September 2011
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Freshers '11... What? Now?!
Every year, the whole University gears up for another intake of students. As one lot of third years pile out clutching bits of paper, another eager bunch of first years join BCU and the fun starts all over again!
Freshers ‘11 has been in Scratch pipeline for months and we’ve had a revamp to end all revamps to make sure we’re 100% ready to make it an event to remember! When we moved...
April 2011
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Last week Scratch were the featured student radio...
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March 2011
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We Love Brum: 'Moody Cow' Review
What’s On presenter Sammy Brough reports on the ‘Moody Cow’ fashion show from Cow Vintage last week…
On Tuesday night a square of bright light spilled from the new Cow Vintage Store into bus-filled Corporation Street. It was enough to show that something very exciting was happening inside.
Drawn in like moths, guests were greeted with a delicious table of wine, juice and...
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Committee Election Results
Thank you to everyone that came along to the committee elections tonight! For the next year the following people are going to be in charge of your station…
Station Manager Internal - Conor Fitzhenry Station Manager External - Kevin Moore
Assistant Station Manager Internal - Ben Stones Assistant Station Manager External - Dan Richards
Head of Brand External - James Gregory
Programme...
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We Love Brum: 'Moody Cow' comes to Cow Vintage
A catwalk with a twist is coming to the new Cow Vintage store this week!
The We Love Brum team caught up with one of the organisers, Elca Jeffers, to find out just will make this night special.
The ‘Moody Cow’ event is all about trends for Spring/Summer 2011, and the fashionistas will be on hand to give guests personal styling tips “for every MOOD”.
If you fancy joining them for a nibble...
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Interview : The Naked & Famous
Last week Conor Fitzhenry and Wil Vincent went down to the O2 Academy to chat to amazing new band The Naked and Famous, to see how their finding the UK and chat about their tour and debut album!
Coming from New Zealand, the band is breaking the UK with hits such as Young Blood and Punching In a Dream. Their success has been helped along by being ranked on the BBC’s ‘Sound of...
February 2011
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We Love Brum: Stanley Blacks Interview
This week Scratch’s We Love Brum team got to chat to up and coming band, the Stanley Blacks, ahead of their gig at Birmingham’s Glee Club on Tuesday 22nd Feb.
Find out more about the band on their MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thestanleyblacks
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RaW on Tour visit Scratch
The guys from RaW on Tour stopped by the Scratch studios as part of their mammoth journey visiting every single student station in the country…
The challenge is to visit all 52 student radio stations in the country, so Scratch had to be on the list. Earlier today the RaW crew were welcomed into the BCU bosom by Ben Stones - he even managed to slip a quick PPPOTW in there!
It’s...
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SRA Chart Show Vlogs
Last Sunday it was our turn to host the National Student Radio Chart Show! Ben & Dan were live across the nation for two hours, and managed to vlog their way through the day…
Their chart show antics are up online now on our Vimeo page or you can watch the first installement below!
November 2010
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Hello Listener Types!
A few words from Programme Controller, Dan Richards:
It’s been a funny old few weeks at Scratch. We moved studios just before the new term started, and it’s been a bit hectic trying to sort that side of things out and get all the freshers excited about the station. The studio is all but finished, hence being on the air again, but still needs a little bit of TLC to get it to where...
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NEWS : Forever 21 Launch
With the first Forever 21 store in Europe opening in the Bullring, Conor Fitzhenry and Perri Ross went down to talk to the Marketing Manager and Vice-President about how the shop is different to all the other high street clothing retailers.
They also spoke to the new face of Forever 21, Amber Le Bon, to see what her thoughts were on the shop and how successful it would be over in the UK.
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The Charlatans : Interview
Adrian Percival and Conor Fitzhenry went down to the O2 Academy Birmingham on the last date of the Charlatans tour to catch up with Tim Burgess and Mark Collins to see how the tour went and what is next for the band.
Are you a massive Charlatans fan? Were you there? Get in touch and let us know!
October 2010
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What's new online?
