area worldwide online southampton fm limited slogan your student soundtrack frequency 87.7 fm limited first air date february 1976 february 1976 format student radio internet radio language s english callsign meaning acronym for southampton university radio from glen eyre former callsigns radio heffalump 1976 1977 radio glen 1977 2000 former frequencies 1287 am 1999 2010 affiliations uk student radio association owner southampton university students union website www.surgeradio.co.uk surge also known as surge radio is an english student radio station based at the university of southampton . founded in 1976 as radio heffalump the station was renamed radio glen the following year and originally broadcast from the university s glen eyre halls complex . the station was rebranded as surge in 2001 and in 2005 was relocated to highfield campus . surge is now owned and funded by the university of southampton students union and celebrated its 40th birthday in february 2016 . contents 1 history 2 committee members 3 student radio awards 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit surge radio began broadcasting in the autumn term of 1976 as a pirate station before it was agreed in march 1977 to form a legal radio station at glen eyre . 1 the station was founded as radio glen and initially broadcast from a studio in glen eyre f block transmitting on am by means of induction loop systems installed on building rooftops on 963 and later on 1602 khz . the early 1980s brought major developments including the station s first regular service of student news a consistent programme schedule the construction of a second studio and new music library refurbishment of the main studio with cartridge machines and a new student built mixer and a sung jingle package . the station relocated to larger premises in new terrace in 1998 . 2 in 2000 the station began broadcasting on 1287am having before only reached glen eyre tenants and in 2001 it commenced fm transmissions for one week per year . 2 also in 2001 radio glen was renamed surge which initially stood for southampton university radio from glen eyre . in 2003 the station won its first student radio award awarded by the uk student radio association station webmaster nicholas humfrey picked up the technical innovation award for his total request system while the website was awarded silver in the website of the year category . 3 surge news was founded in february 2004 by james laidler 4 and in 2005 won first place in the sra news & talk category with nick bevan picking up surge s third award for newcomer of the year . 5 in june 2005 surge successfully received funding of 25 000 from susu for construction of a new studio which was completed and launched in october . 6 in april 2006 the station hosted the student radio conference and in june hosted the bbc 6 music breakfast show with phill jupitus . 7 surge picked up an award for best entertainment show in november 2006 when nick bevan thomas morgan and zander bell won with the nick & mogs show . 8 in the 2011 student radio awards surge s technical manager ben morton received two nominations for the station both in the category of best technical achievement ; 9 he won the silver award at the ceremony for his work on the surge facebook application . committee members edit surge is run on a day to day basis by the committee of fourteen members elected at the agm . they are all students at the university . toby leveson and georgia rytina currently lead the committee as station manager and assistant station manager respectively . the committee is also joined in the running of the station by the student union s vice president for democracy and creative industries currently cameron meldrum who oversees their work as executive station manager . the remaining members of the surge radio committee for 2015 are as follows role member programme controller polly marquis head of music xavier voigt hill head of technical patrik toobe head of marketing ashley marshall head of station sound andrew mulligan head of news katie duke head of design brandon mulliner head of events ben franklin head of sport harry moore head of features hassan bashir student radio awards edit year nominated work category award notes ref . 2003 total request system technical innovation award gold awarded to nicholas humfrey 3 10 surgeradio.co.uk website of the year silver awarded to sven latham and nicholas humfrey matty in the morning best entertainment show nominated matt treacy and charlotte scarbourgh 10 11 2004 nicholas humfrey best technical achievement silver 11 12 university swap best news and talk nominated matt treacy and val mellon matt treacy best male nominated surge station of the year nominated 2005 nick bevan newcomer of the year gold 5 13 surge news news & talk gold alex duffy best male nominated 11 13 surge mobile phone request system best technical achievement nominated nicholas humfrey surge best off air promotion and imaging nominated 2006 the nick & mogs show best entertainment show gold awarded to nick bevan thomas morgan and zander bell 8 11 elections night live best live event outside broadcast bronze surge newsweek best journalistic programme bronze awarded to james laidler and kate jowett surge best technical innovation nominated 11 2007 surge newsweek best journalistic programming silver 14 15 surgeradio.co.uk best technical innovation silver surge best marketing & branding silver joint award 2008 the student soundtrack best entertainment nominated 11 2009 surgecart and podcast generator best technical achievement bronze awarded to jason allen 16 kate harrington and jason allen best student radio chart show nominated 17 surge newsweek best journalistic programming nominated 2010 surge newsweek best journalistic programming nominated 11 2011 total request facebook application best technical achievement silver awarded to ben morton 18 outside broadcast system best technical achievement nominated 2012 emma real davies best female nominated 19 2013 emma real davies best female bronze 19 2014 emma real davies best female nominated 20 surge best marketing & station sound nominated joint award 20 surge s online redevelopment best technical achievement nominated awarded to ben morton 20 2015 toby leveson best newcomer nominated 21 48 hour marathon best live event or outside broadcast nominated 21 see also edit student radio association susutv wessex scene references edit radio heffalump . station history . surge . retrieved 22 august 2011 . a b station history . about surge . surge . retrieved 22 august 2011 . a b who won what . student radio awards . uk student radio association . 24 november 2003 . archived from the original on 23 december 2003 . retrieved 22 august 2011 . 2003 2004 year book . station history . surge . retrieved 22 august 2011 . a b 2005 winners . student radio awards . uk student radio association . archived from the original on 28 september 2007 . retrieved 22 august 2011 . 2005 2006 year book pdf . station history . surge . retrieved 22 august 2011 . 2006 2007 year book . station history . surge . retrieved 22 august 2011 . a b 2006 winners . student radio awards . uk student radio association . archived from the original on 28 september 2007 . retrieved 22 august 2011 . 2011 student radio awards nominations announced . uk student radio association . 11 october 2011 . retrieved 3 november 2011 . a b surge ing ahead . wessex scene . 25 november 2003 . retrieved 16 august 2013 . a b c d e f g award winning radio station . surge . retrieved 16 august 2013 . fewell laura 23 november 2004 . surge scoops . wessex scene . retrieved 16 august 2013 . a b fewell laura 13 december 2005 . surging to victory . wessex scene . retrieved 16 august 2013 . 2007 winners . student radio awards . uk student radio association . archived from the original on 19 december 2007 . retrieved 22 august 2011 . hornsby liam 7 december 2007 . success for surge . wessex scene . retrieved 16 august 2013 . mark farrington 25 november 2009 . student radio awards winners announced . uk student radio association . retrieved 22 august 2011 . bradman carla 17 november 2009 . diary . wessex scene . retrieved 16 august 2013 . palser thom 11 october 2011 . 2011 student radio awards nominations announced . student radio association . retrieved 16 august 2013 . a b bradshaw emma 8 october 2012 . and the nominations are ... . student radio association . retrieved 8 october 2012 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name sra awards nominations 2012 defined multiple times with different content see the help page . a b c manton stu 5 may 2014 . and the winners are ... . student radio association . retrieved 10 november 2014 . a b the nominations for the student radio awards 2015 are in . student radio association . 7 october 2015 . retrieved 6 november 2015 . external links edit official website surge university of southampton at the student radio association . v t e student radio in the united 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