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Happy 'New Year'!
by George Butcher 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Hello everyone, It's the 1st of August which means it's officially a new (union) year! The old radio committee have formally finished their tenure. Big thanks to them for leaving the station in such a good state, particularly my predecessor Aislinn Hayes who has performed admirably as President/Treasurer/Secretary. You all owe her a drink. I'm afraid that *your memberships will have expired* and if you want to do a show, you'll have to buy it again here<https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/shop/club-society-project-products/rad…> before you have have either access to the members area to schedule it (this can take up to 24 hours) *or even to be on the keylist to get in the studio.* * * I personally have to manually put you on the keylist online and then the union people have to print it off. If you want to do a show in the next few days, you need to buy membership and then email me reminding me to put you on the list or you won't be able to get in :-( I'll try and be as quick as I can, but give me plenty of notice please. In other news from the Student Radio Association: The British Council, the UK’s international organisation for educational > opportunities and cultural relations, is offering six student radio > stations the chance to produce and present their weekly radio show, The > Selector. Hosts get a load of custom jingles, an 'in-depth training session from Folded Wing' and a band/artist to come and perform for them. More info here<http://www.studentradio.org.uk/news/7036>, email me if you fancy it and I'll put you in contact with the other IC Radio folks up are interested! Happy holidays George

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kids charity visit to IC Radio
by George Butcher 27 Jul '13

27 Jul '13

Hey folks, We've been approached by a charity called IntoUniversity. They encourage people from disadvantaged backgrounds to apply for university. They're going to run a one off weekly long course about journalism and they've written to us asking for help. They'd like to run a couple of hour long sessions in November with us and STOIC, this is what they're planning: "In the morning we hope to visiting Kensington Palace and doing some > ‘investigative journalism’ where students will be able to interview > characters and explore the stories of the Palaces. It would be amazing if > they were then able to use your equipment and expertise to report back on > what they found. It would also be brilliant if you (or someone from the > radio station) were able to talk a little about what your society does, > what you study and what you hope to do in the future as students tend to > find this very engaging." Rosy from the charity is coming in on Wednesday this week to talk to Jonny from STOIC. I'm working in Oxford at the moment so I can't go. Is anyone based in London willing to go and take an hour out to go and show her around the studio and chat about what we can do? It sounds like it'd be great fun and it's a great cause, if anyone can help out that'd be fantastic! Thanks everyone, have a nice summer George

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Artist/Graphic Designer Required!
by George Butcher 15 Jul '13

15 Jul '13

Hello everyone! Over the summer we're going to be doing some new branding for IC Radio! We'd like to get a strong and consistent brand across the station sorted for freshers' week. To make this happen, we need an artist! We're looking for someone who fancies themselves as a graphic designer who can work their magic on some new material for us. This is a great chance to show-case what you can do! We have ideas about what we'd like, but we'd someone to design a consistent template for the website, logo, flyers and t-shirts. We'd like to try and get this sorted by Freshers week so you'd need to be happy to put a bit of time into it over the summer. If you want to know more, drop myself and Keir an email at george(a)thebutchers.me & keirwrenlittle(a)gmail.com and we'll answer any questions you may have! George and Keir Station Manager & Head of Publicity

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Social TONIGHT and chance to see new BBC Radio 1 studios!
by Hayes, Aislinn 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

Hey all, Don't forget to come along to our social tonight in the old Union Bar! We'll be giving away some tasty prizes too :) Unfortunately, I wasn't able to organise the Xfm and 6 Music tours in time for the end of this year, but we'll definitely keep in contact and get us some tours in October! In the meantime, if you want to see BBC Radio 1's new studios, the Radio Academy is having a tour on Thursday 11th July. If you want to go: 1) Send an email to affiliate(a)radioacademy.org saying you're with IC Radio, an SRA affiliated station, and that you'd like affiliate membership to the Radio Academy (should be approved in a day or two) 2) Sign up for the tour using the link in the email below. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. See you all later! Radio love as always, Aislinn Station Manager @ IC Radio 2011-13 ________________________________ From: agent(a)ukrs394971.pur3.net [agent(a)ukrs394971.pur3.net] on behalf of The Radio Academy [newsletter(a)e.radioacademy.org] Sent: 24 June 2013 16:16 To: Hayes, Aislinn Subject: AGM & Summer Social - come and have a drink on us! <http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> [AGM and Summer Social]<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> Join us for our Annual General Meeting and have a drink on us at the Summer Social! The Radio Academy’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 11th July to receive the audited accounts for the year ended 31st December 2012 and the Trustees’ and accountants’ reports (these will be available online from next week). As it’s usually a pretty brief affair, we thought we’d follow it with a little Summer Social. So come and join us for a drink, catch up with friends and celebrate the fact that summer is finally here (ish)! All members are welcome to attend, but you do need to register below. Plus, since we’ll be at New Broadcasting House, our hosts have very kindly offered to give us a tour of BBC Radio 1’s shiny new home! Places are limited, so please let us know when you register if you would like to come on the tour too. First come, first served. For more information and to register, just click here<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…>. [Tickets]<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> Members: FREE Non-Members: £10 To register: Click here<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> to register. Date: 11th July 2013 - 6pm for 6.30pm start Venue: BBC New Broadcasting House, Portland Place London W1A 1AA For the Latest News [facebook]<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> [twitter] <http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> [rss] <http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> [linked in] <http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> Sponsor<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> - Forward to a Friend<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> - Unsubscribe<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> - Update Details<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> You've received this email as the main contact address we have for Aislinn Hayes. The Radio Academy - www.radioacademy.org<http://e.radioacademy.org/_act/link.php?mId=C925503021783028636541044525339…> Registered Office: 3rd Floor, 55 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1BS Registered in England as a Company Limited by Guarantee, No. 1978 864 Registered Charity No. 293825 VAT Registration No. 644 8099 09 {~C925503021783028636541044525339~}

