{"id":1130,"date":"2023-05-25T14:46:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T14:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/on-parade\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2023-05-25T14:46:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T14:46:52","slug":"50-years-of-urb-you-share-your-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/on-parade\/2023\/05\/25\/50-years-of-urb-you-share-your-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"50 years of URB: you share your memories"},"content":{"rendered":"

University Radio Bath \u2013 or URB, to those in the know \u2013 has been broadcasting across the Claverton Down airwaves since 1973. In celebration of the station's 50th anniversary, we asked whether you were a part of URB<\/a> during your time at Bath. From hangovers to hanging cables, you shared your memories of campus' standout station...<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"I presented on Sunday mornings [in the late \u201880s] (possibly fighting a hangover) and various other bits! Good times! Studio looks so clean without all that pesky vinyl lying around in piles!\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI remember one night the person taking the next hour didn't turn up, so had to ad-lib for an hour to keep things going! In my postgrad years [in the \u201870s], I remember putting an antenna on the top of Norwood House so we could just pick up Capital Radio in London, so we could relay their news feed. I don't know how things work these days, but in the early days we only had a radio license to broadcast within the confines of the campus, so there was a 'leaky feeder' coax cable run all around Norwood, Wessex and Westwood \u2013\u00a0those were the only halls at the time.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI was the programme controller for a couple of years in the early \u201890s and hosted a show. How different the studio looks today.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI was there at the beginning, 1973. Many a night spent listening to good music and gentle\u00a0voices.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIn my first year (1974-5) I did a late-night show called The Show with No Name.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"I remember presenting the jazz show on Sunday evenings around 1984. Happy days\u2026\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI remember being at the 10th birthday. I was at different times the chief engineer, treasurer, publicity and occasional presenter in the early \u201880s. Congratulations on keeping it all going and here's to the next 50.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI was a presenter from \u201881 to \u201884. Fantastic to hear it\u2019s still going strong. Somewhere in the loft are some cassettes of some shows \u2013\u00a0I sound a lot younger (and far less wise\u2026)\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cGreat memories of the early \u201890s, especially a post-finals ensemble presenting clips from Monty Python records and songs from that era. Still have a copy of the tapes today and listen back to them.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"I loved my time there and had no idea what an incredible career in radio it would lead to.\u201d<\/span>
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\u201cI was station manager in 1987-8. Great to see that video has not killed the radio star!\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIf listening to it was being part of it, then yes <\/span>\ud83d\ude0a\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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