Affiliations

RED, as it is called in short, is part of the University of Essex Media Guild, along with newspaper The Rabbit and television station SX:TV.
RED is a member of the Student Radio Association

Student Radio Association

The Student Radio Association is a representative body which supports and acts on behalf of the UK student radio community, comprising radio stations that are associated with or linked to a place of education...

 (SRA), and was nominated for best show in November 2007.

History

The station was originally called University Radio Essex

University Radio Essex

University Radio Essex is a campus radio station at the University of Essex serving Wivenhoe Park in Colchester. It was one of the original University radio stations in the United Kingdom and with the other pioneering campus radio stations at York, Brunel, Loughborough, Sussex, Surrey the door was...

 (URE), and was founded in 1971, making it one of the first student radio stations in the UK. It was renamed "RED AM 1404" in 2001 (by the station committee) but given that it transmits on 1404AM/MW, it was officially renamed to "RED - 1404 AM" in 2007.

The station originally had three studios, and in 1998 transmitted on FM for a month, this number was reduced to two in 2004, and then to only one, renovated in 2007.

RED organises many events throughout term, including "The End": a BYOB

BYOB

BYOB is an acronym most commonly meant to stand for "bring your own bottle", "bring your own booze" "bring your own bucket" or "bring your own beer"....

 and live music semi "rave", that occupies all 3 of the main squares of the University of Essex

University of Essex

The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...

.

Red Radio broadcasts during term time across the university campus and parts of Colchester

Colchester

Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...

 on 1404AM/MW and over the internet. It was one of the first student radio stations in the UK to be licenced to broadcast on LPAM (instead of induction loops). It runs solely on the voluntary efforts of students, who dedicate their free time to keep it running, and the efforts of a part time Station Manager, appointed by the University of Essex Students' Union. The decision to appoint a Station Manager was part of a process to have the UoE SU's Media Heads all be paid.

The station had a partial rebranding again in 2008 to overcome the problems with students not knowing what 'RED' was. The idea was to "bring it into age", droppign the 1404am and promoting the online aspects of the station, by marketing with the name and logo of 'RED Radio'.

Year	Station Manager	Programme Controller	Other Members
1999/2001	Marina Lois	?	Mary Sweeney, Nik Young, Alison-Jayne Barker, Edward Rustioni, Daniel Sands, Rumi Josephs, Dan Burn, Rebecca Brice, Catriona Clark, Andy Freeburn, Matt Anthony, Stephen Dyson, Andy Webb, Paul Smith, James Emery, Joseph Jones, Emma Critchley
2003/2004	Andy Colborn	Andy Steavenson (daytime), Joelle King (weekends), Greg Bradley (specialist)	Emma Palmer, Nicola Hall, Reuben ?
2004/2005	Emma Palmer	?	?
2006/07	Joseph Blenkinsop	?	Edouard Raffour
2007/08	Margarida Santos Silva	Catherine Holdstock, Samantha Anderson	Michael Crispin, Jeremy Halford, Daniel Hewlett
2008	David Johnson (June - November 2008)	?	?
2008/09	Michael Crispin (December 2008 - June 2009)	?	Vicky Samways, Gemma Fiander, Richard Moger, Jonny Allen, Freddie Supple
2009/10	Daniel Lear	Daniel M Gleghorn	Ed Aldridge, Edward Brereton, Chazz Atkins
2010/11	Laurence Langan	Daniel M Gleghorn	Jevon Harper