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| Frequency | Online only (listen.thisislsr.com) |
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| Format | Student radio / Alternative |
| Affiliations | Student Radio Association Leeds University Union |
| History | |
First air date | 1968[1] |
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| Website | thisislsr.com |
Leeds Student Radio is astudent radio station broadcasting every day during term time fromLeeds University Union at theUniversity of Leeds.[2]
It is also the official student radio station forLeeds Trinity University andLeeds College of Music. The station broadcasts online through its website.
The station is run by an elected committee of student volunteers, and the management of the station is overseen by a full-time station manager employed by Leeds University Union. The station also provides live DJs for venues within Leeds University Union and theCity of Leeds.
In the 1960s a group of students formed 'Network 4' and broadcast black-and-white programmes on a closed circuit around the university.
In 1968, Leeds University Union built a radio studio with an adjoining control room on the top floor of the students' union building.[3]
It was built so that 'Network 4' could produce programmes forBBC Radio Leeds, with student productions including concerts, debates and dramas as well as a weekly 30-minute news programme called 'University City'.[4][5]
In the late 1990s, TV presenterAnita Rani worked at the radio station.[6]
The station has a permanent office on the first floor ofLeeds University Union which overlooks the main entrance to the Union. There are two studios, one that broadcasts live and a DJ and production studio.
The Leeds Student Radio schedule[7] consists of several core shows and individually-run shows which members can apply for each semester. The schedule is determined for Semester 1 in September and Semester 2 in January by the station manager, the programme controller and the core show editors.Antonia Quirke, writing in theNew Statesman, described the on air content as "[an] easy joy in the medium" and celebrated the individual DJs and their programmes.[8]
As a result of the SAR (Student Activity Review) carried out byLeeds University Union, since 2007 the Station Manager of Leeds Student Radio has been an appointed post rather than an elected one, with candidates facing an interview panel.[9]
The application process consists of a presentation from the candidates, followed by a question-and-answer session, which all members of Leeds Student Radio are welcome to attend. This is followed by an interview with the panel. The first manager selected using this process was Richard Andrews.
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