UKC Radio
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UKC Radio was the student radio station for the University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC).
It was replaced by CSR on 15th January 2007, an FM radio station broadcasting to the city which is a joint venture between the University of Kent at Canterbury and Canterbury Christ Church University (formerly Christ Church College Canterbury).
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[edit] History
UKC Radio always claimed to be Britain's oldest student radio station, having started in 1966 illegally. This caused controversy as the student station in York also claimed to be Britain's oldest[1] - it was the first to be officially licensed in 1967.
UKC Radio broadcast from studios in the basement of Eliot College.
[edit] Transmission
For most of its history, UKC Radio was available on 301m Medium Wave (999 Khz AM) via induction loops which were on the top of the college buildings - meaning you could only hear the station in limited parts of the campus.
Various short term broadcasts on FM were carried out, using Restricted Service Licenses. The first of these was in 1992.
During the late 90s Low Powered AM (LPAM) was introduced, allowing the station to broadcast to the whole campus. The station moved frequency to 1350AM.
[edit] Former UKC Radio people
Viking FM's Ian Skye (was Ian Wickens)
