DCUFM

one a the lads like !

Whats the story here lads?
A radio station that isn't on the radio even.
Has anyone managed to listen to any of the programmes?

I know a few lads involved in certain shows and even they admit its a joke of a situation.

Diarmsquid

one a the lads like ! wrote: »

Whats the story here lads?
A radio station that isn't on the radio even.
Has anyone managed to listen to any of the programmes?

I know a few lads involved in certain shows and even they admit its a joke of a situation.

You can listen to it at www.dcufm.com (which was just awarded best website at the BICS, so best student society website in Ireland). It's on 24/7.

It's certainly not a joke, it has come on loads from previous years. The quality of the programming is fantastic, and has been commeded by everyone who listens to it including national broadcasters. It also has four nominations in the Smedias coming up soon.
It's a college radio station run by amateur students who volunteer, run on a tiny budget. Have a look around and tell me where you'd get more passion and dedication among members.

Urizen

Yeah, it's actually quite good. No idea what you're on about.

I'd also point out, two post account created today. Not saying that it's suspicious...

DCUfm

Mr.S wrote: »

How come they don't play music over the speakers outside anymore, like they did at the start of the year? Was cool walking around campus hearing music in the background:)

Unfortunately, that was just for the start of the year. Lecturers and exam coordinators didn't really appreciate it.

The reason that DCUfm is not available on fm has been aired quite frequently in the College View and on here. I'll say it again for the OP's benefit. The DCUfm studio, in the Hub, is not wheelchair accessible. This is contrary to the most basic of the BAI's requirements to get a 5 year institutional licence. The management of DCUfm are still working with college officials to get this rectified. But, until such time as DCUfm is available on the fm band you can listen online at DCUfm.com, as Diarmsquid said.

g5fd6ow0hseima

DCUfm wrote: »

Unfortunately, that was just for the start of the year. Lecturers and exam coordinators didn't really appreciate it.

The reason that DCUfm is not available on fm has been aired quite frequently in the College View and on here. I'll say it again for the OP's benefit. The DCUfm studio, in the Hub, is not wheelchair accessible. This is contrary to the most basic of the BAI's requirements to get a 5 year institutional licence. The management of DCUfm are still working with college officials to get this rectified. But, until such time as DCUfm is available on the fm band you can listen online at DCUfm.com, as Diarmsquid said.

whats the music like on it? Is 2 minutes to metal still going? anytihng other than pop or indie played on it?

JennaJameson

Check out the schedule on the website, there are dedicated metal shows, and plenty of non-indie music on it.

robby^5

Mr.S wrote: »

How come they don't play music over the speakers outside anymore, like they did at the start of the year? Was cool walking around campus hearing music in the background:)

Because it was annoying and because the music was dreadful.

Nekro Man

Archer Careful Gorilla wrote: »

whats the music like on it? Is 2 minutes to metal still going? anytihng other than pop or indie played on it?

There is ONE dedicated metal show, The Metal Module on monday from 9-10

Benny Lava

one a the lads like ! wrote: »

Whats the story here lads?

I DUNNO, LIKE.

g5fd6ow0hseima

JennaJameson wrote: »

Check out the schedule on the website, there are dedicated metal shows, and plenty of non-indie music on it.

any techno or hip-hop?

EDIT: just seen 'techno thursday'

one a the lads like !

Benny Lava, youd hardly be refering to a reputable saying around larkfield?

Yes i've heard of these rewards. Baffles me really how a "radio" station that isnt even on the radio can get rewards.

Benny Lava

Personally, I think DCUfm has some good shows (especially Action Replay). Also, some of the presenters were nominated for Smedias, so clearly they're doing something right!

Urizen

one a the lads like ! wrote: »

Yes i've heard of these rewards. Baffles me really how a "radio" station that isnt even on the radio can get rewards.

Because their website is excellent. Hence 'Best Website'. Seriously mate, debates tend to work better when you have a slight clue what you're on about.

tvservices

one a the lads like ! wrote: »

Yes i've heard of these rewards. Baffles me really how a "radio" station that isnt even on the radio can get rewards.

