station grabs top prize | date=27 November 2005 | publisher=[[BBC News]] | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4475538.stm | access-date = 3 January 2010 }}</ref> This was also the first time the station had even been nominated for a Student Radio 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 1988, URY won a [[BBC Radio 1]] / NASB award in News and Current Affairs for its coverage of the [[1987 UK general election]] in York and surrounding constituencies<ref>{{cite web|title=University Radio York {{!}} About Us|url=https://ury.org.uk/about/|access-date=24 February 2021|website=ury.org.uk}}</ref> despite one of their correspondents, [[Peter Gordon (radio presenter)]] being unwell at one of the counts.<ref>{{cite web|title=URY {{!}} Alumni Shows: Throwback to the 80s Sunday, 31 May 2020 – 19:00|url=https://ury.org.uk/schedule/shows/timeslots/147692|access-date=24 February 2021|website=ury.org.uk}}</ref> The election in that constituency was notable due to 2 recounts taking place over the six and a half hours.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flashback to 1987: York’s tightest election finish|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8103433.flashback-to-1987-yorks-tightest-election-finish/|access-date=24 February 2021|website=York Press}}</ref>


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URY won the [[Student Radio Association]] / BBC Radio 1 [[Student Radio Awards|Student Radio Station of the Year award]] for the first time in its history in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Student station grabs top prize|date=27 November 2005|publisher=[[BBC News]]|url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4475538.stm|access-date=3 January 2010}}</ref> This was also the first time the station had even been nominated for a Student Radio 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.
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As part of the prize for winning Student Radio Station of the Year, on 29 May 2006 URY was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 1]], taking over the 4 to 7{{nbsp}}am 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 websites.


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As part of the prize for winning Student Radio Station of the Year, on 29 May 2006 URY was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 1]], taking over the 4 to 7{{nbsp}}am Early Breakfast slot usually occupied by [[JK and Joel]]. The show was broadcast nationally on 97–99&nbsp;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 websites.
At the same awards in 2008, Rob Watts won bronze for best male presenter,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/48 |title=The Student Radio Awards Winner 2008: Best Male Presenter |access-date=3 January 2010 |publisher=[[Student Radio Association]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118190601/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/48 |archive-date=18 November 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> URY Breakfast with Rob Watts and Steve Gardner won bronze for best entertainment programme,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/51 |title=The Student Radio Awards Winner 2008: Best Entertainment Programme |access-date=3 January 2010 |publisher=[[Student Radio Association]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118190606/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/51 |archive-date=18 November 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Rob Watts interviewing [[Greg Dyke]] won gold for best interview<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/61 |title=The Student Radio Awards Winner 2008: Best Interview |access-date=3 January 2010 |publisher=[[Student Radio Association]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118192640/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/61 |archive-date=18 November 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and The Technical Difficulties won the [[Kevin Greening]] Creativity Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/59 |title=The Student Radio Awards Winners: The Kevin Greening Creativity Award |access-date=3 January 2010 |publisher=[[Student Radio Association]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127071229/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/59 |archive-date=27 November 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


At the [[Student Radio Awards]] in 2009, [[The Technical Difficulties]] won bronze for best entertainment programme, Joshua Chambers' interview: "[[Hilary Benn]] on [[Binyam Mohamed]]" won gold for best interview and York Report won gold for best journalistic programming.<ref name='SRA Winners 09'>{{cite web |url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/winners/09 |title=The Student Radio Awards Winners 2009 |access-date=3 January 2010 |publisher=[[Student Radio Association]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213021434/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/winners/09 |archive-date=13 December 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
At the same awards in 2008, Rob Watts won bronze for best male presenter,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/48|title=The Student Radio Awards Winner 2008: Best Male Presenter|access-date=3 January 2010|publisher=[[Student Radio Association]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118190601/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/48|archive-date=18 November 2009}}</ref> URY Breakfast with Rob Watts and Steve Gardner won bronze for best entertainment programme,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/51|title=The Student Radio Awards Winner 2008: Best Entertainment Programme|access-date=3 January 2010|publisher=[[Student Radio Association]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118190606/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/51|archive-date=18 November 2009}}</ref> Rob Watts interviewing [[Greg Dyke]] won gold for best interview<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/61|title=The Student Radio Awards Winner 2008: Best Interview|access-date=3 January 2010|publisher=[[Student Radio Association]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118192640/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/61|archive-date=18 November 2009}}</ref> and The Technical Difficulties won the [[Kevin Greening]] Creativity Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/59|title=The Student Radio Awards Winners: The Kevin Greening Creativity Award|access-date=3 January 2010|publisher=[[Student Radio Association]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127071229/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/page/59|archive-date=27 November 2009}}</ref>


