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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'...
Amy’s Curiosity Carousel

 

Amy’s Curiosity Carousel is the radio show for people who can’t throw things away because what if they’re important later?

It’s a welcoming space for heart-headed hoarders, weird girls with tote bags full of inexplicable objects, and fandom-frenzied freaks who know that emotional-support trinkets aren’t “just junk,” but intricate keys to canon, and proudly headcanoned, lore.

Each episode revolves around a playful theme (like lucky charms, seasonal souvenirs, or obscure oddities). Amy shares her own curiosities, invites listeners to submit and discuss their most beloved items, and weaves in thematically related songs and artists along the way. The show celebrates thrift-store goblins, micro-collections, hyperfixations, internet obsessions, and that one tiny object you keep in your pocket just in case.

Expect silly games, dramatic object backstories, nostalgic spirals, chaotic joy, and music that feels like your inner monologue finally got a soundtrack.

If you’ve ever said:

“I’ll use this someday”

“This reminds me of a character”

“This song feels like a trinket”

“No, I can’t explain it - it just belongs to me”

…Then this is the show for you! 

 

 


URY Move In Days 2025: Anne Lister

Join URY live from Anne Lister as we welcome this year's freshers to their new rooms, taking your song requests throughout the afternoon.


Tracks for Today

Join William King for an hour of music reflecting on the day just gone.

As well as bringing you hits from the past we keep up-to-date by chatting through recent events from around the world and playing the tracks that we feel fit.


Risky Disco: The Warm up to Tokyo
If you're heading out tonight then this is the only show you need to hear! Exclusive offers, and music from chart to cheese!
Warmup to Woodstock: Tom and Toast's 24hr Takeover
A dozen live bands in the URY studios, interviews from around the world, and guests in the studio come together for this Week 9 24-hour Warmup to Woodstock marathon, all in aid of York RAG.
URY Speech Presents: Culture Show

Tune in to our show all about culture in York and Yorkshire! If you're stuck for things to do in York or a newbie to the area, then this is the place for you.

Whether you're interested in food, drink, art, museums etc. give the show a cheeky listen. 


'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!
Old Soul

Welcome to Old Soul! This show features all the music I (Kiera) love — my fave oldies, pop music and songs I grew up listening to. If you've ever been told that your taste in music lives in the past, this show is for you!

Join me for some great tunes, with a bit of gossip about life and pop culture along the way <3


Sunday Service Breakfast Broadcast

University Radio York's flagship Sunday morning show. (for a small amount of time)

I played some quiet jazzy songs.

But I got bored of the idea when I realised that having the Sunday morning slot wasn't very impressive even if it was quite funny.

And also I was half awake.

Very nice life experience being forced to talk into a microphone in an empty room :)

I should probably listen back to these to make sure these audio clips don't cancel me but... for the most part, I trust that my that my younger self wouldn't get cancelled.

Feel free to listen back to these shows but I warn you- they're bad.


Arctic News

Q: Where can you find an ocean without any water?
A: On a map! 

I solemnly swear it won't be as stupid as this joke. 


Nouse After Dark

Muse Radio Editor Jolie Whittingham and Nouse Radio Editor Isaac Wilson run through the topics and music that the Nouse team suggest in this laid-back, comical and more often than not dysfunctional evening radio show.


WK24: The Shipping Forecast

William King is rounding off three years of student radio with 24 hours of non-stop broadcasting. Sailors picking up URY probably have something wrong with their radio, but they can consider this hour a public service.


Best of Bandcamp

A show devoted to the finding of good quality, free music from the website bandcamp. If you enjoy music, but have little money and a clean consience then this is the show for you. After each show i will post the links to find each song i play, and the album it came from, completely free. 


Bandcestors

LET'S PLAY A GAME: Guess today’s bands by their musical ancestors! We play music from bands/artists that have inspired this weeks chosen band... and you try guess who they are. Get it right? you choose next weeks band! 


Eurovision 2021: URY's Picks

Join us as we argue for our favourites in this years Eurovision Song Competition 2021. There will be music, debate, and some ESC throwbacks. Let us know who you think is douze points in this post-hiatus epic, text on 07851 101 313, or message via the website.


Good Morning York!

Wake up and join Kory for a auditory morning pick up to get you going, hopefully one they'll arrive on time for more this time around.


Show? Show.

Yes, this is a show.


Matt Windsor's Almost Definitely Last Ever Show, Probably

Exactly what it says on the tin.

Not that radio shows come in tins.

But this one does, and it's a three decade old salted pork tin full of what will probably be recent London migrant and soon-to-be-former PhD student Matt Windsor's last ever show on URY before he finally stops being a student.  Expect pretty much everything that can be expected from a washed up student radio DJ that was once referred to as URY's answer to Alan Partridge: an hour of awkward gaps between songs, awkward songs between gaps, and attempts to draw a close on 8ish years of somehow repeatedly being scheduled for shows despite having the radio nous of a loofah.  Does anyone still use loofahs?


indie sleaze revival

feeling nostalgic? this energetic show features the best of#tumblrgirl music - electro-pop + electro-clash, indie rock, emo, and everything in between!!


Waldorf and Statler another 50 years

Will you still love us when we're 64? Richard and Kim did their last student URY show in June 1976.  This show will be hair raising if they had any left.


Freshen Up for Freshers' Fair

It's that time of the year again - there'll be one stall giving out bags for some reason, so make sure you grab the bag for all the other random freebies you get from stalls you pretend to be interested in just to get the pens.

Freshers' Fair 2021 is nearly upon us - join me as we build up to it with some great music and chat!


Mike Wallbank's Rockabilly Riot!

A show to turn even the lamest of squares into far-out foot tappers.

Over the course of the show, extreme levels of rockabilly will be pumped through the airwaves of URY, from Elvis Presley to The Big Bopper, all with the intention of providing maximum satisfaction.

The show will consist of anecdotes relating to the music in question, explorations into the popular themes and concepts of rockabilly/rock 'n' roll (such as a show dedicated to 'Death Discs'), as well as interviews with individuals who remember watching the rock 'n' roll stars of the 1950s in their heyday. Playing the big hits of the 1950s, as well as with the secret 7" golddust that's been hiding in the attic, this show will provide a roster of early rock 'n' roll and rockabilly that will make you want to turn your fringe into a quiff, your Volkswagen into a Cadillac, and your Carling into a Cherry Coke.


Turn-off day 2026 - Taskmaster

URY bids farewell to the end of term with a day of shows.

In this segement three contestants battle it out to complete tasks set by the Taskmaster.


Game Day: Mens Football 1s

Welcome back to Game Day! The greatest student media collab (if we do say so ourselves) between URY and YSTV, bringing sport to both your eyes and ears. This time, we are covering the men's football 1s as they take on the Teeside men's 1s.