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BEER & BISCUITS FROM 7PM TOMORROW (TUES)
by Hayes, Aislinn 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

AGM + BEER & BISCUITS FROM 7PM, VOTING STARTS @ 7:30/8PM In Level 8 Blackett building - Physics Common Room ALL FREE BE THERE

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Promote your show in Felix, FREE! #reallyexcitingnews
by Max Hunter 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hi all, We've managed to get a weekly "IC Radio Show Listings" column in Felix, which is the perfect opportunity to make your listening figures skyrocket! Your show name, time, and an up-to-150-character tagline (like "Eardrum-bursting mix of electro-funk and Serbian death-jazz hosted by Jane Doe and Joe Bloggs") will be printed to an audience of 10,000 people every week! All you need to do is login to the members' area, press "Show Homepage Editor" and edit the "Show Tagline" (thanks Joe our Technical Manager for implementing this)! The weekly listings will be sent off to Felix on Tuesday evening, for publication that Friday (the listing will be Friday-Thursday). So you have to schedule your show by the normal means ("Show Request") by the Tuesday evening before the Friday before your show (if that makes sense…!) The format (in Felix) will be something like: Thursday 28 February 10:00 – 11:00 Morning Musings Some funky tagline here! 16:00 – 17:00 The Communist Propaganda Show Some funky tagline here! 17:00 – 18:00 The Jumble Sale Some funky tagline here! 23:00 – 00:00 Skank On Air Some funky tagline here! In summary: - Please update your tagline (members' area, Show Homepage Editor) and sell your show in 150 characters! - Make sure you schedule your show by the Tuesday before the Friday before your show. If you broadcast a Thursday show you will need to schedule the slot a week and a half in advance, or it will not be in Felix! Also, please please please run for a committee position as Aislinn said! It'll be SO MUCH FUN, and there's SO much exciting stuff planned for next year. A few positions still have nobody running - like Disco Hire Manager (you'll make most of our income by renting out and being in charge of lots of big speakers and lights) and Music Manager, which gets you loads of exclusive invitations to gigs and puts you in charge of our amazing extensive music collection - and Head of Promotions, where you spearhead our popularity and campaigns and raise our listening figures - and Treasurer, where you're in charge of all expenditure, and Secretary, and Social Secretary, and Head of Programming and Head of Production! Sign your name up on the sheet behind the main door to IC Radio and, in any case, come to the AGM on Tuesday... :)

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Interview opportunity Tuesday afternoon & Free Beer & Biscuits!
by Hayes, Aislinn 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hi all! Some really fun stuff on my email update this week: Important interview/press release opportunity Calling all interviewers and presenters! On Tuesday afternoon, 5th of March, IC Radio has been invited to a press event and need two people to attend and partake in media interviews. I'm not going to disclose all the details in case we all overexcite ourselves, but it is a pretty big deal. If you're free from about 2pm on Tuesday and you feel like your interviewing skills are up for a challenge, email me for details on how to apply! AGM and FREEEEEEEEE Beer & Biscuits! It's that time of year again! Beer & Biscuits round two is in the Physics Common Room (Blackett Level 8) is on from 7pm on Tuesday evening. The roles up for grabs are Station Manager, Treasurer, Secretary, Head of Music, Technical Manager, Head of Programming, Head of Production, Disco Manager, Head of Promotions, Social Secretary, and Assistant Station Manager. Come along, eat and drink yourself silly, and maybe walk away with an exciting role in radio for next year! :) Varsity coverage IC Radio is going to be doing live coverage of the Varsity rugby match from the Stoop on 13th of March. We'd love to have some radio commentators or crowd interviewers or general craic addicts for the match! We need to have a list of people attending confirmed by Wednesday 6th of March. Sign up here if you want to come along, and feel free to recommend others you know who may be interested! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuJ4MpronP4edE9ES05VSWttVzJVbk… Tours of 6 Music, Xfm, and BBC Radio 2 The committee has managed to make contact with the above radio stations to organise free tours of their studios. Xfm can take up to 10 people, and the others can take about 5 each, but we can try to organise some more staggered tours if the demand is high. Please sign up here if you'd like to come along to any of these stations and see how the professionals do it ;) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuJ4MpronP4edHVGQmxhQ2pLbEdsRT… Elections coverage If any shows are planning to interview candidates for the Union elections etc. next week, please get in contact with me before you do. There are a few rules to do with promotions for the elections that we have to adhere to, in the interest of fairness to all the candidates. Also, we are currently looking into the possibility of streaming the STOIC election hustings on Thursday, but we have yet to get confirmation of that. If you want to help out at all, let us know! Lots of love from your friendly neighbourhood station manager, Aislinn x Station Manager @ IC Radio 2011-13

