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Rare FM

Rare FM

Student radio station of University College London

Rare FM is the student radio station of University College London.

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Background

Rare FM was set up in 1998 as an affiliated society of UCL Union. Rare FM broadcasts continuously over the Internet with approximately 15 hours of live original programming, starting at 9:00 a.m. and finishing at 12:00 midnight from.

Rare FM has started to provide some content via podcast which is published through Anchor to Spotify and Apple Podcasts among other locations. Rare FM now broadcasts a published schedule of shows from November to June between the hours of 09:00 to 00:00. When not broadcasting set shows, the station plays a curated playlist.

Rare FM has moved home over the last two years in a process overseen by the 2021-23 president, treasurer and studio manager: Yiannis Goeldner-Thompson, Dan Amery and Jack Ward respectively. The new studio has been fully upgraded with broadcasting and mixing equipment.

Rare FM also hosts several club nights throughout the year at venues such as The Cause and The Pickle Factory. From 2022-23 these are overseen by Louis Miller, the station's Head of Events.

Rare FM also promotes its music based journalism magazine and online platform, Under City Lights, which goes to print annually.

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Rare FM DJs also broadcast live at UCL and UCL Union events, such as the Freshers' Fayre and the Summer Arts Festival.

Content

Rare FM is primarily a music station, which in past tended to focus on indie/alternative music. However, in recent years this focus has dwindled and a diversity of genres and interests is now widely catered to. Shows specialising in Funk, Soul, Disco, Jazz, Blues, House, Electro, Hip hop, DnB, Dubstep, Grime, Psytrance, Dancehall and Reggae all now feature on a schedule that of 2008 amasses over 130 DJs with a vast variety of tastes. Rare FM also broadcasts the weekly Student Radio Association chart show each Sunday.

Broadcasts

Broadcasts in 2020

Rare FM for the first time since its formation, changed broadcast location, choosing to broadcast from presenter's homes through Mixlr whilst the UK continued to inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The station now hosts 90 different shows with over 150 current members.

Events

Rare FM regularly puts of events which fill some of London's largest nightclub venue. From 2020-2023, this has included The Cause,[1] Corsica Studios[2] and Pickle Factory. Rare FM members including president from 2021-2023, Yiannis Goeldner-Thompson, Ibra Ali and Rob Norris also played at the Seaside Beano Festival with The Cause in June 2022.

Station alumni

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Cause, The Cause. "Nightclub". The Cause. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. [2]
    Corsica, Studios. "Corsica Studios,". Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Selling Sufism: Qawwali and Coke Studio in Pakistan".
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    "UCL's BNOC of the year 2018: Group One". 18 May 2018.
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    "This Pakistani Teenage Girl is Reaching New Heights in the UK and We're Nothing but Proud!". 4 July 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Alex Zane". PFD. 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
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