2010 was another successful year for URY at the [[Student Radio Awards]], where they picked up two accolades. For the second year running, the URY News Team were award-winning by getting Silver for Best Journalistic Programming and also CoCo Cole managed to win the Silver Best Female award.<ref name='SRA Winners 2010'>{{cite web |url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/winners/10 |title=The Student Radio Awards Winners 2010 |access-date=20 November 2010 |publisher=[[Student Radio Association]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725002200/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/winners/10 |archive-date=25 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
At the [[Student Radio Awards]] in 2009, [[Tom Scott (entertainer)|The Technical Difficulties]] won bronze for best entertainment programme, Joshua Chambers' interview: "[[Hilary Benn]] on [[Binyam Mohamed]]" won gold for best interview and York Report won gold for best journalistic programming.<ref name='SRA Winners 09'>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/winners/09|title=The Student Radio Awards Winners 2009|access-date=3 January 2010|publisher=[[Student Radio Association]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213021434/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/winners/09|archive-date=13 December 2009}}</ref>


=== 2010s ===
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In 2011 URY received six nominations at the Student Radio Awards. Four of these were successful: The Chalk and Charles Show won Gold Best Entertainment Show, James Bugg's The More Beautiful Game won Bronze Best Speech. On top of this, URY picked up Silver Best Station and The Kevin Greening Award for Tess Humphrey's Prince of Humberside.
2010 was another successful year for URY at the [[Student Radio Awards]], where they picked up two accolades. For the second year running, the URY News Team were award-winning by getting Silver for Best Journalistic Programming and also CoCo Cole managed to win the Silver Best Female award.<ref name='SRA Winners 2010'>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/winners/10|title=The Student Radio Awards Winners 2010|access-date=20 November 2010|publisher=[[Student Radio Association]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725002200/http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/winners/10|archive-date=25 July 2011}}</ref>


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In 2011 URY received six nominations at the Student Radio Awards. Four of these were successful: The Chalk and Charles Show won Gold Best Entertainment Show, James Bugg's The More Beautiful Game won Bronze Best Speech. On top of this, URY picked up Silver Best Station and The Kevin Greening Award for Tess Humphrey's Prince of Humberside.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
In the 2012 [[Student Radio Awards]], URY received seven nominations; for Best Station, Best Female, Best Specialist Music Programming, Best Journalistic Programming, Best Technical Achievement, Best Speech Programming and Best Interview. {{Citation needed|date=November 2012}} For the second year in a row, URY won Silver Best Station behind URN.


At the 2013 [[Student Radio Awards]], URY received nine nominations, with six awards being won on the night - Silver Best Technical Achievement, Gold and Silver awards for Best Speech Programming, with 'Trimble' also being awarded a silver award in the Kevin Greening category, a Bronze Best Entertainment award for 'The Harry Whittaker Show', and a Silver Newcomer award for Harry Whittaker.
In the 2012 [[Student Radio Awards]], URY received seven nominations; for Best Station, Best Female, Best Specialist Music Programming, Best Journalistic Programming, Best Technical Achievement, Best Speech Programming and Best Interview.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} For the second year in a row, URY won Silver Best Station behind URN.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}


At the 2013 [[Student Radio Awards]], URY received nine nominations, with six awards being won on the night – Silver Best Technical Achievement, Gold and Silver awards for Best Speech Programming, with 'Trimble' also being awarded a silver award in the Kevin Greening category, a Bronze Best Entertainment award for 'The Harry Whittaker Show', and a Silver Newcomer award for Harry Whittaker.
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URY at the 2014 [[Student Radio Awards]] won Silver Best Journalistic Programming, for the News and Sports teams special programme, 'River Safety: York's Rising Problems'. The one-hour special, presented by former Head of News and Sport Ben Bason and produced by News Editors George Lane and Carys Brain, discussed the issue of river safety in York after a number of fatalities in 2014.


