12 Facts About URY

1.

URY Marathon was broadcast in March 2013 for 40 hours in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

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2.

URY's longest show ever, URY 101, was broadcast in June 2016 for 101 hours in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research.

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3.

In 2011 URY received six nominations at the Student Radio Awards.

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4.

On top of this, URY picked up Silver Best Station and The Kevin Greening Award for Tess Humphrey's Prince of Humberside.

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5.

At the 2015 I Love Student Radio Awards URY were shortlisted for 4 awards, 2 in Best Audience Initiative for Freshers 2014 and YorkNext, Best Outreach Project for Alex and Tom: Getting gold for Charity and Outstanding Contribution to Student Radio for Jay Glover.

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6.

In 2015, URY won 5 SRA Awards at the 20th Anniversary Awards ceremony - Bronze Best Male, Gold Best Entertainment, Silver Best Event, Gold Best Newcomer and Silver Best Technical Achievement .

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7.

In 2017 URY won four awards out of five nominations at the Student Radio Awards.

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8.

In 2019, URY won three gold and two silver awards at the Student Radio Awards.

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9.

The silvers awarded to URY were for Best Technical and Best Entertainment Program .

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10.

In 2020, URY won three gold, three silver and one bronze awards at the Student Radio Awards.

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11.

In 2021, URY won two gold and four bronze awards at the Student Radio Awards.

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12.

URY was named the third Best Student Radio Station by winning bronze in that category.

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