Surge (radio station)

Surge
City of license Southampton
Broadcast area Worldwide (online)
Southampton (FM, limited)
Slogan "Your student soundtrack"
Frequency 87.7 FM (limited)
First air date 1977 (1977)
Format Student radio, internet radio
Language English
Callsign meaning Acronym for "Southampton University Radio from Glen Eyre"
Former callsigns Radio Heffalump (1976–1977)
Radio Glen (1977–2001)
Former frequencies 1287 AM (1999–2010)
Affiliations UK Student Radio Association
Owner Southampton University Students' Union
Website surgeradio.co.uk

Surge (also known as Surge Radio) is an English student radio station based at the University of Southampton. Founded in 1976 as Radio Heffalump, the station was renamed Radio Glen the following year and originally broadcast from the university's Glen Eyre Halls complex. The station was relocated to Highfield Campus and rebranded as Surge in 2001, and is owned by the Southampton University Students' Union (SUSU).

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History

Radio Heffalump began broadcasting in the autumn term of 1976 as a pirate station, before it was agreed in March 1977 to form a legal radio station at Glen Eyre.[1] The station was founded as Radio Glen and initially broadcast from a studio in Glen Eyre "F-Block" before later moving to a larger office in New Terrace in 1998.[2] In 2000 the station began broadcasting on 1287AM, having before only reached Glen Eyre tenants, and in 2001 it commenced FM transmissions for one week per year.[2] Also in 2001, Radio Glen was renamed Surge, which initially stood for "Southampton University Radio from Glen Eyre".

In 2003 the station won its first Student Radio Award, awarded by the UK Student Radio Association: station Webmaster Nicholas Humfrey picked up the Technical Innovation Award for his "Total Request" system, while the website was awarded silver in the Website of the Year category.[3] Surge News was founded in February 2004 by James Laidler,[4] and in 2005 won first place in the SRA News & Talk category, with Nick Bevan picking up Surge's third award, for Newcomer of the Year.[5] In June 2005, Surge successfully received funding of £25,000 from SUSU for construction of a new studio, which was completed and launched in October.[6] In April 2006 the station hosted the Student Radio Conference, and in June hosted the BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show with Phill Jupitus.[7] Surge picked up their latest award to-date in November 2006, when Nick Bevan, Thomas Morgan and Zander Bell won the award for Best Entertainment Show with "The Nick & Mogs Show".[8]

In the 2011 Student Radio Awards, Surge Technical Manager Ben Morton received two nominations for the station, both in the category of Best Technical Achievement;[9] he won the silver award at the ceremony for his work on the Surge Facebook application.

Committee members

Committee 2011–2012[10]

Student Radio Awards

Year Nominated work Category Award Notes Ref.
2003 Total Request System Technical Innovation Award Gold Awarded to Nicholas Humfrey [3]
surgeradio.co.uk Website of the Year Silver Awarded to Sven Lantham and Nicholas Humfrey
2005 Nick Bevan Newcomer of the Year Gold [5]
Surge News News & Talk Gold
2006 The Nick & Mogs Show Best Entertainment Show Gold Awarded to Nick Bevan, Thomas Morgan and Zander Bell [8]
Elections Night Live Best Live Event/Outside Broadcast Bronze
Surge Newsweek Best Journalistic Programme Bronze Awarded to James Laidler and Kate Jowett
2007 Surge Newsweek Best Journalistic Programming Silver [11]
surgeradio.co.uk Best Technical Innovation Silver
Surge Best Marketing & Branding Silver
2009 SurgeCart and Podcast Generator Best Technical Achievement Bronze Awarded to Jason Allen [12]
2011 Surge Facebook Application Best Technical Achievement Silver Awarded to Ben Morton

References

  1. ^ "Radio Heffalump". Station History. Surge. http://www.surgeradio.co.uk/about/history/heffalump.html. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Station History". About Surge. Surge. http://www.surgeradio.co.uk/about/history/. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Who won what!". Student Radio Awards. UK Student Radio Association. 24 November 2003. Archived from the original on 23 December 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031223183706/http://www.studentradio.org.uk/cgi-bin/news.php?article=117. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  4. ^ "2003-2004 Year Book". Station History. Surge. http://www.surgeradio.co.uk/about/history/years/0304.html. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "2005 Winners". Student Radio Awards. UK Student Radio Association. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928074208/http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/2005/winners/. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  6. ^ "2005-2006 Year Book". Station History. Surge. http://www.surgeradio.co.uk/about/history/years/0506.html. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  7. ^ "2006-2007 Year Book". Station History. Surge. http://www.surgeradio.co.uk/about/history/years/0607.html. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  8. ^ a b "2006 Winners". Student Radio Awards. UK Student Radio Association. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928074310/http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/2006/winners.html. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  9. ^ "2011 Student Radio Awards: Nominations Announced". UK Student Radio Association. 11 October 2011. http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/news/3889. Retrieved 3 November 2011. 
  10. ^ "Committee". About Surge. http://www.surgeradio.co.uk/about/committee/. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  11. ^ "2007 Winners". Student Radio Awards. UK Student Radio Association. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071219194445/http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/2007/winners.html. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  12. ^ Mark Farrington (25 November 2009). "Student Radio Awards Winners Announced". UK Student Radio Association. http://www.studentradioawards.co.uk/news/fullstory/1125. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 

External links

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Community radio
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