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 studios 12 months ago, the furniture in our new home was only meant to be temporary and our engineers have spent the Summer ripping our old studio out and replacing it with brand new equipment.

All the gadgets and technology inside makes us comparable to any other station out there and truly cements us as ‘Birmingham’s Favourite Student Station’. We’ve got a brand new sound and a brand new image to move into the new academic year and we really are your one stop shop for EVERYTHING from daytime chart music through to our evening and weekend specialist output.

Whether you love Olly Murs or Wretch 32, or if you’re more a fan of Reggae, Dub Step or Jazz - there’s a home for you on Scratch. We’ll keep you up to date on student life, and if you have a topic you want to talk about then let us know!

Keep your eyes peeled for a couple of amazing competitions over Freshers too. With tickets to all the big events to give away, you’d be silly not to keep listening if you can’t get some last minute!

All in all, Scratch is the place to keep your ears glued to for your time at BCU. Have a brilliant 3 years here and we hope to talk to you soon!

Scratch x

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 not just for fun though, Raw on Tour is all about raising as much money as possible for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, whose work is invaluable in helping to save countless lives which otherwise might be taken by cancer.

Check out the audio from the whistle-stop visit to Scratch earlier today above, or head to www.rawontour.co.uk to find out more and donate!

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!

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 shows. Head over to the website and check out the ‘Shows and DJs’ pages.

You can also find tracklistings for our specialist shows on their pages. Take a look at the schedule to find out what’s on when!

Listen online to Scratch Radio

You may not have seen the brand new Listen Live Player online now! You’ll see something like this, where you can listen live to Scratch and see what’s happening in the studio (albeit just and arm or two).

Now you can also have your say in what gets played on Scratch! You can vote on some of the latest releases on the homepage now and let us know if you like or dislike the latest tunes.

Having trouble listening? Make sure you check out the Listen Live Help pages where you can find plenty of tips and advice on how to you can listen to Scratch.

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 from our stand outside the studio in the Students’ Union! The line-up is looking something like this…

Friday 18th June

10.00-12.00  Dan Richards and Kash
12.00-14.00  Carl and James
14.00-16.00  Rich Williams
16.00-18.00  The No Signal Rock Show

Saturday 19th June

10.00-12.00  Rich Skelding
12.00-14.00  Tom Williams
14.00-18.00  Paul Hadsley

If you’re coming down do pop over and see what we’re all about. But no-fear if you’re not on campus, you can listen to all the special shows live online!

Make sure you’re tuned in to Scratch Radio this weekend - www.scratchradio.co.uk

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 Electronic Afternoon with Stu Robinson
20:00 - 22:00  The Management with Christian, Robert and Ally

Make sure you’re listening throughout the week to our brand new shows only on Scratch Radio!

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. It’s your chance to keep up to date with everything exciting that’s happening here at Scratch. We’re going to be bringing you behind the scenes loveliness, information about our news shows and lineup changes as well as everything you need to know about upcoming Scratch events.

Watch out very soon for our Presenter Bio posts, which are going to give you the chance to get to know all the Scratch presenters that little bit better.

So, make sure you check back very soon! Or, if you’re a bit tech savvy, you can follow us on Tumblr. or subscribe to our RSS Feed.

(Ps. all our posts will show up on our Facebook page, so why not Like us on there!)