Kube Radio
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| City of license | Keele, Staffordshire, England |
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| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Slogan | The Shape of New Music |
| Frequency | Internet Broadcast |
| First air date | September 1993 |
| Format | Various Genres |
| Owner | Student Society |
| Website | www.kuberadio.com |
Keele University Broadcasting Enterprise (often abbreviated to KUBE) is a student run radio station at Keele University in Staffordshire, England and has now been running for fourteen years. This internet only radio station is the most internationally awarded student radio, thus making it arguably the best student radio station in the country at the time. It has greatly of note because it was the only radio station that made it to the New York Festivals in 2007 when all of its members are volunteers.
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[edit] Early History
KUBE was founded in 1994 by a small group of students which included Dan Davies, Julian Holmes-Taylor, Conrad Jacobson and Nat Sones, who formed the core committee. Assisted by Cat Jenkins, Huw Micklewright, Vish Vishvanath, Adrian the Studio Manager, and with studio furniture built by Mat Stoker and Dave Hiley, KUBE was unique at the time in obtaining a short-term AM licence, as opposed to the short-term FM licences that were normally on offer - this greatly increased the range of the initial broadcast. The studios and office were in the far wing of the students' union, near Nightline, the counselling service.
Since its creation there have been some notable changes to KUBE. Of these the most important being that KUBE no longer boardcasts on AM radio and now only boardcasts via the internet. This change has allowed the station to reach far more people in that anyone with an internet connection can listen to KUBE anywhere in the world.
[edit] Committee
The KUBE committee consists of ten members, each elected by the KUBE members in the second semester of each academic year.
| Position | 2008-2009 Member | 2007-2008 member | 2006-2007 member | 2005-2006 member | 2004-2005 member |
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| Station Manager | Sejal Kensara | Matt Bowling | Orla McMahon | Anil Lamba | Jo Coombes |
| Secretary | Rasha Tourqin and Nicole Tribe (replacing Ally McLintock Nov. 07) | Ally McLintock | Orla McMahon | Jon Buck | |
| Head of Production | Eamonn Kubba | Chris Milne | |||
| Head of Music | Kate Vanhinsbergh | Holly Wimbush & Kate Vanhinsbergh (replacing Mel Liley) | Claire La Rue & Matt Bowling | George Lohse (The Lohsinator) | Nathan Eaton |
| Head of News | Jason Davies | Sejal Kansara | Priya Patel | Charlie Garrity | |
| Head of Marketing | Georgie Hammerton | Georgie Hammerton (replacing Shakur Ahmed) | Ed Furgosen | Paul Moss | Paul Moss |
| Programme Controller | Amanda Kearney | Adrian Rushton | Mark Welch | Mark Welch | Anil Lamba |
| Webmaster | Tim Palmer | Darryl Brown | Will Sheahan | Manni Manpurda | Jon Shilton |
| Social Secretary | Anna Thomas | Claire Louise La Rue (replaced by Chewie Nwokedi Dec. 07) | Tom Hickman | ||
| Head of IT | Peter Brooks | Peter Brooks (new position) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
[edit] Awards
On Monday the 5 November 2007 KUBE was awarded 'Best Internet Only' award at the first European Radio Award's in Barcelona, Spain.
On Thursday the 28 June 2007 KUBE was awarded the 'Gold Medal Award' for 'Best Online Radio' at the New York Festival’s Radio Programming & Promotion Awards 2007 and were originally nominated for the award after a fund raising event for Comic Relief raised thousands in a single 24 hour broadcast.
In June 2007 the lead technical member of KUBE was shortlisted for the Gary Frisch Busary award, of which is for an entrepreneur or pioneer who is innovating in the fields of radio and audio software.
[edit] Current Schedule
The schedule changes every semester which allows the students who run the station to fit the station around other commitments (e.g. university work): KUBE is currently not broadcasting as it is coming to the end of the university year at Keele and the students have other priorities (e.g. exams)
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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[edit] KUBE Events
There are a few big events that KUBE holds during the year. The first of these is the launch party held in freshers week. This event is open to all students at the university and is an excellent opportunity for new members to get to know each other.
Another big event that KUBE has held for the last two years is the 24 hour broadcast. During the event the station broadcasts live for 24 hours and raises money for a chosen charity. These have been Comic Relief and the RAG week charity. During this event members of the station participate in hilarious activities (e.g. getting legs waxed on air) all in the name of fun and in order to raise money for charity. The first year two presenters spent the whole 24 hours presenting, though in 2008 there was a multitude of different presenters.
[edit] References
- KUBE Award press release. Keele University Students Union (2007-07-04). Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
- Gary Frisch Shortlist press release. QSoft Consulting (2007-06-29). Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
[edit] External links
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