Loughborough Campus Radio

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LCR

Broadcast area	Loughborough University Campus
First air date	1973
Frequency	1350 kHz
Format	Student Radio Service
Owner	Loughborough Students Union

Originally known as URL - University Radio Loughborough, LCR - Loughborough Campus Radio - is the official student radio station for the students of Loughborough University. It broadcasts 24 hours a day during term time on 1350AM and live on the web at www.lcr1350.co.uk. Once a year the station will broadcast on FM for up to 4 weeks.

The station provides a unique radio service for the students on the campus and gives voulenteers the chance to learn about radio.

1 History
2 Alumni
3 External link
4 See also

[edit] History

LCR is one of the oldest student radio stations in the UK. It began when some Loughborough students started pirate broadcasts from a suitcase in the Hazelrigg hall of residence, during Rag Week 1970.

In its Pirate broadcasts the stations was known as "Radio Mule" - "a small station with a kick". After three years of illegal broadcasting, Radio Mule had become so popular that the students voted to turn it into a legitimate station. In fact, they voted in favour of having a radio station over a student magazine.

URL (University Radio Loughborough) was born, and went live on-air in 1973. The name was changed to LCR in 1983.

For almost 30 years the home of URL/LCR was a small set of studios located in the student village, next to the Purple Onion shop. The studios were well loved and used but in the summer of 1999 LCR moved into a £1.4 million Media Centre extension in the Students Union building.

URL and LCR initially broadcast to the local university halls through induction loops placed around the campus in the roofs of each individual hall. In October 1999 the station became one of the first UK student radio stations to began broadcasting on 1350AM across the whole campus on the new free radiating Low-powered AM licence. Later that academic year it also began broadcasting across the internet.

[edit] Alumni

Many members of LCR have gone on to work in the radio industry and all are encouraged to join up to the LCR section of the ASRA website (see link below). Annual alumni training days are run and alumni who would like to take part are asked to contact the assistant station manager.