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Leeds Student Radio
  • Leeds
FrequencyOnline only (listen.thisislsr.com)
Programming
FormatStudent radio / Alternative
AffiliationsStudent Radio Association
Leeds University Union
History
First air date
1968[1]
Links
Websitethisislsr.com

Leeds Student Radio is a student radio station broadcasting every day during term time from Leeds University Union at the University of Leeds.[2]

It is also the official student radio station for Leeds Trinity University and Leeds College of Music. The station broadcasts online through its website.

The station is run by an elected committee of student volunteers, and the management of the station is overseen by a full-time station manager employed by Leeds University Union. The station also provides live DJs for venues within Leeds University Union and the City of Leeds.

Formation

In the 1960s a group of students formed 'Network 4' and broadcast black-and-white programmes on a closed circuit around the university.

In 1968, Leeds University Union built a radio studio with an adjoining control room on the top floor of the students' union building.[3]

It was built so that 'Network 4' could produce programmes for BBC Radio Leeds, with student productions including concerts, debates and dramas as well as a weekly 30-minute news programme called 'University City'.[4] [5]

In the late 1990s, TV presenter Anita Rani worked at the radio station.[6]

Studios

The station has a permanent office on the first floor of Leeds University Union which overlooks the main entrance to the Union. There are two studios, one that broadcasts live and a DJ and production studio.

Content

The Leeds Student Radio schedule[7] consists of several core shows and individually-run shows which members can apply for each semester. The schedule is determined for Semester 1 in September and Semester 2 in January by the station manager, the programme controller and the core show editors. Antonia Quirke, writing in the New Statesman, described the on air content as "[an] easy joy in the medium" and celebrated the individual DJs and their programmes.[8]

Station managers

As a result of the SAR (Student Activity Review) carried out by Leeds University Union, since 2007 the Station Manager of Leeds Student Radio has been an appointed post rather than an elected one, with candidates facing an interview panel.[9]

The application process consists of a presentation from the candidates, followed by a question-and-answer session, which all members of Leeds Student Radio are welcome to attend. This is followed by an interview with the panel. The first manager selected using this process was Richard Andrews.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Student studio for local radio". Union News. Leeds. 25 October 1968. p. 1. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ^ Leeds Student Radio Union Page
  3. ^ "Student studio for local radio". Union News. Leeds. 25 October 1968. p. 1. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Student studio for local radio". Union News. Leeds. 25 October 1968. p. 1. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Success on the Aire - Radio Leeds". Union News. Leeds. 7 March 1969. p. 6. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  6. ^ Scott, Catherine (23 November 2014). "How TV's Anita Rani went from wild partying to dinner parties". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  7. ^ Leeds Student Radio Schedule
  8. ^ Quirke, Antonia (16 March 2017). "Voice of the youth: the glory of Leeds Student Radio". New Statesman. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  9. ^ Student Activity Review Summary, University Union Archive 06-07

External links

University of Leeds
City of Leeds
Student radio in the United Kingdom
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