Blondies
Lori & Frances present an hour of arts talk and alternative tunes.
We'll be chatting all things... From theatre to punk. Stay tuned for good craic with your two fave Scots!
Dreamscape
Come with me through a hazy journey through alternative hip-hop psychedelic craziness...it'll be fine I promise now breathe in and out whilst counting down from 10Pretty Fly For Two White Guys
Alternative music and mild comedy with two guys who have no idea what they're on about but are convinved they're right.
Is this live?
They will let anyone on student radio really. Alt-rock will be played, probably.
Unplugged
The very best alternative music, unplugged and raw. Love acoustic music? This is the show of you. Nothing but the best alternative bands stripped back. Requests will always be welcome - send me a message via the website or tweet at me @CallMeLuke94.
Saturated Facts
Join Sacha and Lewis for a jaunt through the dusty pages of a rather hefty encyclopedia. Tune in to recieve the guideline fact amounts, with a healthy dollop of silliness to help wash down all that daunting knowledge. Side effects may include actually learning the odd thing. Each week the presenters will select a number of entries from the encyclopedia, and discuss them in a light-hearted way in the hope of making the information palatable.
Kenny and Bob
Return of The YakGraveshifters ~The final Season?~
Season 8, the final season. Will Graveshifters finally pull the plug on what has been the talk of national news for 3 years? Tune in to find out!The Jen and Joe Show
Jennie Rothery and Joe Rawcliffe chat about the stuff that you love in alternately enthusiastic and disparaging ways.The Ben and Nick Show
A fusion of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand: Sachs, we're after you. A comedy chat show with a healthy sprinkling of indie classics chucked in.Delay No More!
Take an hour out of your day to have some fun, learn about music and maybe even move your body. Mike and Cherry will play a selection of upbeat, alternative tracks - old and new - designed to get you dancing round your kitchen and enjoying yourself. Hopefully there will be some bands you've heard of and some you haven't. With news about gigs, upcoming releases and general gossip, there will be all you need to find and follow Your New Favourite Band.Isobel's Indie Hour
An hour of indie music and its many subgenres: rock, folk and alternative. Listen here for your favourite indie artists or for popular artists and their more indie tracks.
Untitled
A show without a name, because there is no theme or specific genre that we will be following.
It will be unique every week, with a variety of guests that have excellent music taste.
RAWR xD
A show full of emo classics, perfect for a cathartic singalong (this is exactly what Eylem will be doing in the studio). Get your tight trousers and your hair straightners out, pull up myspace and get ready!
The Speech Hour: Mental Health Awareness Week
URY Speech Team chat about mental health during our times under lockdown, the importance of mental health and the future as we come back to the non-lockdown world.
URY LIVE AT 5: The World According to Big Ben
Music from all over; weekly topic specials; live guests and music; sorting out the issues while we still know it all. You can expect pretty much everything on this show; tastes in tracks from indie to electro, alternative to pop classics. Special guests on our hot topics join Ben and the crew for live debates, live music and interviews, competitions and features such as the ever popular 'Random Track', 'Stupid American News', weekly appeals, and the legendary 'Fresher Divert'...Breaking the Mould - Summer review
A nearly comprehensive review of all the great new music you shouldn't, but still may have, missed out on over the past few monthsTangled Up In Blues
An hour of folk, blues and alternative music punctuated by chat and silly features.NOW We're Carolling!
Join Harry 'Who Does Law' Reeves, James from James from Jams from James from James, and AL for the festive special of NOW We're Talking!
Expect extra-special Christmas canoodley games, massive funnies, beef reports (or whatever meat/meat alternative you have on your Xmas dinner), NOW tunes and some top tier chat.
Now, that's what it is.
through your eyes
Ever wondered what life is like thorugh someone elses eyes? Welcome to 'Through your eyes'!! On this podcast, we discuss a wide range of topics that cover mental health and the LGBTQ+ community as well as mundane life. The podcast should shine light over various ideas which hopes to create more understanding as to what a person goes through on a day to day basis. Topics up for discussion range from those living with depression to those who identify as non-binary or even recent graduates who are trying to forage through adulthood. Life can suck and be super hard, listen along to see what other people's daily life is like thorugh their eyes!!!
Fringe: Full Metal Racket
The Fringe radio show returns, bringing you both new and old tunes from the realm of metal, rock, punk and other alternative music genres! As long as it is loud and heavy, we will play it~
Alumni Shows: Realm of Dusk
Stewart Dennis brings 'Realm of Dusk' back to the airwaves on URY. Originally on-air between 1987 and 1990, expect to hear a mixturee of Indie / Alternative from the likes of Ride, My Bloody Valentine, The Fall, The Smiths and the Pixies.
The Ben and Jasper Show 2: Electric Boogaloo
The triumphant return of the critically acclaimed* The Ben and Jasper Show, join our presenters for another season of arguing about the order of our names and riding the very thin line between OFCOM regulated and illegal broadcasting.
'The New World Order' by Ben Jeapes. Part 2: 1651
niversity Radio York's national award winning team presents our most ambitious drama to date, which sees the English Civil war turned on its head when a third force enters the battle in this alternative history thriller. Six years have past since the events of Part 1 and an uneasy peace has been agreed. But with the arrival of The Dommonel and missionaries from Golekh englands peace stands on a knife edge. Based on the acclaimed novel and available to hear worldwide at www.ury.org.uk, with two feature length Episodes over two consecutive weeks!Speed of Life
A carefully curated selection of broadly "alternative" (whatever that means) tunes from the classic to the eclectic, with a special nod of fondness to the arty and pretentious. Yes, "classic alternative" is kind of a contradiction in terms, but here at Speed of Life, we embrace paradox to the point of meaninglessness. Occasional themed weeks provide welcome respite from the usual swirl of chaos.