It's actually 'awards' and not 'rewards'. DCUfm are not bounty hunters, although they may start with people like you.

g5fd6ow0hseima

Urizen wrote: »

Because their website is excellent.

I dont take much interest in DCUfm at all (should it even be called DCUfm?), but anyways - why should a website be taken into account when awarding a radio station? Surely it should be solely about the quality of their broadcasting.

tvservices

Archer Careful Gorilla wrote: »

I dont take much interest in DCUfm at all (should it even be called DCUfm?), but anyways - why should a website be taken into account when awarding a radio station? Surely it should be solely about the quality of their broadcasting.

Well actually they are nominated for 4 smedia awards (which the ceremony for takes place this wednesday) which are solely for quality of broadcasting.
Isn't Information a wonderful thing?

robynk18

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haha!!

DCUfm is deffo not something to be slagged in my opinion. Over 100 students work really hard to make it great and to gain experience and many have been rewarded for this, especially this year. I think ' one a the lads' or whatever your username is, you should volunteer this year and see how good it is

Urizen

Well, this thread degraded fast. OP, you could've at least saved face instead or resorting to that.

That said, you obviously only started that account to troll, considering you've broken the charter at least twice now. So do whatever till the mods get on.

g5fd6ow0hseima

robynk18 wrote: »

haha!!

DCUfm is deffo not something to be slagged in my opinion. Over 100 students work really hard to make it great and to gain experience and many have been rewarded for this, especially this year. I think ' one a the lads' or whatever your username is, you should volunteer this year and see how good it is

Maybe to you it is. to your average DCU student they simply couldnt give a ****e.

But in fairness how do you expect students to just go and stream it on their laptops? It is a tough one I will agree.

I assume the idea of putting speakers around campus was obviously toyed about with? It's a hard one to market

gizmo

*sigh*

Try to keep it on topic and without the stupid comments folks.

EDIT: one a the lads like! has now been banned due to excessive trolling.

Radio Gaga

Archer Careful Gorilla wrote: »

Maybe to you it is. to your average DCU student they simply couldnt give a ****e.

But in fairness how do you expect students to just go and stream it on their laptops? It is a tough one I will agree.

I assume the idea of putting speakers around campus was obviously toyed about with? It's a hard one to market

I often listen in on my laptop. all you have to do is go ont o the DCUfm website. its not that hard!

g5fd6ow0hseima

yeah its as simple a process there is, but im on about your average DCU student being arsed to go and do it..

DCUfm

Archer Careful Gorilla wrote: »

yeah its as simple a process there is, but im on about your average DCU student being arsed to go and do it..

You have a point there. It's difficult to get students interested when we only webcast. We are going to try to work with the college and the union to make sure we can apply for a 5 year institutional licence as soon as is humanly possible.

Any suggestions for combating the average student's apathy would be more than welcome

legendal

Archer Careful Gorilla wrote: »

I dont take much interest in DCUfm at all (should it even be called DCUfm?), but anyways - why should a website be taken into account when awarding a radio station? Surely it should be solely about the quality of their broadcasting.

The awards they won were for 'website of the year' and MPS for 'most improved society', not for 'FM station of the year'.

In any case, the quality and quantity of shows on DCUFM has gone up a huge amount compared to last year. And I do hope they get the situation with the wheelchair access sorted out, it'd be great to able to listen to them on FM because they're quite good in fairness.

Choc123

one a the lads like ! wrote: »

Whats the story here lads?
A radio station that isn't on the radio even.
Has anyone managed to listen to any of the programmes?

I know a few lads involved in certain shows and even they admit its a joke of a situation.