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URY at the 2014 [[Student Radio Awards]] won Silver Best Journalistic Programming, for the News and Sports teams special programme, 'River Safety: York's Rising Problems'. The one-hour special, presented by former Head of News and Sport Ben Bason and produced by News Editors George Lane and Carys Brain, discussed the issue of river safety in York after a number of fatalities in 2014.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
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At the 2015 I Love Student Radio Awards URY were shortlisted for 4 awards, 2 in Best Audience Initiative for Freshers 2014 and YorkNext, Best Outreach Project for Alex and Tom: Getting gold for Charity and Outstanding Contribution to Student Radio for Jay Glover. The Freshers 2014 marketing and OB setup ended up winning the overall prize for Best Audience Initiative. In 2015, URY won 5 SRA Awards at the 20th Anniversary Awards ceremony - Bronze Best Male (Harry Whittaker), Gold Best Entertainment (The Harry Whittaker Show), Silver Best Event (Elections Results Night 2015), Gold Best Newcomer (Rebecca Saw) and Silver Best Technical Achievement (Roses Mini-OB Kits). The station was also nominated for Best Sports with the York Sport Report. URY Alumni Ben Bason also won Silver Best Entertainment for his show of Forge Radio. Continuing their successful year, URY were also shortlisted for the Radio Academy Yorkshire "Station of the Year".


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At the 2015 I Love Student Radio Awards, URY were shortlisted for 4 awards, 2 in Best Audience Initiative for Freshers 2014 and YorkNext, Best Outreach Project for Alex and Tom: Getting gold for Charity and Outstanding Contribution to Student Radio for Jay Glover. The Freshers 2014 marketing and OB setup ended up winning the overall prize for Best Audience Initiative. In 2015, URY won 5 SRA Awards at the 20th Anniversary Awards ceremony – Bronze Best Male (Harry Whittaker), Gold Best Entertainment (The Harry Whittaker Show), Silver Best Event (Elections Results Night 2015), Gold Best Newcomer (Rebecca Saw) and Silver Best Technical Achievement (Roses Mini-OB Kits). The station was also nominated for Best Sports with the York Sport Report. URY Alumni Ben Bason also won Silver Best Entertainment for his show of Forge Radio. Continuing their successful year, URY were also shortlisted for the Radio Academy Yorkshire "Station of the Year".{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
2016 saw URY receive 7 nominations<ref name='SRA Nominations 2016'>{{cite web|url=https://www.studentradio.org.uk/2016/10/the-student-radio-awards-2016-nominations-announced/ |title=The Student Radio Awards Nominations 2016 |access-date=7 February 2017 |publisher=[[Student Radio Association]] }}</ref> for the [[Student Radio Awards]]. These were: Best Live Event or Outside Broadcast, for the 101 Hour Charity Broadcast; Best Technical Achievement, for 'Beat the Buzz'; Best Speech Programming, for After the Tone; Best Entertainment Programme, URY:PM with K-Spence; Best Multiplatform Initiative, URY Music; Best Station Branding; Best Female, Kat Spencer. Of these, 2 awards were won: 'Beat the Buzz' received Gold in the Best Technical Achievement category, and URY received Bronze for Best Station Branding (Alex Light and Nick Upton). Additionally, Biscuit News won Bronze in the Kevin Greening Award for Creativity.


