Changes

In addition to using SBN to cover blank space in the schedule overnight, URY also used to take SBN "compulsory programming" in exchange for circa £6k per year of additional funding. Compulsory programming included SBN Breakfast from 08:00 to 09:00 every weekday; and typically a 1 hour specialist music show sometime between 21:00 and 00:00 every weekday. Compulsory shows can often be seen on URY's printed schedules in a different colour, to indicate that they are SBN rather than URY shows. URY was also required to take news and adverts from SBN at the top of every hour.

In addition to using SBN to cover blank space in the schedule overnight, URY also used to take SBN "compulsory programming" in exchange for circa £6k per year of additional funding. Compulsory programming included SBN Breakfast from 08:00 to 09:00 every weekday; and typically a 1 hour specialist music show sometime between 21:00 and 00:00 every weekday. Compulsory shows can often be seen on URY's printed schedules in a different colour, to indicate that they are SBN rather than URY shows. URY was also required to take news and adverts from SBN at the top of every hour.

SBN's business model was advertising-based. All compulsory shows were sponsored by paying advertisers, who were name-checked repeatedly throughout. 30 seconds of adverts would typically follow the news at the top of each hour, which again brought in advertising revenue. SBN would then pass a share of their advertising income on to subscriber stations.

SBN's business model was advertising-based. All compulsory shows were sponsored by paying advertisers, who were name-checked repeatedly throughout. Around 30 seconds of adverts would also typically follow the news at the top of each hour (the variability in the number and length of adverts after each news bulletin was handled by SBN playing 3 DTMF tones after the last advert - this would tell the presenter to drop the SBN fader and start their show). SBN would then pass a share of their advertising income on to their subscriber stations.

Compulsory show slots were often used to deliver face-to-face training to aspiring presenters in Studio 1.

Compulsory show slots were often used to deliver face-to-face training to aspiring presenters in Studio 1, as it was rare for S1 to be available otherwise.

SBN went into administration in summer 2004. SBN owed URY £6k for the 2003/04 academic year, which was never paid, leaving a black hole in URY's budget and requiring significant changes to the YUSU societies budget to absorb. This was one of the events that drove the creation of York University Media (YUM), to give the media societies greater collective bargaining power with YUSU.

SBN went into administration in summer 2004. SBN owed URY £6k for the 2003/04 academic year, which was never paid, leaving a black hole in URY's budget and requiring significant changes to YUSU's 2004/05 societies budget to absorb. This was one of the events that drove the creation of York University Media (YUM), to give the media societies greater collective bargaining power with YUSU.

As a piece of URY History, there's a mini-disk containing 2 hours of pre-recorded SBN programming floating around the office that dates from circa 2000/2001.

As a piece of URY History, there's a mini-disk containing 2 hours of pre-recorded SBN programming floating around the office that dates from circa 2000/2001.