Whilst it’s been a while, Scratch is back for good on Monday! And there’s plenty to keep you going online…
In-case you’ve not seen the revamped website, there’s plenty to explore over there - just head over to www.scratchradio.co.uk!
Right now all our presenters are updating their brand new show pages with all sorts of exciting stuff about themselves and their...
Freshers '10 : What Next?
So Freshers week has come and gone and what’s left are only clichés. Terms such as “knuckling down”, “getting down to it” and “I am the king of radio” are bandied about at this beginning stage of the academic year.
(Well, obviously not the last one - I think that’s just me.)
Freshers Fair was, as predicted on this very blog by this very blogger, its usual collection of high-paced hustle and...
September 2010
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Scratch Radio, Freshers Fair and YOU!
What’s Freshers Fair? What’s Scratch Radio? Where do I go on Wednesday the 22nd September? Who am I? What year is it? Who is the president?
Station Manager, Paul Hadsley, gives his usual witty rundown of events to come.
You might be coming to the City North Campus armed with all these questions and more, but for the most part the most important thing to remember is that the Freshers Fair is all...
August 2010
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V Festival 2010 : Alex Gardner
Backstage at this year’s V Festival, Ben Stones managed to catch up with Scottish pop-sensation Alex Gardner. You can hear the full interview on Scratch Radio during Freshers, but for now here’s a taster of what’s to come.
Scratch Radio has been out and about throughout the summer, you can hear the highlights of our antics when we’re back on air in September.
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V Festival 2010 : Part 2
The afternoon sunshine has stuck around into the evening here at Weston Park, for the finale of V Festival 2010. After the antics of earlier, I’ve braved the portaloos - admittedly the ones backstage - and had chance to catch a few more acts this evening. At the moment, I’m sat watching Florence and the Machine as Miss Welch has just taken to the 4Music stage ahead of David Guetta -...
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V Festival 2010 : Part 1
Manoeuvre your way through the cue for the portaloos, around the discarded waterproofs and wellies and past the gazillion tempting food stalls, and you’ll find V Festival 2010. It’s day two here at Weston Park, about half an our way from Perry Barcelona, and after yesterday’s sodden mess today’s sunnier climes are making a massive difference to the mood on site. Chatting to...
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Exciting News! August 2010
Ok, so it’s been a while since our last blog but this one is uber exciting so it’s all ok.
For those of you not up on Scratch festival news, a few weeks ago our very own Wil Vincent managed to get into Sonisphere Festival and got to chat to quite a few well known acts from the lineup. Well, in case you missed the Facebook update, this weekend Rich Skelding has made his way into...
July 2010
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Sonisphere: Europe Extended Interview
Scratch Radio’s Wil Vincent has made his way to this year’s Sonisphere Festival where he’s caught up with legendary Swedish heavy-metal band Europe…
Q: You played Bloodstock Festival last year, and you said people were surprised to see that you’re a lot heavier than they thought, does this happen often? A: Yeah, everyone seems to attach us to “The Final Countdown”, and we...
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Sonisphere: Day 1 Report
Good Afternoon all!
Despite the ever present threat of rain, all is good here at Knebworth! The live music is due to start within the next hour or so, and there is a great evening of entertainment lined up for the 30,000 campers to enjoy.
Delain will be opening up the festivities at 5pm this evening, but not before a World Record Attempt, to get as many people as possible to do the Time Warp....
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We're moving! (well, not very far)
It’s exciting times at Scratch towers! After months (possible exaggeration) of waiting and building excitement, we’ve been given the news that over the summer we’re moving! Cheers and celebration all round, I hear.
Today brought an announcement from BCSU that Level 2 of the Students’ Union Building on City North Campus is set for a total revamp over the summer. The good...
June 2010
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BCU Open Day Specials
This Friday and Saturday sees Birmingham City University open it’s doors to prospective new students. If you’re popping down we’re going to be out and about on campus all day, do say “Hi” if you see Dan wandering around in his yet to be announced fancy-dress outfit.
As well as wandering around and generally making fools of ourselves, we’ll me broadcasting live...