In 2017 URY won four awards out of five nominations at the [[Student Radio Awards]].<ref name='SRA Nominations 2017'>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/10/student-radio-awards-2017-the-nominations/ |title=Student Radio Awards 2017 – the nominations |access-date=26 February 2018 |publisher=[[Radio Today]] }}</ref> Joshua Kerr was nominated for the Best Male category, and the station's Visualisation project was nominated for Best Technical Achievement, for which it won Bronze. Kat Spencer took home Gold in Best Entertainment Programme for 'URY:PM - with K-Spence', and URY received two medals in the Best Newcomer category, with Matt Stratford winning the Silver award and Will Batchelor going home with the Gold.
2016 saw URY receive 7 nominations<ref name='SRA Nominations 2016'>{{cite web|url=https://www.studentradio.org.uk/2016/10/the-student-radio-awards-2016-nominations-announced/|title=The Student Radio Awards Nominations 2016|access-date=7 February 2017|publisher=[[Student Radio Association]]}}</ref> for the [[Student Radio Awards]]. These were: Best Live Event or Outside Broadcast, for the 101 Hour Charity Broadcast; Best Technical Achievement, for 'Beat the Buzz'; Best Speech Programming, for After the Tone; Best Entertainment Programme, URY:PM with K-Spence; Best Multiplatform Initiative, URY Music; Best Station Branding; Best Female, Kat Spencer. Of these, 2 awards were won: 'Beat the Buzz' received Gold in the Best Technical Achievement category, and URY received Bronze for Best Station Branding (Alex Light and Nick Upton). Additionally, Biscuit News won Bronze in the Kevin Greening Award for Creativity.

In 2017 URY won four awards out of five nominations at the [[Student Radio Awards]].<ref name='SRA Nominations 2017'>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/10/student-radio-awards-2017-the-nominations/ |title=Student Radio Awards 2017 – the nominations |access-date=26 February 2018 |publisher=[[Radio Today]] }}</ref> Joshua Kerr was nominated for the Best Male category, and the station's Visualisation project was nominated for Best Technical Achievement, for which it won Bronze. Kat Spencer took home Gold in Best Entertainment Programme for 'URY:PM – with K-Spence', and URY received two medals in the Best Newcomer category, with Matt Stratford winning the Silver award and Will Batchelor going home with the Gold.


In 2018, URY won two gold and two silver awards. The URSPY APP won Gold Best Technical Achievement, Gold Best Multiplatform Initiative and the Silver Kevin Greening Creativity Award whilst Joel Mitchell won Silver for Best Male.<ref name='SRA Nominations 2018'>{{cite web|url=https://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/winners/2018-winners/|title=2018 Winners|work=Student Radio Awards|access-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414093729/https://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/winners/2018-winners/|archive-date=14 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2018, URY won two gold and two silver awards. The URSPY APP won Gold Best Technical Achievement, Gold Best Multiplatform Initiative and the Silver Kevin Greening Creativity Award whilst Joel Mitchell won Silver for Best Male.<ref name='SRA Nominations 2018'>{{cite web|url=https://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/winners/2018-winners/|title=2018 Winners|work=Student Radio Awards|access-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414093729/https://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/winners/2018-winners/|archive-date=14 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In 2019, URY won three gold and two silver awards at the [[Student Radio Awards]]. The golds were Best Chart Show, Best Newcomer (Joseph Morrall) and Best Female (Hannah Sackville-Bryant). The silvers awarded to URY were for Best Technical (Matt Stratford) and Best Entertainment Program (Joel Mitchell).
In 2019, URY won three gold and two silver awards at the [[Student Radio Awards]]. The golds were Best Chart Show, Best Newcomer (Kathy Morrall) and Best Female (Hannah Sackville-Bryant). The silvers awarded to URY were for Best Technical (Matt Stratford) and Best Entertainment Program (Joel Mitchell).{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

=== 2020s ===
In 2020, URY won three gold, three silver and one bronze awards at the [[Student Radio Awards]]. The golds were Best Student Radio Station, Best Technical Achievement (WebStudio) and Best Chart Show.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}


In 2020, URY won seven awards at the [[Student Radio Awards]]. This included Best Student Radio Station across the SRA network.
In 2021, URY won two gold and four bronze awards at the [[Student Radio Awards]]. The golds were Best Sports Programming (Roses) and Best Chart Show. URY was also named the third Best Student Radio Station by winning bronze in that category.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}


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University Radio York
  • York, England
FrequencyFM: 88.3 MHz (restricted to cover the University's campuses)
DAB: Band 8B (York)
Programming
FormatUniversity Radio
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerYUSU
YSTV (television)
History
First air date
1968
Former frequencies
999 kHz
1350 kHz
Links
WebcastLive stream online and iTunes
Websiteury.org.uk

University Radio York (commonly known as URY) is a University Radio station covering the campuses of the University of York. It was the first legal independent radio station in the United Kingdom.[1] Broadcasting from Vanbrugh College on the University's west campus, URY has won a number of awards from various organisations including the Student Radio Association of which it is a member.

