Timeline

This is the general URY timeline, arranged by decade.

60s

• 1960: The UK's first student radio station is founded as Crush Radio (but it doesn't legally broadcast for a while).
• 1967: URY is founded as the UK's first legal independent broadcasting radio station, as Radio York under a test licence from the BBC.
• 1969: Radio York is refounded as University Radio York and opened with a guest broadcast by John Peel.

90s

• 1998 URY celebrates its 30th birthday by a Restricted Service Licence (RSL), broadcasting on FM for four weeks to the city of York as well as campus.

• 1999 URY moves from an induction loop system on campus to a Low Powered AM licence (LPAM) enabling a stronger signal on campus and more listeners.

• 1999 To celebrate the turn of the millenium URY compiles the "Ultimate Student Chart" with "Bohemian Rhapsody" named the No.1 song. The station also organised its first gig featuring local and national bands called "Spark".

00s

• 2005: URY wins the SRA Award for Best Student Station.

• 2008: URY celebrates its 40th birthday with a 2 week FM broadcast in May.

10s

• 2011: URY joins the UK Radioplayer service as one of the first stations to do so.
• 2012: URY moves to a larger webcaster licence. At the same time, Tom Whitehouse ends his long tenure as Honorary President and is replaced.