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radio promotions
by Malcolm, Alexander 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Ladies & Gents of radio I hope everyone's 2nd term and radio shows are going well! Just a reminder that as the radio promotions guy i'm always on hand to stick up posters, hand out leaflets and generally spread the good radio word. It doesn't matter how unprofessional your promo materials look, any exposure is good, so just send them my way. Be as creative as you want, just remember to put the union logo on the posters somewhere... I've seen some great show names on the schedule recently so the scope for creativity is huge (Shatners bassoon i'm looking at you) Cheers, Alex Head of promotions

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Studio Spruce up Synopsis
by Butcher, George 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Hello everyone! Thanks very much to everybody who came to help tidy today! Please keep it this way or face our WRATH. Radio Studio The studio is now a 'clutter free zone' If it isn't plugged in, it shouldn't be in there. This includes CDs. Production Studio Another clutter free zone. Keep it this way please, cables and the like can be found in the cabinets. 'Spare' mixing desks are now next to the server between the two studios. Office Put any post in the post shelf please, the filing cabinets are now sorted (ish) and the whiteboard is writeable on. The other one is going up on the wall next to it. The speakers now play the radio output, not the radio Alice output (subtle difference). Shared performance space Has been hoovered. STOIC owe me a pint. Talkback Talkback system now works, thanks to Keir/Max. Feel free to amuse yourself by talking to various parts of the studio using it. CDs Please put back in the correct place. I know Joe is in the process of releasing the digital catalogue for your browsing pleasure. Lots of CDs do need cataloguing and digitising. Long term project ahoy! Interview Room Was already spotless. Go those who use it :) Decoration We didn't get much in the way of studio decoration done. It'd be nice to take down some old and boring posters/notices and replace them with newer ones. If you'd like to donate anything to go up, please do so! Oh and the pizza was lovely. Radio Love George and the IC Radio tidy team

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Studio tidy with pizza
by Butcher, George 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

Hi everyone A reminder about the tidying session/music looking at/listening to tomorrow at 1 o'clock. To encourage you all to come, we're ordering some Dominos for everyone who helps out! (It'll be good craic too I'm sure) See you there! George and the IC Radio committee

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SRA CONFERENCE
by Allinson, Matthew 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

Hello All, As per yesterday, I'm touting tickets for the Student Radio Conference. Apologies to all of you who got back in touch to say you want to come for spamming you again. One thing I didn't mention yesterday was that although ticket sales close on Thursday, You don't need to pay yet. You just need to confirm with me that you want to come along. Radio will then buy all the tickets for you and then you all pay us back, so if your only excuse for not signing up yet is that you don't have the £129 at the moment, you don't have that excuse anymore! Also I should stress that the £129 covers the Bed and Board as well. Also there are tickets available for those (if you live near Leicester) who don't want accommodation which are cheaper. Let me know if you're interested in those ones specifically. So yes, email me to confirm that you want to come along. This is a brilliant opportunity to have a bit of fun over Easter. Your revision/dissertation can wait 3 days. Once again, apologies for the over use of bold font. I look forward to emailing you all again tomorrow, Matt

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SRA Conference, and why you should go.
by Allinson, Matthew 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

Hey All, As Aislinn has mentioned a few times in the announce emails, the Student Radio Conference is 2nd - 4th of April TICKET SALES CLOSE IN 4 DAYS. This year it's in Leicester and below are a few reasons as to why it's totally rad and you should consider going: · It's a massive party for 3 nights in a different town with a load of people who love Radio · It's a great way to get inspiration for your shows/presenting · If you're even remotely interested in a career in radio, you can learn so much o You will also meet most of the people who will be instrumental in getting you through the door from both commercial radio (i.e Galaxy) and The BBC · It's not all about entertainment style music shows, there will be people there from sports broadcasting, scripted broadcasting, documentary and comedy shows. · It's a massive party for 3 nights in a different town with a load of people who love radio · Free Breakfast for 3 days. · IC Radio alumni and now BBC R1 Assistant Producer Roushan will be there and will help you make all the introductions you could possibly need. He'll also be doing a talk on how to get into the radio industry as a recent entrant which will be cool. · It's a massive party for 3 nights in a different town with a load of people who love radio I went 3 years ago and had a great time, we sort of forgot to go the last couple of years (one of them was at the university of Hertfordshire and a massive party for 3 days in Hatfield didn't seem that tempting) but this year we want to hit it up with a big contingent of us. The big media universities like Leeds, Nottingham and York always have huge armies of people and we want to have a decent sized crew ourselves. So yeah if you're up for a massive party for 3 days in a different town with a load of people who love radio, reply to me ASAP (matthew.allinson07(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:matthew.allinson07@imperial.ac.uk>) and I'll co-ordinate sorting it out. It's £129 per person a ticket. (Train Tickets are £22.40 with a young person's railcard) We might be able to subsidise entry a little bit, we'll have to see on the numbers. As I said in bold at the top of the page, Ticket Sales close in 4 days. So I'll send a few reminders over the next couple of days. Look forward to hearing from you all. Matt