About

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Like most student radio stations, University Radio York is run entirely by volunteers, all students studying at the University of York. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day. Most programming is created during term time, outside of which broadcasting falls to a sustainer service. The schedule is made up of a variety of shows including entertainment, news, speech, drama and music. With a new intake of students each academic year, the station's output can change significantly.

History

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Studio 2 in operation in 1984

In 1967, Mike Greasley then a student of the university, obtained a testing and development license for "Radio Heslington".[2]

The other limitations were strategically overcome and in 1969 the name Radio York not being available, University Radio York was licensed, becoming the first station independent of the BBC to broadcast legally in the UK. The station launch was a joint show with BBC local radio station and featured a guest broadcast by DJ John Peel.[3][4]

The station switched from its original 999 kHz induction loop system to a LPAM licence in 1999, which broadcast across both of The University of York's Heslington West and Heslington East campuses on 1350 AM. 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 current affairs, and programmes of general interest in the arts and sciences 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 URY Newshour (previously York 60 and York Report) at 6pm is still a pivotal part of the weekly schedule.[5]

In 2008, URY broadcast 12 hours of US Presidential Election coverage.[6]

The URY Marathon was broadcast in March 2013 for 40 hours in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.[7][8] At the time of broadcast, it was URY's longest show ever. The two presenters, William Chalk and Tom Edwards, and one newsreader, Ben Bason, broadcast without sleep for the duration, raising over £1,800.[9]

In autumn 2013, the Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief Engineers of the time (Stephen Clarke, Thomas Haines and Andrew Durant) started a project to completely overhaul the internal audio systems of URY. The main aim of this was to remove the 'URY hum' – a low level buzz starting at 50 Hz with subsequent harmonics which filled the entire audio range. Following Alumni grant and crowd funding, and with the support of Focusrite Audio Engineering, the team was able to upgrade all studio interconnects to be digital, using Focusrite's RedNet system on the Audio Over IP protocol, Dante. In September 2015, URY was able to begin broadcasting a 'hum-less' stream. The project was nominated for a Student Radio Award in October 2016.[10]

URY's longest show at the time, URY 101, was broadcast in June 2016 for 101 hours in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research.[11] The show was presented by Joe Willis, Naomi Gildert and Caterina Soave, and produced by Adam Brain, Peter Rogers, Stephen Clarke and Andrew Durant. They each took shifts to ensure the broadcast continued, with the presenters getting three 7 hour sleeps over the 4 days and the producers working for 6 hours each. The entire show was done as an Outside Broadcast, from Greg's Place on the University of York campus. The total raised was £1710 (including £1,188.16 donated online), and the show included live music, a broadcast from the campus lake and a whole host of games and challenges. It was completed as part of Yorkshire Cancer Research's '100 for £100' campaign.[12]

In 2018, URY were awarded a grant by the University of York of £40,000 to upgrade their studios. This included brand new audio equipment, a total interior re-design, and fancy red/blue colour schemes to match. The 40K project was completed in Christmas 2019.[13]

In September 2021, URY started broadcasting on 88.3 MHz FM as part of Ofcom's Limited Coverage FM trial.[14] The next year, in September 2022, URY was awarded a limited license to continue broadcasting on 88.3 FM until 31 August 2027.[15]

Transmissions on 1350 kHz AM ceased on 25 June 2023 following 135 hours of consecutive broadcast, URY's longest show to date.[16][17]

In June 2024, URY was issued a Community Radio License to broadcast on DAB across the city of York.[18]

Achievements and awards

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Founding - 2009

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In 1988, URY won a BBC Radio 1 / NASB award in News and Current Affairs for its coverage of the 1987 UK general election in York and surrounding constituencies[19] despite one of their correspondents, Peter Gordon (radio presenter) being unwell at one of the counts.[20] The election in that constituency was notable due to 2 recounts taking place over the six and a half hours.[21]

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.[22] This was also the first time the station had even been nominated for a Student Radio 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.

