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.

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 Bloodstock festival and will be bringing you all the highlights when he gets back!

It’s not just rock and metal that we’re covering though, it was revealed the other week that our very own Ben Stones will be popping along to this year’s sold out V Festival in Weston Park. He’s going to attempt to chat to a few of the big names on the lineup.

You can keep up with news, interviews and pictures from all the festivals we’re covering on Facebook, Twitter and the blog. We’ll also be bringing you all the festival highlights throughout Freshers in September!

It’s not just our festival coverage that’s exciting at the moment, our studio move is now well underway. Whilst we will be off air for a short period of time, this means we can move all our equipment and (carefully) attempt to put together the new studio in time for September.

In other news, for those of you who have recently logged onto the website, you may have noticed that we’ve managed to fix both the webcam and our streaming! We locked Ben in the studio until he fixed everything and he managed to get our webcam going. You can now log onto the website and see live pictures from our studio (or Scratch Studio 1 as it’s lovingly known).

Radio geeks out there will also be pleased to hear that we have now moved over to Shoutcast streaming technologies, which means for those who haven’t been able to connect to our stream before should now be able to listen! All you have to do is log onto the website and click ‘Listen Live’, which will launch our all new listen live player.

So, if that’s not enough exciting news for you then I don’t know what is! Stay tuned to our Facebook page for updates on the new studio, new website and plans for Freshers, in the meantime look out for festival updates right here on the Scratch Blog.