Purple Radio
| Broadcast area | The World |
|---|---|
| Slogan | Listen Live. Watch. On Demand. |
| Format | Contemporary Hit Radio, News |
| Language(s) | English |
| Owner | Durham Students' Union |
| Webcast | stream.purpleradio.co.uk/stream.php |
| Website | www.purpleradio.co.uk |
Coordinates: 54°46′24″N 1°34′18″W / 54.77333°N 1.57167°W
Purple Radio is Durham University's Official Student Radio Station. Purple broadcasts online 24 hours a day during term time, from October until June each year.
Purple Radio was previously known as Purple FM and later Purple 107. The station launched in 1996 and has been located variously within Dunelm House; in the College of St Hild and St Bede (1997–1999) and a small studio at Van Mildert College (1999–2002). Traditionally during this time the station aimed to run for two four week RSL FM broadcasts per academic year. The station initially broadcast on frequencies around 105.4 FM, though later a frequency of 107 FM was retained. During the November 1999 broadcast pioneering use was made of outside broadcast equipment that utilised the University's internal telephone network to send transmissions from remote locations to the studio. During 2000 Purple FM was simulcast over the internet for the first time; however this service was only available from 7am to 11pm as the equipment required to run the service was sited in a student's bedroom.
In the summer of 2002 the station moved into Dunelm House, the home of Durham Students Union. This move was made to the make the station more accessible and open to students from all parts of the university. The first broadcast to be made from the new studio was another four week FM broadcast in October of that year on the same frequency as previous licences. A further such FM broadcast followed in November to December 2003. Ironically the suite of rooms used by Purple Radio were the same originally used by the station prior to its move to Hild Bede college in the 1990s.
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