Rare FM
Current Rare FM logo
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| Branding | Student Radio |
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| Slogan | Your soundtrack to London |
| Repeater(s) | Central London: Two weeks a year on 87.7 FM |
| First air date | 1998 |
| Format | Music (various genres) and talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Owner | UCL Union |
| Webcast |
24/7 live stream and Listen Again podcasts Podcasts with subscription options |
| Website | rarefm.co.uk |
Rare FM is the student-run radio station of UCL. The current station manager is Bianca Bana. The station magazine is Under City Lights, with editors Jake Crossland (also head of music) and James Bailey (also head of scheduling). The studio is maintained by the Head of Technology, Charlie Millner, and finances are managed by Treasurer Ashley Tan.
Rare FM was set up in 1998 as an affiliated society of UCL Union, headed at that time by Ed Jackson. It is managed by a committee elected annually at the society's AGM by its members.
Rare FM broadcasts continuously over the Internet, making use of MP3 and OGG streaming, streaming music when DJs are not live in the studio hosting their shows. On a normal day during the university's Autumn and Spring Terms, there will be approximately 15 hours of live original programming, starting at 9.00 a.m. and finishing at 12.00 midnight.
During the university's holidays and reading weeks, many of the student DJs leave London resulting in the output of shows per day decreasing, although some other shows are extended to cover some time that would otherwise be filled by streaming music as happens at night. Similarly, during the Summer Term many students DJs are unable to do their shows owing to exams.
Whilst students are not in the studio, music is streamed via a computerised playout system. Students are able to play music from a variety of sources including the studio database, CDs, cassette tapes, records, mp3 players, MiniDiscs and laptops.
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