October 2012 - ICRadio-Announce

IC Radio drum kit for sale!
by Hayes, Aislinn 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Hi all! Our last email about selling the drum kit, I promise! All the details (and pictures!) here, as compiled by IC Radio drummer Tom Spurling in a fair and honest manner :) https://docs.google.com/document/d/18mtG46mL2wIEyJu-wQr5X8RgwzTIrZc4dZqn3FB… We're keen to sell it by Wednesday; current asking price for all parts is £100 (or nearest offer!), but if you're interested in only the toms or the kit etc, then the price can be adjusted accordingly! Any interest or enquiries, or if you want to get a look in person, email me at manager(a)icradio.com. Lots of radio love, Aislinn Station Manager @ IC Radio 2011-13

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Training sessions
by Franke, Christian 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Dear all, Just to let you know, I'll be doing training sessions again this wednesday at 2 and 5pm. We'll be meeting by the entrance of the beit quad/ near the security office lodge. Cheers, Chris

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French Girl required before noon to GO ON BBC RADIO 1
by Hayes, Aislinn 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

Hi guys! Sorry to spam, but very urgent and very radio-related request here from IC Radio extraordinaire Matt: Hello all. Very bizarre request but Radio 1 are very very keen on getting a french GIRL (sorry chaps) or at least a completely fluent french speaker to go on Scott Mills show today at LUNCHTIME TODAY. Please if you can help get in touch with me (ma1307(a)ic.ac.uk) or IC Radio Alumni and Radio 1 UA Roushan (who's CC'd). Enjoy the rest of your friday, Matt

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Musicians wanted for recording practice
by Nabarro, Seth 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

Hi guys! Me an Rob (production managers) are running a practice live session next wednesday afternoon as an introduction to live recording for people who are looking to get into production at IC radio. But we need some musicians to record! If you're a musician or in a band or know people who are and would like to help out just by jamming while we record please let me know by sending an email to production(a)icradio.com It's free studio time and if we don't get much done we'd be happy to sort out a proper live session another time. Alternatively, if you wanna get involved in the recording, give me a shout at the email address above. Thanks Seth

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An update from IC Radio :)
by Hayes, Aislinn 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

Hey everyone! A small bit of IC Radio news to brighten your day - Media Group elections, drum kits selling, advertising with ICU Cinema, and a reminder of our events and how to get involved... FREE Advertising with ICU Cinema The wonderful lads over at ICU Cinema have asked us to provide the pre-show entertainment for their films. Myself and my co-host have provided a mostly music set with some sneaky IC Radio jingles and show adverts already. If you'd like to contribute any sets, of perhaps about 10-30 minutes in length, email me for the deets at manager(a)icradio.com! Media Group Elections All the media societies are managed by the union's Media Management Group, and they're looking for a new treasurer and two ordinary members to be on the committee. Nominations open on 15th of October - email media.chair(a)ic.ac.uk if you're interested. Drum kit for sale IC Radio is selling its beloved silver drum kit. A few missing skins, snare/cymbal not included, but still plenty of bang left, and we're practically giving it away! If you're interested in having a look, email me at manager(a)icradio.com. Doing a radio show I'm so glad to hear all of you getting back in to the swing of shows! As Chris said, the schedule is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aotbdz5Ce7gzdEZNTXFUdnU5RFh3eU… and he's doing training sessions on Wednesdays. programming(a)icradio.com<mailto:programming@icradio.com> Sessions, music, DJ Hire, technical teams We've already got a few sessions scheduled in our recording studio if anyone wants to learn about the art of recording and production! Email Seth, our Production Manager, at production(a)icradio.com<mailto:production@icradio.com>. Interviews and gigs, available soon from our Music Man Erwan! All you music lovers, please get in contact with Erwan at music(a)icradio.com<mailto:music@icradio.com>. If you hear of anyone needing DJ kit for a gig or party, then send them our way! Email our Disco Manager, Gio, at discos(a)icradio.com<mailto:discos@icradio.com> We’re all at Imperial and so our technical side to the station is pretty damn good! If you want to find out more from the technical side email our Technical Manager, Joe, at technical(a)icradio.com<mailto:technical@icradio.com> Beer & Biscuits! We are going to have our social event from 7PM on Monday 22 October, our annual “Beer and Biscuits” night. This is a meet and greet where you can come along and have a chat to our committee and guzzle some free beer and soft drinks! More details to come :) Membership We're halfway to full membership already, woohoo! If you haven't joined already then get yo'self some membership at https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/shop/club-society-project-products/rad…. 10 pounds for unlimited studio access, a weekly show, free gigs, and much more! Love from your friendly neighbourhood station manager, Aislinn :) Station Manager @ IC Radio 2011-13

