 Current Rare FM logo | |
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| Branding | Student Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Music (various genres) and talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | UCL Union |
| Technical information | |
| Repeater(s) | Central London: 9 months a year on 87.7 FM |
| Links | |
| Website | rarefm.co.uk |
Rare FM is the student radio station of University College London.
Rare FM was set up in 1998 as an affiliated society of UCL Union. Rare FM broadcasts continuously over the Internet with approximately 15 hours of live original programming, starting at 9:00 a.m. and finishing at 12:00 midnight from.
Rare FM has started to provide some content via podcast which is published through Anchor to Spotify and Apple Podcasts among other locations. Rare FM now broadcasts a published schedule of shows from November to June between the hours of 09:00 to 00:00. When not broadcasting set shows, the station plays a curated playlist.
Rare FM has moved home over the last two years in a process overseen by the 2021-23 president, treasurer and studio manager: Yiannis Goeldner-Thompson, Dan Amery and Jack Ward respectively. The new studio has been fully upgraded with broadcasting and mixing equipment.
Rare FM also hosts several club nights throughout the year at venues such as The Cause and The Pickle Factory. From 2022-23 these are overseen by Louis Miller, the station's Head of Events.
Rare FM also promotes its music based journalism magazine and online platform, Under City Lights, which goes to print annually.
FM Broadcast History:
| Year | Date | ||||||||||
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| 1998 | 27 September - 24 October (4 weeks), from BBC Swain's Lane | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 2 November - 29 November (4 weeks) | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 1 February - 28 February (4 weeks) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 23 September - 5 October (UCL Fresher's Week) | ||||||||||
| 2006 | No FM broadcast | ||||||||||
| 2007 | 6 March - 19 March | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 4 March - 18 March | ||||||||||
| 2009 | No FM broadcast due to lack of available frequencies | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 1 December - March | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 1 November - End of the academic year | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 1 November - End of the academic year Rare FM DJs also broadcast live at UCL and UCL Union events, such as the Freshers' Fayre and the Summer Arts Festival. ContentRare FM is primarily a music station, which in past tended to focus on indie/alternative music. However, in recent years this focus has dwindled and a diversity of genres and interests is now widely catered to. Shows specialising in Funk, Soul, Disco, Jazz, Blues, House, Electro, Hip hop, DnB, Dubstep, Grime, Psytrance, Dancehall and Reggae all now feature on a schedule that of 2008 amasses over 130 DJs with a vast variety of tastes. Rare FM also broadcasts the weekly Student Radio Association chart show each Sunday. BroadcastsBroadcasts in 2020Rare FM for the first time since its formation, changed broadcast location, choosing to broadcast from presenter's homes through Mixlr whilst the UK continued to inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The station now hosts 90 different shows with over 150 current members. 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