As part of the prize for winning Student Radio Station of the Year, on 29 May 2006 URY was broadcast on BBC Radio 1, taking over the 4 to 7 am 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 websites.

At the same awards in 2008, Rob Watts won bronze for best male presenter,[23] URY Breakfast with Rob Watts and Steve Gardner won bronze for best entertainment programme,[24] Rob Watts interviewing Greg Dyke won gold for best interview[25] and The Technical Difficulties won the Kevin Greening Creativity Award.[26]

At the Student Radio Awards in 2009, The Technical Difficulties won bronze for best entertainment programme, Joshua Chambers' interview: "Hilary Benn on Binyam Mohamed" won gold for best interview and York Report won gold for best journalistic programming.[27]

2010s

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2010 was another successful year for URY at the Student Radio Awards, where they picked up two accolades. For the second year running, the URY News Team were award-winning by getting Silver for Best Journalistic Programming and also CoCo Cole managed to win the Silver Best Female award.[28]

In 2011 URY received six nominations at the Student Radio Awards. Four of these were successful: The Chalk and Charles Show won Gold Best Entertainment Show, James Bugg's The More Beautiful Game won Bronze Best Speech. On top of this, URY picked up Silver Best Station and The Kevin Greening Award for Tess Humphrey's Prince of Humberside.[citation needed]

In the 2012 Student Radio Awards, URY received seven nominations; for Best Station, Best Female, Best Specialist Music Programming, Best Journalistic Programming, Best Technical Achievement, Best Speech Programming and Best Interview.[citation needed] For the second year in a row, URY won Silver Best Station behind URN.[citation needed]

At the 2013 Student Radio Awards, URY received nine nominations, with six awards being won on the night – Silver Best Technical Achievement, Gold and Silver awards for Best Speech Programming, with 'Trimble' also being awarded a silver award in the Kevin Greening category, a Bronze Best Entertainment award for 'The Harry Whittaker Show', and a Silver Newcomer award for Harry Whittaker.

URY at the 2014 Student Radio Awards won Silver Best Journalistic Programming, for the News and Sports teams special programme, 'River Safety: York's Rising Problems'. The one-hour special, presented by former Head of News and Sport Ben Bason and produced by News Editors George Lane and Carys Brain, discussed the issue of river safety in York after a number of fatalities in 2014.[citation needed]

At the 2015 I Love Student Radio Awards, URY were shortlisted for 4 awards, 2 in Best Audience Initiative for Freshers 2014 and YorkNext, Best Outreach Project for Alex and Tom: Getting gold for Charity and Outstanding Contribution to Student Radio for Jay Glover. The Freshers 2014 marketing and OB setup ended up winning the overall prize for Best Audience Initiative. In 2015, URY won 5 SRA Awards at the 20th Anniversary Awards ceremony – Bronze Best Male (Harry Whittaker), Gold Best Entertainment (The Harry Whittaker Show), Silver Best Event (Elections Results Night 2015), Gold Best Newcomer (Rebecca Saw) and Silver Best Technical Achievement (Roses Mini-OB Kits). The station was also nominated for Best Sports with the York Sport Report. URY Alumni Ben Bason also won Silver Best Entertainment for his show of Forge Radio. Continuing their successful year, URY were also shortlisted for the Radio Academy Yorkshire "Station of the Year".[citation needed]

2016 saw URY receive 7 nominations[29] for the Student Radio Awards. These were: Best Live Event or Outside Broadcast, for the 101 Hour Charity Broadcast; Best Technical Achievement, for 'Beat the Buzz'; Best Speech Programming, for After the Tone; Best Entertainment Programme, URY:PM with K-Spence; Best Multiplatform Initiative, URY Music; Best Station Branding; Best Female, Kat Spencer. Of these, 2 awards were won: 'Beat the Buzz' received Gold in the Best Technical Achievement category, and URY received Bronze for Best Station Branding (Alex Light and Nick Upton). Additionally, Biscuit News won Bronze in the Kevin Greening Award for Creativity.