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Welcome + Training sessions
by Franke, Christian 06 Oct '12

06 Oct '12

Dear everyone, especially those new to the station, Welcome to another year of quality radio shows! I'm Chris and I'm this year's head of programming so if you're planning of starting a radio show, I'm the person to get in touch with. I will be starting training sessions this week on Wednesday at 1pm and at 5pm so if you need to be shown how to use the equipment please do come along. We'll be meeting at the entrance of the Beit quad. If you can't come this Wednesday, don't worry as I'll be doing the same next week. To have a show you have to have a slot on the schedule, so put your name, CID and show name down where you want. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aotbdz5Ce7gzdEZNTXFUdnU5RFh3eU… Much radio love, Chris

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Welcome to IC Radio!
by Hayes, Aislinn 03 Oct '12

03 Oct '12

Hey everyone! Thanks for signing up to the icradio mailing list– Imperial College’s student radio station. I'll try not to abuse my newfound emailing power too much, I know how quickly those inboxes fill up post-fresher's fair. Fresher's Fair is always a little hectic and I feel like not everyone gets the full benefit of what we have to say in person, so it's best if I put the full deal about our station in an email for your perusal. If you don't feel like reading it all, fair enough - just looks for the coloured phrases and see if any of them intrigue you! A little introduction First and foremost we are a student radio station; broadcasting online, 24 hours a day. We have a sustain service which plays out music from our massive library and people come in to do their own shows. Because we are student radio it is a lot more laidback than a commercial station. We have loads of different and varied shows; talk, dance, rock, pop, indie – anything goes. The important thing is to have fun and get to know more people at university. Because of our fantastic history (IC RADIO has been running for well over 30 years now) the equipment and resources that we have are pretty unbeatable, and, speaking as a massive radio nerd myself, I absolutely adore our facilities. Once you have joined the society the door is pretty much open for you to use our gear. Basically, if there isn’t a show on then you can come in and have a practice on the decks etc in the studio - much cheaper and convenient than buying your own stuff and carting it to uni each year. Radio isn’t the only thing that we do. We have a very well equipped recording studio which a team of previous members have spent the last 3 years setting up. This can be used for recording and/or broadcasting live sessions on the air or doing more involved jobs (band demos/radio plays etc etc). We are pretty unique to have such a facility as a student radio and we're planning on holding lots of live sessions this year. They are open for anyone to turn up to and watch, and are held in our “shared studio” (completely separate to our production and recording studios, and shared with Photosoc and Stoic). Some names we have lined up for this year include Tay Mos, Sam Gray, The King Blues, and Missing Andy. We have a compilation of the best sessions that we did last year, downloadable for free from: http://icradiorecordings.bandcamp.com/. Equally, if you are interested in getting involved with the recording side, then the best thing to do is email Rob, our Production Manager, production(a)icradio.com<mailto:production@icradio.com>. (Those of you of you who asked to be involved in this when signing up to the mailing lists have been added to the team's list!) A big part of being a radio station is of course the music that we play. We are constantly sent music from all the big labels (and also lots of independent artists) which needs to be listened to, reviewed and eventually put into our play out system - Cahal is our Head of Music and leads an army of avid music fans whose task is just that. We've also got lots of interviews that can be arranged with bands at all times of the year and you also get guest-listed to their gigs. For example: Kate McGill - 20th October -Haymarket Missing Andy - Wednesday 19th October - Barfly, Friday 28th October- BridgeHouse - Canning Town Adam Cohen - Sunday 13th November - Bush Hall - London Pop Will Eat Itself - Saturday 22nd October - Islington O2 Academy FutureProof - Saturday 22nd