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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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SRA Awards
by Fowler, Daniel 25 Oct '09

25 Oct '09

Hi Quick reminder, if you want to come to the awards then you need to bring a cheque for £26 to radio tomorrow lunchtime (from 12). Make it payable to "Imperial College Union". (not radio as I previously stated) The awards ceremony will be held at IndigO2 on the 24th November. We have decided that we will use a certain amount of money to subsidise tickets, but of course this will be on a first come first served basis and limited. We will be trying to get full dinner tickets, but these are selling out fast apparently. I'm sorry for the short notice but we really need to get moving on this, plus it's a good excuse for you to come down and see our 2nd session of the year MASTER SHORTIE!!!! Cheers Dan

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FW: SRA AWARDS PARTY
by Fowler, Daniel 24 Oct '09

24 Oct '09

>From Chris: "Cheques payable to "Imperial College Union"... cheques to IC Radio are useless! Chris" Apologies. --- original message --- From: "Fowler, Daniel" <daniel.fowler06(a)imperial.ac.uk> Subject: [icradio] SRA AWARDS PARTY Date: 23rd October 2009 Time: 5:23:39 pm Hi, As some of you may know, we were recently nominated for three national awards. The awards ceremony will be held at IndigO2 on the 24th November. We have decided that we will use a certain amount of money to subsidise tickets, but of course this will be on a first come first served basis and limited. We will be trying to get full dinner tickets, but these are selling out fast apparently. If you are interested in coming to the awards then I need you to bring in a cheque for £26 made payable to IC RADIO on Monday lunchtime! I'm sorry for the short notice but we really need to get moving on this, plus it's a good excuse for you to come down and see our 2nd session of the year MASTER SHORTIE!!!! Cheers Dan

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SRA AWARDS PARTY
by Fowler, Daniel 23 Oct '09

23 Oct '09

Hi, As some of you may know, we were recently nominated for three national awards. The awards ceremony will be held at IndigO2 on the 24th November. We have decided that we will use a certain amount of money to subsidise tickets, but of course this will be on a first come first served basis and limited. We will be trying to get full dinner tickets, but these are selling out fast apparently. If you are interested in coming to the awards then I need you to bring in a cheque for £26 made payable to IC RADIO on Monday lunchtime! I'm sorry for the short notice but we really need to get moving on this, plus it's a good excuse for you to come down and see our 2nd session of the year MASTER SHORTIE!!!! Cheers Dan

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IC RADIO
by Fowler, Daniel 23 Oct '09

23 Oct '09

Hi guys, Hope the start of term was good for everyone. If you haven't got involved with radio yet this year then now is the time to do so! SHOWS Get in contact with Andy (agr06(a)ic.ac.uk) if you still to sort out some training to do a show, or if you want to get yourself scheduled in. The schedule will start filling up in the next few weeks so don't leave it to late if you want a regular show. T-SHIRTS We recently ordered a load of promotional t-shirts for the station. Feel free to come and take one and wear it around, we plan to give them out free at events and around campus to try and raise student awareness of what we do. DJING I'm currently putting together a list of djs at IC RADIO who like to play out at events. If you are interested in playing under the IC RADIO name then get in touch. MEMBERSHIP We're going to be having an overhaul of the key-list in the next few weeks as there's quite a few names on it which aren't relevant anymore. Please make sure that you go online and buy your membership - http://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/radio-211/category.html - it's only £8 and we get so much out of it. Plus we'll be using the list of members as a basis to create the new key-list. Finally, I need some help for tonight. We're helping out the C&G with their ball tonight in putting on a little stage. I've got some Jazz and Rock bands to play but we could really do with someone to DJ in between. You will get free entry to the events after (NYPC performing in DBs etc) and it should be some experience for djing out. If you're interested get in touch asap! Thanks Dan Fowler STATION MANAGER IC RADIO

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Change in Nomination Party Times
by Alam, Roushan 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

Please note below, the change in times for tonight's nomination party @ Intermission (Westminster's SU) To cater for these changes we will now meet in radio at 6.45pm and leave immediately, so that we're in time for the nomination announcement. See you there, Roushan >From the SRA organisers: 6pm Start arriving 6:30pm Small introduction speech, and Regional Round Up (Eg 1 representative from each station says what their station has been up to in the last year, highlights) small speech about the SRA, regional officer etc 6.45 - 7:30 Radio Station Bingo - Your Chance to Network 7:30 - 8:00 Nominations to be read out 8:00pm Party till we throw up with Smoke DJ's 11pm close (or move on elsewhere for those that want to) IF you have been confused because the time of the event has changed a few times, i am very sorry.. Dont worry if you miss the radio bingo or introductions, get there when you can AND if enough people want to we can have another go of radio bingo after the nominations have been announced.

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