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Cam FM (formerly known as Cambridge University Radio and later CUR1350) is a student-run radio station at the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University. The station broadcasts on an FM frequency of 97.2 MHz and online. It currently broadcasts from Fitzwilliam College and Anglia Ruskin University after spending its first 32 years located in Churchill College. Cam FM used to hold the world record for the longest team broadcast marathon, at 76 hours.〔( DJs take a spin at world record )〕 In 2009, Cam FM was awarded an FM Community Licence by UK Broadcasting Regulator OFCOM. The station, then known at CUR1350, took on its current name and launched its FM service in October 2010. The station is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin Student Radio Ltd, which is also the FM license holder. Cam FM disaffiliated from the Student Radio Association in 2015,〔( SRA Members. Student Radio Association. Retrieved on 2015-10-18. )〕 despite once winning Best Station at the Association's Student Radio Awards 2007 as CUR1350.〔( Student Radio Awards - 2007 - Winners. Student Radio Association. Retrieved on 2008-06-16. )〕 ==History== In early 1979, the student-run ''Cambridge University Broadcasting Society'' founded a radio station which was granted permission to install induction loops around the Cambridge colleges of Churchill and later New Hall, allowing residents to listen to Cambridge University Radio (as it was then known) over a short-range, mono, mediumwave broadcast. The station subsequently became ''CUR945''. Despite successfully applying for a number of short-term FM licenses, CUR lacked a way of continuously broadcasting to the University's students, and so struggled to achieve widespread popularity. The explosive growth of the Internet, along with many colleges installing high-speed Ethernet connections in student rooms, prompted the station to launch a simultaneous webcast in 1998. This allowed students from throughout the University to listen whenever they were near a computer. In 2004, the internet audio webcasts were upgraded, and in 2005 an enhanced online player was launched. Additionally, in 2002 the station successfully applied for a long-term, low-powered AM license〔( Ofcom Long-term RSL Licencees. Retrieved on 14/06/08 )〕 Broadcasting on 1350 kHz, the station was then known as CUR1350. In 2006, CUR1350 launched a project to install a cable service to multiple sites across the University of Cambridge and ARU. Dubbed "CURintheBAR" the station is distributed via the universities' LAN network to receiving units positioned in student bars and cafes where it is relayed over loudspeakers. In March 2009, the station was granted an FM Community Radio Licence by the UK regulator Ofcom, to become the only FM radio station targeting members of Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University. Regular programmes from the rebranded ''Cam FM'' began on the new frequency of 97.2 FM in October 2010.〔(Ofcom Radio Broadcast Update October 2010. )〕 Cam FM is financially self-sufficient via on-air and on-line advertising and yearly membership fees. Profits are invested back into the station to improve the service for listeners and the experience for station members. The station receives no funding from either university or any student union.〔( University of Cambridge Societies Guide. Retrieved on 14/06/08 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cam FM」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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