One thing really annoys me about DCU. There seems to be this urge to discredit peoples hard work at every opportunity, especially in regards to the college media.
No one has ever claimed DCUfm is perfect. However it has been transformed from a station that was once run very poorly to one that produces and airs content for all tastes and accomodates over 100 students from a range of faculties which is something the College View has never done.
The management in DCUfm (of which I am not part of) want more than anything to get the station onto the airways and yes, become a properly functioning radio station, accessible in every car and on every ipod in the country.
And it will happen.
The only reason it hasn't happened yet is due to the unwillingness of the SU, the SPC and the OSL is push for the station to be fully wheelchair accessible.
However it looks like the incoming executive are determined to achieve this so it looks like next year could be another great year for the station.
Let's remember as well, MPS were one of just two societies in the entire university to win an award at the BICS. And they picked up two awards at that. I think that says something about the work the society and its members are doing in DCU.

phasers

Tbh I don't really like DCUFM but I think criticizing it for something it has no control over is ridiculous.

robby^5

I know people care about getting the station on FM, but does it not stand to reason that more people might listen on a computer anyway? They shouldn't be criticised for it, they should actually be applauded for doing so well online.

Daysha

Benny Lava wrote: »

Personally, I think DCUfm has some good shows (especially Action Replay). Also, some of the presenters were nominated for Smedias, so clearly they're doing something right!

Haha, cheers

But yeah just to back up what most other people have been saying, the station has almost undeniably come on leaps and bounds this year. New management, new stream, new website, new schedule, a lot of new 1st year volunteers etc. That's not to discredit the work last years team did either in pretty much resurrecting the entire station from the ground up. A lot of what we achieved this year wouldn't have been possible if the groundwork wasn't established by last years committee and we'd be the first to recognise that.

I don't mind if there's some people out there that just don't like some of the shows, there's tons of popular stations I couldn't listen to and all I do is just don't bother tuning it. But making arguments like we shouldn't be allowed enter society awards because of something out of our control is pretty funny.

Benny Lava

This thread was created because the now banned user One A The Lads Like! loves having a pop at a few people in DCUfm. I know who he is and can assure you he has never as much as listened to DCUfm.

gizmo

Benny Lava wrote: »

This thread was created because the now banned user One A The Lads Like! loves having a pop at a few people in DCUfm. I know who he is and can assure you he has never as much as listened to DCUfm.

Well that kind of backfired on him, not only did he get himself banned but the thread has now shown that quite a few people enjoy the station and applaud them for streaming online. Don't you just love it when that happens?

Nekro Man

ppdab wrote: »

Basically if you are devoid of a taste in music and lacking in originality then DCUFM is the station for you.

Aren't dj's supposed to have knowledge of music? And not music in general mind, a particular dj should have his/her particular genre that his/her show is based around. Not pop 24/7. F*ck me its awful.

have you even looked at the DCUfm schedule? with the Metal Module on at 9Pm monday night and Rock N'Roll radio on tuesday night at 8Pm ther is far more than the usual pop 24/7. That and the more genre specific shows have presenters who are nothing but passionate about the genre they represent, the effort they put into their shows show this perfectly.

maybe you should try listening to the station more often before you come on here and try become a keyboard commando

legendal

ppdab wrote: »

Face it radio is dead and dcufm is the worst kind of radio.

87% of Irish adults listen to radio each day. We'll just ignore that though, because it's a dead medium
Source: http://www.radiowaves.fm/newsart/100211jnlr.html

Also, put me down for tickets to these awards, sounds like fun! Thanks too for highlighting the letters in red, I'd never heard that phrase before.

gizmo

Yay, another troll account banned.

Folks, by all means feel free to offer criticism of the station but at least make it constructive. Why people feel the need to sign up to Boards just to attempt to flame something or someone is beyond me.

Nekro Man

gizmo wrote: »

Why people feel the need to sign up to Boards just to attempt to flame something or someone is beyond me.

the wonders of internet anonymity :rolleyes:

thusspakeblixa

Best of luck to all from DCUfm in the SMedias this Wednesday.

gizmo

gizmo wrote: »

Yay, another troll account banned.

Folks, by all means feel free to offer criticism of the station but at least make it constructive. Why people feel the need to sign up to Boards just to attempt to flame something or someone is beyond me.

I believe I saw that post before it was deleted. I don't see why it was deleted or why the user was banned. Please explain.

Choc123

Deleted User wrote: »

I believe I saw that post before it was deleted. I don't see why it was deleted or why the user was banned. Please explain.

