November 2009 - ICRadio-Announce

IC RADIO talks with the "industry"
by Fowler, Daniel 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Hi. First off, consolidations to Roushan on coming back from the SRAs empty handed....What a fix, however I think a good time was had by all. Anyway, we still have a big event coming up before the end of term... Next Wednesday (9th December) we're going to have a few guys down at IC RADIO who are pretty instrumental in bridging the gap between student radio and doing it on a professional level. They've all be part of student radios in the past and so know what it's like to do a show on a station like ours. I've asked them to talk about things like production and marketing (as well as what options there are afterwards), and so it should be a good experience even if you aren't necessarily looking towards a career in radio. To give you a vague idea of the running order (bare in mind this is still likely to change a bit): 2-3pm Introductions over view of the day and What's your station for? Q and A's that people have so we can answer them in the day. 3-4pm What is IC Radio? Life after IC Radio - student radio and the bigger picture 4-5pm Marketing, Branding on and off air. Including support / events etc 5-6pm Programming - including Clock / Producers / Snoops / Specialist & Mainstream 6-7pm Demo Factor Light 7pm + Drinks in the Union. So yeah, hope to see you down next Wednesday. (And yes it is free, we might even throw in some free refreshments!) Any questions about anything, don't hesitate to get in touch. Dan

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FW: If you have requested a enw show in the past two weeks.
by Roast, Andy 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Would anyone like to do a show with Fatema? Doing a show with someone else (especially someone you don't know) is great way of making new friends and an even better way of making your radio show sound interesting (banter). Email me or Fatema if you are interested, Andy -----Original Message----- From: Patel, Fatema Sent: 11 November 2009 14:17 To: Roast, Andy Subject: RE: If you have requested a enw show in the past two weeks. Hey andy i haven't requested a show yet, but that's mainly because i don't want to do one by myself! could you keep an eye/ear out/ask around to see if anyone's up for doing a show with someone else? i wanted to mostly play music (mainly rock/pop) but i don't mind doing it with someone who likes other stuff. sounds like you have enough on your plate lol, so i'm sorry to add to it :I thanks fatema ________________________________________

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It's Christmas.
by Allinson, Matthew 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Hey Prince and Princesses. It's cold and dark, so here's some good news. ICRADIOs CHRISTMAS PARTY, TUESDAY 8th OF DECEMBER RANDOM BRICK LANE CURRY In celebration of our Western Christian holiday, we're gonna go to east london and haggle with some bengalis. Bring a £20, it'll be plenty. (unless you wanna hit the 'trendy-fuck' bars up with us later) PRESENTERS get on it, It's important to know who is doing other shows on different days. Also any politico freshers who wanna get on committee should definately atttend as we'll all be there in full force. And you Ramy, you definately need to come, I barely ever see you. SAFE. PLEASE RSVP to me, Matt (<mailto:mattallinson@msn.com>matthew<mailto:matthew.allinson07@msn.com>.allinson07(a)msn.com) I'll spam your inboxes every other day untill i get 20 confirmations. Lots of Love Matt Allinson.

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Music Meeting--> Mission to redeem Sustain!
by Agathos, Catherine 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

Hello beautiful people! As you may know, if you've ever listened to radio when there aren't any shows playing, our Sustain service is pretty weak. It's set to play our entire library on random, which includes a lot of bad or simply random tracks like looong classical movements or Christmas carols... So, what to do: come down to the station tomorrow (Thursday 26th ) at 4pm and we'll get a discussion going and the whole thing rolling. I know it's short notice, but the sooner we start this the better; if you can't make it but wanna be part of this, let me know and of course give me your thoughts on making sustain sound good. We're getting a team for this (and other music-related stuff) so if you want in, just email me and we'll try to fix meeting dates that suit all... We've got some ideas to put into action but need support and more suggestions in this massive task, which is to completely reform sustain. It needn't be very difficult or time consuming (especially if there are many involved) but since we're changing the whole thing, we might as well introduce new creativity so that there is no longer such a large gap between the quality of shows and the sustain service. Basically there are plenty of ideas: creating many many playlists that we'll update regularly, include interviews, news, highlights of each week etc. etc. But people need to actually get onto this and start ripping cds/making playlists and so on, which would be good for people to help out with (we've got tons of new material coming in...) So if you want to get introduced to new or different styles of music and have a say on what our radio should play GET INVOLVED! All the best, and I hope I see/hear from many of our new members! Kate

