Student Radio Association

JamRadio (formerly Jam 1575) is Hull University Union's student radio station broadcasting all year round. It previously broadcast on 1575 Medium Wave. It is a subcommittee of Hull University Union's Media and Marketing Committee. All presenters, DJs and executive committee are students.

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Station Founded 1979

The station was set up in 1979 broadcasting on an induction loop system around halls of residence and through speakers situated within Hull University Union. In 1997, it became the first student radio station in the UK to broadcast on AM using a newly formulated Low Powered AM license (LPAM). Three other stations were awarded LPAMs by the Radio Authority (now Ofcom) at the same time (two hospital radio stations and one other student station) though Jam was the first. Bruce Davidson was the very first station manager. The station was licensed to broadcast to the campus, although the signal could "drift" further. The transmitter ran at a 1 Watt and is located in the loft area of the students union building, the mast is clearly visible on the roof.

Originally, a loop induction system was installed in the Lawns (a hall of residence at Hull University) as part of a third year project by a number of engineering students. By 1983 the loop induction system was operational. To cut costs, the students cut corners. To insulate the wire, instead of paying for expensive insulation they used Coca-Cola bottles. As a result of this, by 1993 the loop induction system was no longer functional. In 1994 the engineering team carried out a comprehensive survey of the underground induction loop system and were able to partially restore it to several of the Lawns halls as well as fitting a new transmitter to Ferens hall. This system was finally turned off in 1997 after the award of the LPAM licence.

The station has broadcast events around the university such as Student Question Time, a student version of the BBC series, as well as club nights from the union. The station's programming consists of mainstream music by day, tailored to the students listening in the union building, and specialist programming by night.

Until 1997, Jam 1575 was known as "URH" which stood for "University Radio Hull".

Since Autumn 2007 Jam became an internet only radio station broadcasting from its website ilovejamradio.co.uk.

Station Manager: Andrew Dames

Chief Engineer: Jon Lawley

Here's the latest news from JamRadio

• JamRadio: Volunteer Awards. (30th April '10)
  JamRadio has been nominated for a HUU Volunteer Award 2010, so if you want to show your support for Jam then get down to the Awards Ceremony on the 5th of May!! The link to the Facebook group is: http://www. read more

• JamRadio: Media Awards tickets. (23rd April '10)
  TICKETS £20 Tickets for the Media Awards are now on sale! A new, cheaper price means more people can afford it. read more

• JamRadio: MEDIA AWARDS. (13th April '10)
  The final submission date for the demo's being entered for an award is 19th April. You can enter for as many awards as you desire. read more

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