Cynical Ru are you having a laugh? Perhaps you should invest in a pair of glasses because you clearly don't know an abusive post when you see one.

gizmo

Deleted User wrote: »

I believe I saw that post before it was deleted. I don't see why it was deleted or why the user was banned. Please explain.

No, I won't. If you have an issue with a certain moderation decision then feel free to drop me a PM. If you had in fact seen the post before it was deleted then it will be perfectly clear why it was deleted.

Fuhrer

Benny Lava wrote: »

can assure you he has never as much as listened to DCUfm.

So it could be anyone!

Carri

I listen to DCUfm on and off.. the only issue I have is when its playing aloud.. on speakers.. outside... cause it makes the computing labs IMPOSSIBLE to work in.

Other than that its fine..

phasers

Carri wrote: »

I listen to DCUfm on and off.. the only issue I have is when its playing aloud.. on speakers.. outside... cause it makes the computing labs IMPOSSIBLE to work in.

Other than that its fine..

It hasn't done that since the first day has it?

Benny Lava

One A The Lads Like! wants his own radio show on DCUfm, he told me in real life!

Nekro Man

phasers wrote: »

It hasn't done that since the first day has it?

it did it during the firist week of the first semester this year as part of a launch 'awareness' thing to let people know that the station exists.

it was taken down eventually tho

Carri

Well done to DCUfm on winning best website.

I personally wouldn't choose a theme from
http://www.iloveyouwp.com/tribal-wordpress-theme.html

I would've thought a bunch of multimedia could make a website from scratch.

Also wouldn't've thought you could win with a ready made site, must remember this for next year. :cool:

And seemingly they paid for it?

For those who haven't seen their site: http://dcufm.com/
The working demo of the "theme": http://www.gorillathemes.com/tribal/

andyman

Carri wrote: »

Well done to DCUfm on winning best website.

I personally wouldn't choose a theme from
http://www.iloveyouwp.com/tribal-wordpress-theme.html

I would've thought a bunch of multimedia could make a website from scratch.

Also wouldn't've thought you could win with a ready made site, must remember this for next year. :cool:

And seemingly they paid for it?

For those who haven't seen their site: http://dcufm.com/
The working demo of the "theme": http://www.gorillathemes.com/tribal/

If you think DCUfm is all Multimedia and Communications students then you seriously couldn't be more wrong...

Carri

andyman wrote: »

If you think DCUfm is all Multimedia and Communications students then you seriously couldn't be more wrong...

Majority of the people I know in DCUfm are studying multimedia or communications.

Benny Lava

Most of the people in DCUfm are doing JR or CS, however there is a strong EPL contingent (for current affairs shows). Not that many MMA to be honest.

irish_boy90

Benny Lava wrote: »

Most of the people in DCUfm are doing JR or CS, however there is a strong EPL contingent (for current affairs shows). Not that many MMA to be honest.

So then it's ok to buy a site and win best site with it?
If you don't have anyone to make a site for you then you shouldn't have a site

gizmo

irish_boy90 wrote: »

If you don't have anyone to make a site for you then you shouldn't have a site

Completely disagree. There are several socities with no technical element which may also not have members skilled in those areas. In cases like that there is no harm in either paying someone to do it or, in this case, paying for a theme.

Carri

The purpose of the National Awards is to recognise the huge effort made by the many individuals who run student societies across Ireland. The National Awards are a means of recognising this dedication and are an opportunity to celebrate the importance and value that societies contribute to college life.

I love the fact that paying for a website is classed as effort. There's soo many other websites for DCU Socs that are done from scratch. Which people put their hard work and time into. It just seems unfair that a society can win with a site they bought for ~$70 (according the to site linked above)

Pygmalion

gizmo wrote: »

Completely disagree. There are several socities with no technical element which may also not have members skilled in those areas. In cases like that there is no harm in either paying someone to do it or, in this case, paying for a theme.

True, but to give them an award for something they didn't do themselves is a bit much, I would've imagined you could only qualify for the award if the society actually created the site.