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Union bar tomorrow at 7 o'clock
by George Butcher 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Hello everyone Don't forget to come by the old union bar at 7 o'clock tomorrow. We're going to be giving out prizes to as many of you as we can and having a nice natter before the summer holidays come. Also don't forget to enter the SRA Awards. Loads of you stand a good chance to enter it and there's a really fun awards ceremony and it's all great :) See you then! IC Radio Committee

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Awards galore!
by George Butcher 18 Jun '13

18 Jun '13

Hello everyone! It's the end of the year :-( We want to say goodbye to all of you before you disappear for the summer so: Come down to the Union Bar on Tuesday the 25th June for a few drinks from 7 o'clock and THE IC RADIO BANTERWAGON AWARDS That's right, we're going to be giving out some (genuinely good, probably alcoholic) prizes for some of the most fun, imaginative, informative and unique shows. It's all self nominated so drop icr(a)imperial.ac.uk an email with a link to your best show and the committee will pick out the ones we like. It's all fun so nominate a show (it'll take seconds) and then come along on Tuesday. A reminder that if this is your last year here and you're leaving us, we want to know! Drop icr(a)imperial.ac.uk an email and we'll arrange a tearful goodbye. Finally: THE STUDENT RADIO ASSOCIATION AWARDS See here <http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/awardscategories> for more info, I've also attached some information from our Roushan, formally of IC Radio and who now works at Radio 1 producing shows. Aislinn speaks: "Even if you think your show is crap (which any that I have listened to are not!!) I urge you all to give a thought to entering. When I won Best Newcomer Bronze they even told me that my audio let me down but that they were really impressed with my written application. So many lols." There are loads of categories and definitely one that suits you, from specialist music, to speech, to journalistic, to just having a lovely voice. Look them up and get in touch if you want any help putting a short entry together. Definitely worth entering. See you all on Tuesday! George and the IC Radio committee PS: 'The Big Tech Weekend' is turning into 'The Big Tech Week'. The team are discovering lots of new problems as they go. Bear with them whilst they build you all a lovely, reliable and useful radio station to use and thank them bye buying them drinks if you ever see them at work (they don't get paid except with appreciation, so be as generous as you can) As I write, the station is up and running, but don't rely on Rivendell at the moment.

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Tech progress
by Max Hunter 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Hey y'all, So I've just got back from an epic 35-hour-long marathon tech session with the fantastic Radio tech team. I'll give a full roundup when everything's sorted, but for the next couple of days, expect everything to be super-flaky, and show recording etc not to work. All should be normal by Wednesday... Also, everybody's custom show panels have gone in the upgrade, so do plan to come early to put them back together! The good news is that any computer will be able to edit your show playlists including, soon, the ones in the office. Thanks for bearing with us :) Max

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Meet at 11am tomorrow for tech
by Max Hunter 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Hey guys, Just in case you hadn't realised, the radio will probably be down between tomorrow and Sunday - and as the title says, COME AT 11am to the studios if you have any spare time. No tech experience needed - only willingness to help out! You'll be kept busy :) And at the end of it all, we should have a fancy new touch-screen jingles interface. Fingers crossed. Max :)

