Oxford University Broadcasting Society

The Oxford University Broadcasting Society (OUBS) was a student society at the University of Oxford, England. It covered radio and television broadcasting.

The officers include a president, secretary, treasurer, programme coordinator, technical director, news editor, social secretary, and two ordinary committee members.[1] Equipment included a Uher 4000L portable tape recorder.[2]

Collaboration edit

For some years, OUBS used the BBC Radio Oxford studio in Wellington Square, Oxford to produce radio programmes for Radio Oxford and the Oxford Hospitals Broadcasting Association (OHBA),[1] (later known as Radio Cherwell from 1967[3]) It also used the studios at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, home of the Oxford Hospitals Broadcasting Association, which ran a radio station known as Radio Cherwell.

Aubrey Singer, controller of BBC2, spoke to the society in 1975.[4]

Former members edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Constitution, UK: Oxford University Broadcasting Society, 5 February 1975
  2. ^ The Uher 4000L Portable Tape Recorder, O.U.B.S. Training Sheet 1.
  3. ^ "Radio Cherwell". UK: Hospital Broadcasting Association. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  4. ^ Singer, Aubrey (4 December 1975). "The art of scheduling". The Listener. Vol. 64. British Broadcasting Corporation. p. 742. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  5. ^ Jackie Ashley, Honorary Doctors Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, Staffordshire University, UK.
  6. ^ Scott Hughes, CV: ZEINAB BADAWI Presenter, `House to House', The Independent, 19 May 1997.
  7. ^ "Tim Beech". LinkedIn. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. ^ a b Oxford University Broadcasting Society Membership List, Michaelmas 1975.
  9. ^ Sale, Jonathan (1 July 2004). "Passed/Failed: 'I got a first in having a good time' — An education in the life of the broadcaster and writer Nigel Rees". The Independent. UK. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Nigel Rees". Goodreads. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  11. ^ Carol Sennett at IMDb.