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Station’s FM radio stint
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RIDING THE WAVES: The LSR team are gearing up for a month on FM broadcasts
Constance Webber
Leeds Student Radio (LSR) is hoping to turn up its listener volumes this month by returning to the FM waves for the first time in four years. It is hoped that the month-long stint on the frequency will widen knowledge of the station, which was crowned student radio station of the year for 2009. LSR started broadcasting on 87.7FM on Monday after two months
of fundraising by its team of 330 members to pay for the four-week license. The funds were raised through extra advertising revenue, both on the station’s website and on air adverts, and show sponsorships. The Cafe in the Campus currently sponsors the breakfast show whilst Dominos Pizza sponsors their ‘Hometime’ show. The team also earned money by doing DJ sets in Union bars, with all fees going towards the LSR fund. The team is hoping that the FM status will increase listener figures and expand on its audience of those who
know its presenters. The station will also increase their broadcasting hours for the FM frequency, going live from 8am to midnight. It will run an automated Jukebox feature after midnight which plays song requests sent through the station website. The society is aiming to regain its station of the year crown with the new ‘LSR for everyone’ campaign, encouraging a diverse range of students to get involved on shows. Its popular ‘Disability Today’ show discusses issues regarding disability. LSR attracted national media attention in November when it
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launched ‘The Big Tidy Up’ scheme to keep the local area clean during the long-running bin strike. James Travis, the LSR daytime programmer, said of the FM broadcasting: “I’m very excited, it’s something I’ve never experienced or done before. There are lots of prizes to give away for people so definitely listen.” LSR is broadcast online at www.lsrfm.com. The station team is made up solely of students. It will broadcast on 87.7FM over the next month.
Team finally wins the battle to locate Bosworth Laura Mackenzie
After more than 600 years of debate and mystery, a team of archaeologists believe they have finally unearthed the exact location of the most famous battlefield in British history: the site of Richard III’s death in the 1485 Battle of Bosworth. The location of the Battle of Bosworth, which has eluded historians for years, was discovered as part of a groundbreaking survey carried out by a team of archaeologists from the Institute for Medieval Studies. Interestingly, the site uncovered by the team had never
previously been considered by historians as a viable location for the Battle. As Dr Glenn Foard who led the group, explains: “Using the new techniques of battlefield archaeology we have recovered evidence which proves exactly where the iconic English battle was fought. "The site, never before suggested as the battlefield, straddles the Roman road known as the Fenn Lane, near Fenn lane farm. It is three kilometres southwest of Ambion Hill and a kilometre west of the site suggested by Peter Foss.” While the team only managed to recover a few items from the site, Dr Foard believes the objects found are of great significance. He said: There may
be relatively few finds from the battle, each of which has taken the team dozens of hours to locate, but several of the objects are amazing. "The most important by far is the silver-gilt boar, which was Richard III's own badge, given in large numbers to his supporters. But this one is special, because it is silver-gilt. It was almost certainly worn by a knight in King Richard's own retinue who rode with the King to his death in his last desperate cavalry charge. It was found right next to the site of a small medieval marsh - and the King was killed when his horse became stuck in a mire.” This latest discovery marks a turning point for the
archaeological world. Professor Richard Morris of the University of Leeds said: "Until now, very few medieval battles have been exactly located. Historians often describe them as if they know where they took place, but the truth is that this is usually opinion or tradition. And as Bosworth shows, tradition can be wrong. "The discovery of the real Bosworth is a vindication of the methodology developed by Glenn Foard, in partnership with the University of Leeds and English Heritage, whereby a historic battle can be pinpointed with certainty, and some of its events revealed."
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