Crush Radio
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| City of license | Hatfield |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Hertfordshire, England |
| Frequency | 1278AM |
| First air date | 1960 |
| Format | Music radio, Talk radio |
| Language(s) | English |
| Owner | University of Hertfordshire |
| Sister stations | Crush Underground |
| Webcast | Web Stream |
| Website | Crush Radio Online |
Crush Radio (formally known as Campus Radio Hatfield [CRH] CRUSH and more recently, Crush 1278) is the student radio station of the University of Hertfordshire, England. CRUSH is run by students of the university along with amateurs from around the surrounding area.
In April 2013 Crush Radio won the award of "Best Media Committee" at the Student Recognition Evening held at the Hertfordshire Forum, meaning the Crush Radio Committee have now won the prestigious award 3 years in a row.
Crush is a non-profitable organisation run by student volunteers.
History
Crush was the first campus radio, often called student radio, station in the UK. Crush was founded in 1960 under the name of CRH (Campus Radio Hatfield). After starting as a, so called, "pirate radio station" CRH was turned into a University Society of the University of Hertfordshire and was renamed Crush 1278 for it broadcast on 1278AM frequency. As Crush became more accessible, via the internet, the name was changed again to Crush Radio. In 2009 Crush as a society merged with the other media societies of the Students union and the University of Hertfordshire as one media society, though Crush still uses its own website and broadcasts over 1278AM frequency, however it stopped broadcasting on 1278AM after the move in September 2009, but restarted commencing February 2011.
Crush Radio has been broadcasting since 1960. It broadcasts on AM frequency (1278) and also streams online.
Programming
Crush Radio promotes a variety of shows from mainstream music to alternative shows, though the shows are usually banded together to promote continuity. Shows tend to change slot and members each semester based on the presenters and producers lecture timetables.
Guinness World Record Attempt
Inspired by BBC1’s ‘Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave’ which ran in 2011 and was also for Comic Relief, members of Crush Radio thought to attempt the ‘Longest Team Radio Show’ as a way to raise money for a cause. The team consisted of presenters Seb Scott and Kieran Ward, and producers Gage Holding, Christopher Thomson, Elisabeth Schütz, Dan Lewis and Sam Kelly. With members of the Students Union staff, Societies and their members, and members of the university to act as witnesses.
The show commenced at 3pm on Thursday 14 March 2013 and the record was unofficially broken at 3 pm on Sunday. To be clear of the record the team continued on until 7pm to ensure their place in the record books.
Over the course of this show the broadcast brought in over 1200 listeners to the website, over 500 people viewed the uStream that was set up in the studio and the team managed to raise over £2000 for comic relief.
Guinness World Records failed the record attempt on an infringement of 2 rules. The first being the contestants taken their breaks separately whereas the rules dictated they should be taken together. The second was the way in which witnesses were organized. Crush Radio used witnesses who were students at the University of Hertfordshire, therefore members of the same Student Union that Crush Radio is a part of. This meant the witnesses were related to the contestants and so their judging and assessment of the record was not impartial and so broke the rules of the record attempt.
Organisation
Crush is managed by a large team of students. There is a Station Manager and below them different roles filled to keep a constant hold on the radio station/society. In accord with this working in the Students Union there is a member, their area of focus is Communications and Media, and this is the Media’s first port of call.
2014-2015 Station Manager - Dan Lewis
2014-2015 Vice President Comms & Media - Shannen Rock
2013-2014 Station Manager - Gage Holding
2013-2014 Vice President Comms & Media - Shannen Rock
2012-2013 Radio Controller - Gage Holding
2012-2013 Vice President Comms & Media - Michael Gillett
2011-2012 Station Manager - Sam Martin
2011-2012 Vice President Comms & Media – Thom Palser
2010-2011 Station Manager - Linette More
2010-2011 Vice President Comms & Media – Thom Palser
2009-2010 Station Manager - Thom Palser
2009-2010 Vice President Comms & Media- Nica de Koenigswarter
2008-2009 Society President- Alec Sedgley
2008-2009 Vice President Comms & Media - Alec Sammon
2007-2008 Society President - Andy Sinden
2007-2008 Vice President Comms & Media - Alec Sammon
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Coordinates: 51°45′07″N 0°14′19″W / 51.7520°N 0.2386°W
