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Brightness in the Beyond
After more than three decades away from the URY airwaves, former head of classical Peter Aylmer returns to tell how he discovered at York the music of Olivier Messiaen, 20th-century composer and mentor to the avant-garde. No prior musical knowledge needed, just an ear for new sounds.
Off The Cuff
Ever felt you could be wasting your life doing something useful? Off The Cuff has something right up your alley. Be it a love of rock music, a passion for useless knowledge or a general dislike for humankind, our presenters possess all that and more. Welcome aboard, it’s going to be an interesting voyage.
URY Breakfast - The Duvet Lifters
This is the show to get you out from under that duvet. Packed with the finest blend of rare and not-so-rare music beans. Years of meticulous development have resulted in a show with the sole aim of easing human life back to the vertical. With his encyclopedic knowledge of swathes of artists, and his penchant for all things Bushy, Hugh provides the main musical drive. His quirky tracks, mixed in with more conventional fayre, are bound to excite the ears. James will make sure Morrissey and Goldfrapp get their airtime. With its easy going chatter and continual references to mugs of coffee, listeners will be reaching for the kettle before they know it.
URY Sports Show
A round-up of the previous week's University and College sports. Presented by the eternally knowledgeable Nick and Ben, with guests from the world of university sport - everything from football to ultimate frisbee.
York Sport Sunday
A round-up of the previous week's University and College sports. Presented by the eternally knowledgeable Nick and Ben, with guests from the world of university sport - everything from football to ultimate frisbee.
Open The Pit

Open The Pit: Hardcore music for hardcore people! + a tad of chill and acoustic when the time is right! 


Diggin' Deep

A unique space to explore the underground side of electronic music, from disco and funk to dark and dub techno. The show is presented by Pol Piella, resident dj at On&On and Amnesia Ibiza and with a good knowledge from the underground scene. 


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.


The Late Night Bass Podcast

The LNB Podcast is an evening podcast hosting predominantly Drum & Bass music. Host, Matt Horton's in-depth electronic music knowledge informs listeners with everything happening in the scene. Expect an enormous variety of Drum & Bass ranging from the most chilled to the most brutal as well as everything in between.


URY:PM - Peculiarities

Fab journey to discover the wonders of the world and universe, without having to move from the sofa. Anything bizarre, magical, or exceptional analysed to bits - how it changes the world from fashion and design to politics and economy. Like Nautilius, we will submerge into the unknown and meander in phenomenal. With a bit of luck afterwards we will at least appear to be knowledgeable and enlightened individuals.

Every week a new topic with games, interviews and discussions!  


Pep Talk

A Manchester United fan, a Manchester City fan and, with any luck, various guests with extremely varying levels of knowledge about football look back on the previous week of the beautiful game


If You've Heard This, It's Already Too Late

Get ready for some proper serious tuneage! 

Ever felt a connection to a song? Want tunes experimental, classic or sometimes long? Or do 'deep cuts' let you relax? Or simply want to find the right track to change a lightbulb to (you heard right)?!

We're all about finding music we hope you find great.

Join us every week to delve into the depths behind some quality music, listen to some worthy (or questionable...) anecdotes, and share your opinions and tastes with us too! 

So - kick back after your Sunday roast, get that open fire crackling in the background and tune in to If You've Heard This, It's Already Too Late!

Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ProperSeriousTuneage

 


The Randewich Hour

Sam Randewich plays the best music, the worst music and the best-worst music URY has to offer while discussing the quirks of life.


How to Break a Radio Station

Fancy learning more about how our lovely station works? Uncover the mysteries behind URY's technical setup with us - the engineering team! 

Ever wondered how compression works? What we mean by EQ? Or why we use decibels to indicate volume? Then this is the show for you, soon you too will have all the knowledge you need to know How to Break a Radio Station.


PM: Sunday Nights with Kyle Siwek

Finish off week with two hours of the best music presented by Kyle Siwek alongside his weekly guest who will try their knowledge at the Lovingly Ripped Off Quiz of the Week.


RnR to RnB

Rest and relax to Rhythm and Bass!!!


RnR to RnB

rest and relax to rhythm and bass!


Culture Collage

Want to impress your friends with your knowledge of film and literature? Or maybe you want to seem sophisticated on your next Tinder date by taking them to the theatre? Whatever your reason for wanting to know more about arts and culture, Culture Collage is here to deliver. Join us for a light-hearted discussion of all things* arts and culture on campus, in York, and beyond!

 

*Things will be limited due to time constraints and presenter's knowledge. Please note, Culture Collage may occasionally feature tracks from musicals.

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!!!


The Foundation Station

Alex Cheesman and Dan Creigh share their wealth of knowledge and experience from the electronics foundation course here at the university of York. When not discussing intellectual persuits, expect stuttering, technical difficulties, waffle, dead air, and the occasional tune. 


Confusion

A game where wrong answers are almost as important as the right ones. Do you trust yourself?

*All information correct to the best of our knowledge at time of recording.


Nervous Natters

Join Fion and Grace as they learn the art of radio, improve their general knowledge and do whatever else comes to mind.