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IC Radio BanterWagon Awards & Big Techie Weekend
by Hayes, Aislinn 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Hey radio lovers, Big congratulations to all of those who have received a Union Award (full list here: https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/news/union-awards-2013) especially our radio natives Joe Letts, Christian Franke, Max Hunter, and Matt Allinson. I hope I haven't missed anyone out, if I have, I'm very sorry and feel free to proclaim your victory via the ICR Facebook page ;). There were a few more awards within the media group, namely Media Treasurer Slobodan and the dynamic duo over at STOIC Frank and Jonny. Well done to all, I'm very proud, and all very well deserved. :) The Student Radio Awards are now open for nominations and will be until about mid-July, so start working on those entries peeps. We've had a really great run of success here for the past few years, so let's keep it up! Check out some tips from yours truly and other past winners in the SRA newsletter below, and ICR alumnus and SRA expert Roushan's 5 Step Guide to Entering attached. If any of you would like a recommendation from me for the Best Newcomer category, feel free to shoot me an email. Some very exciting news from us is that this year, we're debuting the IC Radio BanterWagon Awards! As described by George, it's a light-hearted way of recognising all the great stuff you guys have done on the radio this year. We'll give prizes to any entry that makes us laugh/think/blows our minds. So if you think your show or any other show is worthy of some internal recognition, send us the show name and either a mini-clip or a link to/date of the best episode, to icradio(a)imperial.ac.uk. Unfortunately I'm still lab-bound for the next week or so, but Station Manager-elect George is working on getting us a venue and lining up some sexcellent categories, most likely to be held in the Union Bar on 25th of June (the last Tuesday of term). We also want to know if you're leaving us this year, so if any of you are in final year and saying goodbye to ICR let us know via icradio(a)imperial.ac.uk. Also, if you're around at all this weekend and handy with a screwdriver, make sure you pop down for the Big Techie Weekend, so we can make the studio as amazing as the people in it! Radio love as always, Aislinn Station Manager @ IC Radio 2011-13 ________________________________ Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:01:42 +0100 To: ahayes91(a)hotmail.co.uk Subject: Student Radio Newsfeed for 14th of June, 2013 From: newsfeed(a)studentradio.org.uk SRA Newsfeed Hello Aislinn, Good afternoon! Staying with the theme of 'top tips for putting together your entry for the Student Radio Awards supported by BBC Radio 1 and Global Radio' (going to have to think of a catchier name than that...) I'm going to take a look at Best Newcomer and The Student Radio Chart Show Award - so let's begin! Best Newcomer - I spoke to some students who have previously won awards in the Best Newcomer category as to how they put together their entries and what they included. First up, it's Aislinn Hayes from IC Radio at Imperial College London who won her award when Professor Green and Emile Sande were topping the chart with Read All About It (was that really two years ago?!) She had this advice to give: "I think for the Best Newcomer category in particular a good written application is hugely important, because that's where you can really show your enthusiasm for working in radio. I also focused a lot on what I hoped to achieve with the station in the future, not just what I had done in my first year. As for the recommendation, ask someone who knows you well and knows how you work." Next up, we have silver award winner from 2012, Giles Gear from URN at the University of Nottingham:"This should be used as an opportunity for you to showcase your overall contribution to the station and the numerous ways you’ve been involved. Also, near death experiences are clearly favoured. I think presenting a live link one hundred feet in the air whilst clinging to a phone and resisting the temptation to scream expletives was enough to get me nominated on its own. Most of all, if you’ve had fun and loved every second of your student radio experience, make sure that shines through in your entry. P.S. Damn you Abbie McCarthy" Abbie won Gold in 2012 and will be featured in the website version of 'top tips' coming out over the weekend! You can find Giles' and Aislinn's entries on the Student Radio Awards website. Now, this advice wouldn't be complete without some tips from the judges, and this week those tips come curtesy of Tim Dye and Mark Farrington, who coordinate the judging of the awards. They have this to say: • Tell us your story about getting involved in the station • What you’ve done over the last year both off air and on air? • Have you made an impact on the station and done so with passion for student radio? • Your off air contribution is a bigger part than other awards – the audio is basically extra in this category. The Student Radio Chart Show Award - Did you host the Student Radio Chart Show this year? Fancy producing the Big Top 40 one day? If so, ENTER THIS CATEGORY! We go back to Tim and Mark for tips on entering this category: • If you hosted The Student Radio Chart Show – enter this category! • Judges are looking for an entry that followed the SRA chart show format/specifications - but done so in a creative way & with your own station’s feel • No written entry in this category – judges get comments from SRA exec & chart officer about your station’s part of syndication, did you meet deadlines etc… Right, that's enough tips for one