| Broadcast area | Royal Holloway Campus, Egham, Englefield Green and surrounding area |
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| Frequency | 1287 kHz 103.2 MHz (from 2012) |
| First air date | 1998 |
| Format | Student Radio |
| ERP | 1W EMRP |
| Transmitter coordinates | TQ 002 708 |
| Owner | Student's Union, Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Official website |
Insanity Radio (1287 AM, 103.2 FM from 2012) is the student radio station of Royal Holloway, University of London and a member of the UK Student Radio Association. Established in 1998, the station broadcasts throughout the year on a LPAM license, with presenters in the studio presenting a varied schedule from 8AM till 2AM every day during term time. The positions of Station Manager and Assistant Station Manager are elected yearly via a campus-wide election. Other positions on the board that operates the station are also elected internally through a membership election.
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The station began as the Radio Society in Spring 1997, after Ed Harry had sent four delegates (Richard Clarke, Ian Joliet, Simon Delany and Karen Williams) to the annual Student Radio Conference in Edinburgh.
Insanity was formed a year later, taking its name loosely from the fact that Royal Holloway's founder Thomas Holloway also opened the Holloway Sanatorium, a hospital for the treatment of the mentally ill, a short distance away[1]. It began broadcasting under Restricted Service Licences in 1998, meaning that these broadcasts could only be held for 28 days at a time, twice a year. The station was forced to operate from a studio in Royal Holloway's historic Founders' building with a satellite dish positioned out of groundview on to the building’s roof.
However, in 1999 the station was forced to move out of the Founders' Building and find a new home. Matt Deegan and Richard Clarke started making lists of rooms in the University that they felt were acceptable to base the radio station. All these ideas were dismissed, except for a seminar room in the Queen's Annexe. After getting the budget cleared by the Students' Union it was constructed into a broadcasting studio, a meeting room and a production studio, which still operates to the present day. Late in September 2000 the station was granted a low power AM licence (LPAM) which permitted continuous broadcast all year round on the 1287 AM frequency. This license is still held by the station. Joseph Friel served as Station Manager from 2007-2008 and was instrumental in applying for a Community Radio licence, which was awarded by Ofcom to the station in early 2010. This license allows Insanity to begin broadcasting on FM at an increased power of 25 watts, which it will begin doing in early 2012 on the 103.2 FM frequency.
Radio presenter Richard Clarke served as Station Manager from 1997-1999.
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