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 it should be.

We finally moved into our new media centre space last week (affectionately known as “the office”) which we share with Tiger TV and Spaghetti Junction. It’s pretty cool having us al in one place - and as soon as the others get settled int then it’s your one stop shop for student media at BCU. If you want us to do record, film or write something about or for you, or you want to join one of the groups yourself then stick your head round the door and say hi! It’s just next to our studio on level 2, opposite Lounge North.

We’re getting a good selection of shows in the schedule, from daytime chart output packed full of features and competitions right down to the less talk, more music specialist shows - Scratch Niche. Here you’ll find every conceivable genre of music to get your head around, from indie and rock to live sessions and from comedy to the Official Flirt! warm up on Saturdays whilst you’re getting dressed up. We also welcome our newest addition - Solaris International. This worldwide brand gives us 2 hours of progressive house and trance to wind down to and is well worth a listen.

Also, we’ve set up the all new Scratch Crew and have tickets to Arcade fire and hopefully Pendulum to give away in the coming weeks, as well as free tickets to all the SU nights every week - if you don’t listen, you can’t win! So make sure you’re tuned to us and dancing your heart out to the songs you love each week!

Dan x