About University Radio York (URY)

URY is the UK’s oldest independent radio station (we’re 55 years old, making us older than literally everyone except the BBC).

Despite our age, we still get out and about a lot. We cover all of the University’s biggest events, from Freshers to Roses to YUSU Elections. It’s not just about events though: we run 24/7 in term time with a mix of shows on any topic you can imagine (if you can’t see it on the schedule, why not apply for it yourself?)

There’s something for everyone at URY, and you can get involved with as much or as little as you like - check out our Get Involved section for more on what makes up one of the University’s largest media groups.

Meeting Times

Everyone is welcome to our meetings and you can find all the information about them on our Slack: ury.slack.com

All our meetings are usually in or around V-Bar, except for Station and Production meetings which are in V/N/123a (keep an eye on slack for exact times and locations) and open to everyone! Below is our current schedule, feel free to attend as many or as few as you’d like:

Monday: 3pm - News & Sport, 7pm - Station Meeting, 8pm - Production

Tuesday: 7pm - Music (odd weeks)

Wednesday: 5pm - Speech, 7pm - Computing & Engineering

Friday: 3pm - Audio Resources & Marketing (odd weeks)

Get Involved

URY is open to anyone and everyone!

To get involved, head to ury.org.uk/getinvolved and fill in the form at the bottom of the page. Also, join us on slack at ury.slack.com to keep up to date with all our events and goings on!

• If you want to present or produce radio, DJ, or record a podcast, we have industry standard studios and state of the art remote broadcasting systems, so you can do a show even if you can’t make it to campus!
  
  
• If you want to get involved with broadcast or sound engineering, we do lots of live events and also maintain our own studios all year.
  
  
• If you’re interested in music production, we record sessions with local artists and design all of our own station sound.
  
  
• If you’re keen to develop your marketing skills, we have social media accounts with thousands of followers and a national award nominated brand.
  
  
• If you want to try out web design or software engineering, all of our software is designed and run in house.
  
  
• Plus, if you want to commentate on sport, learn to read news, chat about music, or wax lyrical about theatre, culture and the arts, there’s content teams for you too!
  
  

If you have no clue about any of the above but just have a vague interest in radio or podcasts and want to have a laugh, then URY is also the place for you!