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Studio clean up and FREE PIZZA
by Butcher, George 24 Feb '13

24 Feb '13

Hello! On Wednesday the 27th February we are holding a studio tidy up/music sort out/FREE PIZZA session. As you may have noticed the studio is a little messy, but many hands make light work so it would be great if you could come down to help tidy up. We're going to sort out the recording room, mixing room, office area, studio and interview room and hopefully even catalogue some of the CD backlog (on that note the digital catalogue is currently being recovered from the old server, watch this space). To thank everyone who turns up, we're going to order as much pizza as we possibly can for everyone to eat. So come on down, say hi to your fellow DJs, tidy our studio and eat free pizza. What's not to like? That's this Wednesday, the 27th February, from 1 o'clock. Looking forwards to seeing you all then! George and the IC Radio committee

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AGM 5th of March & Varsity 13th of March
by Hayes, Aislinn 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

Hey everyone! Exciting stuff coming up in the next few weeks! AGM - Tues 5th of March, Beer & Biscuits Round 2! We'll be having our elections for next year's committee, accompanied by free beer & soft drinks & munchies and the usual banter. Please come along, as we need as many of our members as possible to make it legitimate! The roles you can go for are: STATION MANAGER - In ultimate control of everything that happens at the station, and a great position to be in if you want to implement some change! Email manager(a)icradio.com for more details. HEAD OF MUSIC - In charge of our team that looks through and reviews all the music we get into the station, and in charge of the music we play on sustain. Email music(a)icradio.com for more info TREASURER - A pretty important job and one that looks amazing on your CV, you will get training on how to do this so no real previous experience is required. Email manager(a)icradio.com for more deets TECHNICAL MANAGER - The position that keeps the station going!! Our technical side has always been the real strength of IC Radio and we have a history of great, committed tech managers who will always help each other out. Email technical(a)icradio.com for details HEAD OF PROGRAMMING - An extremely important job, and probably the most social, you manage and run al of the radio content that we produce! Responsible for the initial training of new presenters and then for the weekly schedule. Email programming(a)icradio.com HEAD OF PRODUCTION - In charge of our recording studio and live sessions. This has been a constant area of growth within the station, and a pretty exciting job. Email production(a)icradio.com DISCO MANAGER - In charge of making us SGI (self-generated income) by renting out our DJ equipment, which is how we fund social events. Email discos(a)icradio.com HEAD OF PROMOTIONS - Promotions are an essential part of radio and something that can always be improved, so you'll be our go-to guy (or gal) for publicity! Email promotions(a)icradio.com SECRETARY - In charge of keeping minutes at the committee meetings, a small role but absolutely essential, and a good place to be if you want to contribute without doing too much work ;) Email secretary(a)icradio.com SOCIAL SECRETARY - Organises social events at the station in conjunction with the committee. ASSISTANT STATION MANAGER - Anyone who wants to be involved in the committee in a more general way should apply here! Nominations are now open, see the sign-up sheet at the station door. The floor will be open on the night too so if you're not sure come along anyway! I became station manager two years ago (good lord) on the night, so anything can happen! Varsity, Wednesday 13th of March We'll be covering Varsity this year for the first time in about 3 or 4 years, in conjunction with a big Media extravaganza organised by STOIC. We'll be grabbing a minibus (driven by yours truly, but don't let that put you off) and heading over for the day like the big media nerds we are. If you're up for doing some live commentary from the Stoop, or doing some interviewing from the crowd, sign up here so we can get some numbers together! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuJ4MpronP4edE9ES05VSWttVzJVbk… DJ kit We've got online shop products for DJ kit and speaker hire, it's well cheap. Email discos(a)icradio.com and spread the word! https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/shop/club-society-project-products/rad… ICU Cinema The lads over at ICU Cinema are still looking for radio people to throw them a playlist or short 10-20 minute segments to play as people take their seats before the films. Email me for more info or feel free to go ahead and drop a CD or USB up to the projector room in the Union! Student Radio Conference Full details at http://www.studentradio.org.uk/news/fullstory/6004. Let me know if you're thinking about going so that we can get a list of names together and work on subsidisation :) Lots of love from your friendly neighbourhood station manager, Aislinn :) Station Manager @ IC Radio 2011-13 [X]

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