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Tom Williams Exclusive Interview
Tom Williams - Scratch Blog Interview by Scratch Radio
Our very own Dan Richards has caught up with new Scratch presenter, Tom Williams, to find out how he’s getting on!
Hear what Tom’s got to say for himself above; Dan finds out all about Tom’s show, what you can expect to hear and how you can get in touch!
You can also download the interview so you can listen on the go,...
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Scratch Bi-Election Results
The bi-election has taken place and the results are in - get ready with the X-Factor voice…
Station Manager (External) - Paul Hadsley
Assistant Station Manager (External) - Kevin Moore
Head of News and Sport (Internal) - Conor Fitzhenry
Head of News and Sport (External) - Kate Single
Head of Promotions (Internal) - James Gregory
Non-Portfolio (Internal) - Kash Prateek
Head of New...
May 2010
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Against The Cuts: Scratch Special - Listen Again
Say No To Cuts! by brummydan
You can listen again to the special show from last week online now. All you need to do is click the big orange play button on the player above and you can hear the highlights - well, the full show just without the music.
If you want to listen to us on the go or in your choice of media player you can also download the whole show, all you need to do is click the...
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Brum Music Month: Brian Travers Interview
Brian Travers Interview by brummydan
Whilst this year’s Birmingham Music Month may be coming to an end, the music scene in and around the city doesn’t. At the beginning of the month, Scratch’s very own Dan Richards managed to grab Birmingham-based Brian Travers - from UB40 - for a chat about the month, the Birmingham music scene and what Brum music means to the band.
You can...
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Against The Cuts: Scratch Special
In response to the university-wide funding cuts and the extensive £1.4million cuts to the Faculty of PME announced this week, Scratch Radio is bringing you two hours of live discussion and debate this Friday from 2pm.
Join Dan Richards and representatives of the student-body and Students’ Union to air your opinions and get an idea of the impact of the vast cuts proposed. We’re also...
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Presenter Bio #2: Dan Richards
The next Scratch presenter facing the blog questions is Dan Richards - he’s Head of Internet Communications on the Scratch committee and presents his own show every week. Here’s all you need to know about Mr. Richards…
If you’ve got a question for any of the Scratch presenters, why join write on our Facebook Page or tweet us @scratchradio
Name: Dan Age: 24!! Old man!!...
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The Electronic Afternoon with Stu Robinson |...
Stu Robinson - Scratch Blog Interview by BennSt
I caught up with Stu after his very first show on Scratch Radio, The Electronic Afternoon, to find out how it went and what we can expect to hear from the coming weeks.
You can hear Stu every Friday 4-6pm or join him on Facebook by searching for ‘The Electronic Afternoon with Stu Robinson’.
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Presenter Bio #1: Shaggy
In the first of our series of presenter biographies we sent a few questions to Scratch Radio’s very own Shaggy Marchant so you can get to know him that little bit better. As the Assistant Station Manager of Scratch, we thought he’d be the perfect candidate to get us started on the brand new blog. Name: Matt “Shaggy” Marchant Age: 22 Hometown: Northampton
Uni Course/Year:...
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We've got new shows...
Starting this week, we’ve got some brand new shows to add to the ever growing Scratch lineup!
Tuesdays
10:00 - 12:00 Breakfast with James and Rocky 17:00 - 18:00 The Underrated Program with Adrian Percival 18:00 - 20:00 Tuesday Rocks! With Wil Vincent
Wednesday
10:00 - 12:00 Breakfast with Tom Williams
Thursday
20:00 - 22:00 Britbeats with Pete Faizey
Friday
16:00 - 18:00 The...
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Welcome!
Yes indeed, welcome to the brand spanking new Scratch Blog.
Last week saw the Scratch Relaunch bring you a whole new lineup, fantastic new website and a full day of programming. Now to add to the new Scratch look, we’ve decided to start the Scratch Blog. (If you think you can come up with a more catchy title, feel free to drop us an email.)
We’ve got big plans for the new blog....