In 2017 URY won four awards out of five nominations at the Student Radio Awards.[30] Joshua Kerr was nominated for the Best Male category, and the station's Visualisation project was nominated for Best Technical Achievement, for which it won Bronze. Kat Spencer took home Gold in Best Entertainment Programme for 'URY:PM – with K-Spence', and URY received two medals in the Best Newcomer category, with Matt Stratford winning the Silver award and Will Batchelor going home with the Gold.

In 2018, URY won two gold and two silver awards. The URSPY APP won Gold Best Technical Achievement, Gold Best Multiplatform Initiative and the Silver Kevin Greening Creativity Award whilst Joel Mitchell won Silver for Best Male.[31]

In 2019, URY won three gold and two silver awards at the Student Radio Awards. The golds were Best Chart Show, Best Newcomer (Kathy Morrall) and Best Female (Hannah Sackville-Bryant). The silvers awarded to URY were for Best Technical (Matt Stratford) and Best Entertainment Program (Joel Mitchell).[citation needed]

2020s

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In 2020, URY won three gold, three silver and one bronze awards at the Student Radio Awards. The golds were Best Student Radio Station, Best Technical Achievement (WebStudio) and Best Chart Show.[citation needed]

In 2021, URY won two gold and four bronze awards at the Student Radio Awards. The golds were Best Sports Programming (Roses) and Best Chart Show. URY was also named the third Best Student Radio Station by winning bronze in that category.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "The Arts at York". University of York. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  2. ^ "40 Years of URY". University Radio York. 9 June 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ^ "University Radio York – John Peel First Show". University Radio York. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2010. [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "University Radio York – 40 Years of URY". University Radio York. 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  5. ^ "University Radio York Schedule". University Radio York. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  6. ^ "URY's US Election Results Live". University Radio York. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  7. ^ "URY's Longest Show Ever in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support". University Radio York. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Macmillan Marathon". York Vision. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ^ "URY's Longest Show Ever in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support". JustGiving.com. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ^ "The Student Radio Awards 2016: NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED". The Student Radio Association. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  11. ^ "URY 101". University Radio York. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  12. ^ "everydayhero: 100 for £100". Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  13. ^ "URY About Us". University Radio York. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  14. ^ "URY About Us". University Radio York. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  15. ^ "University Radio York gets permanent limited coverage FM licence". RadioToday. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  16. ^ "URY on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  17. ^ "University York Radio waves goodbye to AM transmission – Nouse". www.nouse.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  18. ^ "UK's Oldest Independent Radio Station set to begin broadcasting on Digital Radio". Jorvik Radio. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  19. ^ "University Radio York | About Us". ury.org.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  20. ^ "URY | Alumni Shows: Throwback to the 80s Sunday, 31 May 2020 – 19:00". ury.org.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  21. ^ "Flashback to 1987: York's tightest election finish". York Press. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  22. ^ "Student station grabs top prize". BBC News. 27 November 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  23. ^ "The Student Radio Awards Winner 2008: Best Male Presenter". Student Radio Association. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  24. ^ "The Student Radio Awards Winner 2008: Best Entertainment Programme". Student Radio Association. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  25. ^ "The Student Radio Awards Winner 2008: Best Interview". Student Radio Association. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  26. ^ "The Student Radio Awards Winners: The Kevin Greening Creativity Award". Student Radio Association. Archived from the original on 27 November 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  27. ^ "The Student Radio Awards Winners 2009". Student Radio Association. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  28. ^ "The Student Radio Awards Winners 2010". Student Radio Association. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  29. ^ "The Student Radio Awards Nominations 2016". Student Radio Association. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  30. ^ "Student Radio Awards 2017 – the nominations". Radio Today. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  31. ^ "2018 Winners". Student Radio Awards. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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