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Membership
by Fowler, Daniel 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

Hi, Hope it's all going well. I'm going to be updating the key-list for this years presenters/studio goers in the next couple of weeks. If you want to be on this but haven't joined yet then you need to do so ASAP. In fact, if you haven't joined yet anyway - please join now! Also if you have co-presenters/mates that come down to radio, get them to join too. http://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/radio-211/category.html It's only £8 and we benefit so much from it. Thanks Dan P.S Good luck to IC RADIO for the SRA Awards next Tuesday!

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New Shows
by Roast, Andy 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi everyone! I'm so sorry if you are still waiting to get a show time! The re-scheduling that I was going to do is a much bigger task than was previously expected and I think it's probably easier if you want to start your show now to do so. Please look at the schedule (http://www.icradio.com/schedule.php) and let me know a)your show name and b) when you can do it (as long as there are no clashes! :) ) You cans ee there are absolutely MASSES of spaces available in the afternoon, so as long as you're prepared to go for an afternoon slot, things will all be good. OK thanks guys, Andy

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If you have requested a enw show in the past two weeks.
by Roast, Andy 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

...worry not. I am on it. I've been very busy with labs. I want to "unify" the schedule a little bit more and since I have not yet done this, I don't know when there will be free slots. Please bear with me, I intend to do this THIS WEEKEND! So expect an email on Sunday/Saturday night with regards to available slots. I don't really see the point in giving you a slot for this week if the timing of it could change by next week. I hope this is OK, if you have any questions/problems please please please email me back and let me know. Thanks Andy

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IC RADIO: update
by Fowler, Daniel 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Hi guys, Hope everything is going well. Little update for everyone with regards to how we're doing so far this year and how we can push on for the rest of the term. SCHEDULE Schedule-wise we are in as strong position, for this time of year, as I've seen us. The guy that needs the big thanks there is Andy for working tirelessly to get all you newbees up and running asap. We're starting to fill up, but there's still plenty of space. If you are still unsure about whether you want to/are good enough to do a show don't hesitate to get in touch and we can show you the ropes, then you can decide if it is for you. We are planning some schedule re-structuring which will hopefully benefit all. Basically we want to try and group similarly minded shows together so they can learn from each other and hopefully share a bit of listener-ship (the aim is for the standard listen to tune in to IC RADIO for a night rather than a show). EVENTS Events so far this year have been a good learning platform and something that we can build on. We have a Christmas Party night scheduled in at the union at the end of term - more details to come in a few weeks, plus much much more to think about and plan. We also have a very special event coming up, a workshop/talk from people who are actually in the radio industry. These workshops will cover everything from planning/producing radio shows, promoting your show around campus to how to break into the industry and what opportunities there are for us as Imperial College students. It's going to be an amazing experience and has come as a result with a lot of close working with dedicated members of the SRA (student radio association), plus it will be totally free. The provisional date for this event is the 9th DECEMBER, i.e. a Wednesday afternoon., but I will confirm all nearer to the date. SRA The SRA also stands for the Student Radio Awards, at which we are nominated for 3 awards.The ceremony is to be held on the 24th November and IC RADIO has fairly decent support going along to support. If you missed out on getting a ticket then there are still opportunities to steward the event, it is a voluntary thing but you will get meals paid for and will get to celebrate with everyone at the after party in the O2. If you're interested then get in touch and I can give more details. That's it for now, thanks again and keep up the good work. Dan

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