day! Now on to the news coming from Student Radio for this week... Audioboo to be integrated with Twitter Great news for Student Radio - a new way to reach your audience has emerged! Remember the times when it was easy to look at Instagram photos on Twitter because the tweet would simply expand when you clicked on it? Well the same is now about to happen to Audioboo, which means when you tweet, your followers can simply listen to the audio rather than be taken to the Audioboo website. Very cool. Make sure to take a look at the Audioboo website to stay ahead of the game when it comes to multiplatform stuffs. Two Student Radio people in with a chance of becoming Blue Peter's next presenter! We'd like to say congratulations to Freddie Ingleby and Isaac Jones from LCR at Loughborough University and Shock Radio at Salford University who are through to the final ten contestants in the Blue Peter - You Decide! competition. Over 20,000 people entered the competition and up for grabs is the chance to become Blue Peter's next presenter. The final ten will be narrowed down to three by judges Myleene Klass, Eamonn Holmes and Ceallach Spellman - but from then it's the audience's choice as to who wins. You can read the full story and the final 10's profiles on the BBC website here<http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/bp-you-decide-shortlist.ht…>. Good luck to both of you! And finally... As is tradition, it's time I dedicate a birthday shout out to someone in the music or radio industry. However, June the 14 is a little bit of a quiet one. But not to be defeated, I found a Sugababe birthday. So, happy birthday Siobhan Donaghy! And if you can tell me which one of the 71 Sugababes she is, you win a prize. Just kidding. But here's a special bar chart <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugababes#Members> I found to help you with your 'babe history'. Nice colour coding too. I'm not here next week. I may have to trust one of the other SRA exec with the newsletter. I'm on my sunny (hopefully) holidays. In case you miss me, here is a photo<http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/I+wish+onions+made+me+this+happy.+Look+at+…> that will make you smile whenever you look at it. Just look at how happy that man is with his massive onion. (Genuinely a man with an onion. I'm not linking you to one of *those* sights. Cheeky.) Have a lovely weekend! As usual, to keep up to date with everything that's going on - visit our website at www.studentradio.org.uk<http://www.studentradio.org.uk>. Meanwhile, here are some useful things I've picked out for you! Emma Bradshaw Membership and Communications Officer [The Student Radio Association Ltd.] [Tips on putting together Best Male/Female Presenter at the Student Radio Awards] Tips on putting together Best Male/Female Presenter at the Student Radio Awards We speak to previous winners of the Best Male and Female category of the Student Radio Awards who give their tips and advice on how to put together your best possible entry... read more<http://www.studentradio.org.uk/news/6797> Radio Industry News Here's the big gossip in the radio industry this week... * The Queen tours New Broadcasting House<http://www.studentradio.org.uk/news/6792> * Keys and Gray quit talkSPORT for TV deal?<http://www.studentradio.org.uk/news/6795> * Former DJ helps businesses do customer engagement like rock stars - TechTarget<http://www.studentradio.org.uk/news/6794> * "Mirage" of 'Reality' Shows Has "Largely Faded," Says Prof. Jeff McCall '76 - DePauw University<http://www.studentradio.org.uk/news/6806> * Q&A: Meet Non-Profit Web Radio Collective Dublab Soundsystem - LA Magazine (blog)<http://www.studentradio.org.uk/news/6805> Latest Radio Opportunities Here's a sample of some of the Radio Jobs and work experience available on our website... * Sales Executives (Eklipse Sports Radio Ltd, Glasgow, Glasgow City) * Audio Storytellers (AudioCo, Online) * Sales Executive (Trax FM, Doncaster, Borough of Doncaster) More on these, and more radio opportunities here<http://www.studentradio.org.uk/opportunities>. 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IC Radio planned downtime - weekend of 15th/16th June
by Max Hunter 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Hey guys, Just a heads-up that we'll be fixing, reinstalling, upgrading, and generally doing awesome things to all the ICRadio tech stuff on *Sat 15th and Sun 16th June* (two weeks' time). This means that, for most of the weekend, *don't rely on being able to do shows*. Rivendell (the jingle playout system) will be offline for most of the weekend, and there'll be significant disruption to most of the studio stuff throughout the whole period. Feel free to schedule for those days anyway, but chances are you won't be able to do anything. Email Christian if you'd like to do your show on another day - there are plenty of unused slots and I'm sure he can arrange something with you! Shows on that Friday (14th) afternoon/evening are also at risk, but we can probably work around that; please make sure you schedule your shows so we can plan around you... Thanks for bearing with us - and we hope you'll enjoy the lovely new fancy reliable radio, with lots of added new funky features on the playout system to streamline your shows and make them sound more professional than ever, and even more features in the pipeline! Radio love, Max and the rest of the Tech Team P.S. It's that time of the week again - *schedule your shows if you want them to appear in Felix*! P.P.S. if you want to get involved in tech generally - whether it be hardware or software or repairing mixing desks - give me a shout; there's plenty to do!

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