October - Barfly - Camden Sam Gray - Monday 24th October - Palladium - London The King Blues- Wednesday 2nd November - The Roundhouse It is an exciting but big job and he could use as much help as possible, if it is something that you think you might be interested in then please get in contact with him at music(a)icradio.com<mailto:music@icradio.com> (If you ticked music at fresher's fair you've been added to the music team list also!) We’re all at Imperial and so therefore geeks, at least on the inside. This might not be “cool”, but it does mean that our technical side to the station is pretty damn good! As you can imagine there is a lot of upkeep and challenges associated with keeping a radio station running. We also do things like outside broadcasts from the annual Varsity (Imperial vs. the Medics in various sports over a big competition) which are fun and a good experience to be a part of. In fact, we're planning on covering the RCSU science challenge in January if you don't believe me. If you want to find out more from the technical side email our Technical Manager, Oli, at technical(a)icradio.com<mailto:technical@icradio.com> We also make a point of hiring out our equipment to parties and events to make some extra cash so we buy new toys (and pay our license fees, etc), and there're always opportunities for budding DJ's to play some gigs. If you're keen to put your name down for this side of things, email our Disco Manager, Alejandro, at discos(a)icradio.com<mailto:discos@icradio.com><mailto:discos@icradio.com> “So I’m interested in finding out more, what next?” We are going to have our first social event from 7PM on Monday 10th October, our annual “Beer and Biscuits” night. This is a meet and greet where you can come along and have a chat to our committee and ask us any questions that you have. It’s basically our own version of Fresher’s Fair, just a little bit less hectic and with lots more free beer! (and other drinks) The event will be held in the Level 8 Physics Common Room in the Blackett Building, a really cool venue with a roof terrace and great views over South Ken (map included as attachment). Make sure that you come along if you can. We are student radio, and so part of the “SRA” – Student Radio Association. On Wednesday 12th October we have the "I Love Student Radio Training Day" follwed by the annual SRA Nominations Party. The training day is being attended by professional radio names like Mark Crossley (Absolute), Maddii Lown (Newsbeat), Emma Stephens (BBC Radio 1xtra), and the nominations party is where we'll find out if any of our entries from last year have been nominated for awards. The afterparty is being held in a Camden club and is open to any student radio guys – http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=149523271808165 This is another great chance to come along and meet our committee, especially if you are new to London and haven’t been to Camden yet. Depending on numbers and if people want to attend both the training day and party, etc., we might all meet up and go together. If you are thinking of coming along please email me (manager(a)icradio.com<mailto:manager@icradio.com>) so that I know numbers. It is a guest list event but if you click attending on the facebook link then you’ll be put on it automatically. If you are already convinced that you want to join our amazing society then get yo'self some membership at http://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/radio-211/radio-membership/ Once you have done that and paid the little fee (which goes towards equipment etc etc) get in contact with me and/or various committee members before-mentioned and we’ll talk about the best way to get you involved. Alternatively, if you're gagging to get doing a radio show ASAP, email our Head of Programming, Sophie, at programming(a)icradio.com<mailto:programming@icradio.com> Honestly, it's an absolutely brilliant society to get involved in - radio is unbelievably fun, and because we're a London-based station, we also get the perks of free gig tickets and lots of band sessions, etc. Whether it's music, production, presenting, technical, DJ-ing, or even marketing that you're into, we've got an enthusiastic committee member who can help you out. =) Hope to meet lots of you soon, and thanks for reading! Apologies for spazzing out with the rainbow colours! Ashlynn Hayes Station Manager @ IC Radio 2011-12

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