Junction11

Junction11 is the student radio station for The University of Reading. Its tag-line is "Get Turned On!". The station celebrated its 10th year of broadcasting and re-launched its website [http://www.rusu.co.uk/junction11] in 2008.

The History of Junction 11

Junction11 was created in the late 1990s. The station was named for the nearby M4 interchange, and it operated out of two rooms at the Students' Union Bulmershe office. Initially broadcasting by induction loop to Mojo's Bar and Café Mondial on the separate but nearby Whiteknights Campus, broadcasting was later extended to Breeze Bar (then 'Kata Kiu' or 'Legends').

In 2000 permission was granted to install an AM transmitter on the Whiteknights Campus in the RUSU car park. 1287AM transmissions went live on Monday 21st May 2001.

In 2002, the entire station was moved to the old NUS Southeast Area office in the Students' Union building on Whiteknights campus, allowing students to take part without the 30min walk to Bulmershe. Programme hours were extended from 12pm-12am to 9am-1am.

Significant spending on IT equipment in 2002/2003 led to online streaming, and pioneering work was made to make previous shows available online. Later that year, in October, the station won two Student Radio Awards (SRA) - 'Best Male' for Joff Hopkins, and 'Technical Innovation' for the IT Team headed up by Oliver Stirling.Fact|date=May 2008

In 2004, Junction11 brought their overnight sustaining service in-house, taking over from national network SBN. 'Jukebox Junction' plays tracks from the Junction11 Playlist and, since 2006, accepts requests via SMS text message.

In 2008, Junction11 gained a new server, new software and a new website. This came as a result from integrating the Tech side of Junction11 with RUSU members.

Notable Alumni

Marina Lois - went on to head up SBN (the Student Broadcast Network), which provided UK students stations with syndicated music and news until its closure in 2004.

Srdjana Janosevic - now works for the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation.

Simon Hugo - is now editor of the official Torchwood magazine and senior editor of the official Star Wars and Star Trek magazines.

Joff Hopkins - won a Student Radio Award in 2003 for 'Best Male', and with Oliver Stirling led the station to an award for 'Technical Innovation'. He is now a regular fixture on Reading 107FM.

Links

The University of Reading

External links

* [http://www.rusu.co.uk/junction11 Junction11 Official Website]