radio st. andrews

[that's a good point, but.]

I noticed that one of james north's policies was to set up a radiosoc and a student radio station. he may not have got in but is this a good plan? I suppose that, like the saint and union politics, it would be good work experience, but would anybody tune in?

[Okocim]

Two years ago I attended an Association AGM where the subject of student radio came up. At that point, if my memory serves me correctly, Conyers Davies, plus maybe Alex Walsh and James North put forward a proposal for a certain amount of Union money to be given to them so they could do some investigations into the viability of such a project.

As I recall, I think perhaps half the amount they wanted was granted on the spot, and it was promised that the other half would be available once a detailed business plan was submitted. I asked for a copy of that plan, but never recieved it. Does anyone know if I've got this story correct and/or what happened afterwards?

[Ashley]

It's a shame that no-one seems to have any more to say on such a project. Were James North's proposals really that empty? Has he now, after failing to get in, shelved his plans indefinitely? Has he even offered them to Derek? Questions, questions..

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[Guest]

Indeed money was given but after initial excitement the project just seemed to drift off, and no furthur mention of it was made.

What happened to the money that was given out?

[Dana Green]

At the AGM three years ago $30,000 pounds was passed, in principle, to fund a radio station and it was put into the ever-competent hands of the Vice President Communications, Simone Thompson, to regulate its expenditure. James North and others did originally propose the idea, but their plans needed a bit of work before the Union was going to just fork out that much!

As far as I was aware, Simone didn't take any action. James and others didn't either. The project languished. During the summer of my year as President I looked into the idea (seeing as the money was there.

For a while we had some very serious discussions with the Dundee Union about running a joint radio station broadcasting to both Unis. Without getting into the extremely boring details of Radio Authority Lisencing, it is impossible to run an FM radio station in Fife full-time. There are very bizarre restrictions on an AM station, too, which limit advertising and broadcast content to a specific area (in our case the North Haugh).

But it would be possible to run limited-lisence FM station. This is what James was proposing. A limited lisence (and I know, my spelling is atrocious without spell-check) would allow the Union to broadcast two months out of twelve. The costs of setting up an FM radio station are considerable for that short a broadcast time and I felt that the costs didn't outweigh the benefits. A radio station is a nice idea, but I think there are better ways to spend that much money that would be more useful to the student body.

So I didn't pursue the matter, either.

I would recommend contacting the Radio Authority if anyone is interested in pursuing this project yet again. Good luck!

Hope this answers your question -

Dana

[Prophet Tenebrae]

The closest it's ever going to get in the foreseeable future is internet radio.

[The_Farwall]

St Andrews is a small town, couldn't we just shout?
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Hurt someone else."
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[RRankin]

Yeah internet radio is fairly cheap and would reach a majority of the students quite easily. It's a start.

Wasn't there talk of relaxing the radio licensing laws recently?

[LeopardSkinQueen]

IIRC, there was an internet radio station for students here a couple of years ago, which didn't last.

The problem with that is that it is only really feasible to use if you are in hall with resnet. Otherwise, it isn't that practical to use for long periods of time.

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[Warlike Lover]

Could someone please explain to those who don't know what "IIRC" means?

[Prophet Tenebrae]

IIRC = If I recall correctly.
AFAIK = As far as I know.
STFU = shut the fuck up.
RTFM = read the fucking manual
ATM = at the moment
GTG = got to go/ good to go

[stan]

[s]Prophet Tenebrae wrote on 13:25, 28th Mar 2003:
RTFM = read the fucking manual


sounds like a good name for the radio?

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[Warlike Lover]

Thanks Prophet Tenebrae.

And yes Stan - RTFM would be a good name for it

[flarewearer]

[s]Unregisted User Dana Green wrote on 18:56, 27th Mar 2003:
At the AGM three years ago $30,000 pounds was passed,

which country was that in, whats a $ pound? no wonder it never happened, if they turned up to the radio license shop with a sack full of dollars...

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-Declare war?! Who has time to declare war when there are so many bombs to drop!

[stan]

[s]flarewearer wrote on 14:34, 28th Mar 2003:
[s]Unregisted User Dana Green wrote on 18:56, 27th Mar 2003:[i]
At the AGM three years ago $30,000 pounds was passed,

which country was that in, whats a $ pound?
[/i]

bless her shes american. she knows no better.

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its a good job your mamma died giving birth. if she'd seen yer, she'd a died of shame.

[Lady G]

one that I find saves time and heartache during a chat:

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