| Broadcast area | Leicester |
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| Frequency | 107.5 (FM) |
| First air date | 29/09/1995 |
| Format | Student Radio / Community Radio |
| Owner | DSU / DMU |
| Website | www.demonfm.co.uk |
Demon FM is a community radio station and student radio station for De Montfort University.
Demon FM is simulcast on FM (on a frequency of 107.5 FM) and online on a 24/7 basis. Demon FM finished their 26th and final RSL on the 30th of November 2008 before beginning a 5-year community radio licence in the spring of 2009.
Demon FM is part of De Montfort Students' Union's award-winning Demon Media group which also comprises The Demon newspaper and Demon TV.
In July 2008, Demon FM was granted a community radio license by Ofcom, allowing it to broadcast 24/7 for a period of five years.
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Demon FM broadcasts from the CTS studios, within De Montfort University's 'Queens Building', and the students' union's 'Campus Centre' building. Demon FM broadcasts to an area of around 5 miles in all directions, covering Leicester's student area and city centre. In addition to the studio, various pre-production facilities are available so broadcasters may prepare material for their shows. The station also typically runs several outside broadcasts.
The current studio is the third building that Demon has occupied. The original studio was a portable building behind the students' union building, with fairly basic equipment. Around 2000 they moved into what had been a small brick building which had previously been a campus branch of NatWest bank. With the construction of The Campus Centre and incorporation of De Montfort Students' Union they negotiated a dedicated area and this included a purpose-built floating room to house the studio facilities, with the station moving across in 2003. When the station began broadcasting under its community license, a majority of the programming shifted to the Creative Technology Studios in DMU's Queen's Building, with the Campus Centre studio remaining primarily for the use of specialist, music shows.
The day-to-day running of the station is performed by a voluntary student committee, elected in annually by members of Demon Media. This committee is overseen by the managing director (a role taken on by the Vice President Media & Communications, elected to the union council in a full time sabbatical student position) and other board members of Demon FM Ltd,.
Demon FM won national recognition at the annual Student Radio Awards in 2001 winning the prestigious Best Student Station award, following it up in 2007 by taking home the bronze award. "Student Radio Awards 2007 - Winners". The Student Radio Association. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20071118081354/http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/2007/winners.html. Retrieved 2007-11-16..
The station has also won the Best Marketing award in 1998, and picked up the Best Specialist Music Award in consecutive years for 'Future Innovations' in 2003 and 'Street Beat' in 2004. Demon FM has also seen award winning talent within its member base with member Ali Moore just missing out on the Best Newcomer award to take home silver in 2006 and receiving a Best Male Presenter nomination in the 2007 awards.
Demon FM is a member of the Student Radio Association, the national organisation set up to support student radio stations in the UK. Many of the station's members have actively supported the association through voluntary committee positions, taking on tasks such as organisation of the annual Student Radio Awards.