Author Archives: Hannah Cheshire

Freshers’ Week 2015

Posted in News by Hannah Cheshire on August 29, 2015

Hello one and all!

It’s nearly that time of the year again where we welcome the new Freshers to Cardiff and party on down in style. We will be broadcasting every single day of Fresher’s Week, from early afternoon to late at night, bringing you all sorts of programming to get the party started and to get you guys involved in Cardiff University student life.

While we want everyone to have the best time possible during Freshers’ Week, we also want you guys to make sure that you’re staying safe while out on nights out. Knowing your limits and looking after your friends can make sure your night doesn’t go from being one of the best, to being one of the worst.

Find out the facts at drinkaware.co.uk and knowyourlimits.info. You can also find loads of useful information on the Students’ Union website.

Keep an eye out here, on our Twitter and on our Facebook page to get all the info and timings on our upcoming broadcasts. We are wishing you a warm welcome to Cardiff!

The Xpress Radio Team
xoxox

Top Tracks ’14

Posted in Uncategorised by Hannah Cheshire on December 24, 2014

Hey everyone,

Jess, our Head of Music, has put together our Top Tracks of 2014 playlist ready for your Christmas and New Year parties!

Give it a listen here

Anyway,

Merry Christmas from everyone here at Xpress Radio.

Roll on 2015!

Cardiff Student’s Union AGM 2014

Posted in Uncategorised by Hannah Cheshire on November 27, 2014

The motions for this year’s AGM are as follows.

Greater Representation for LGBT+ Women in our Students’ Union.
Proposed by Sam Cook, LGBT+ Officer.
Seconded by LGBT+ Women’s Caucus Meeting.
Motion will be discussed by the Senate.

Becoming a Pro-Choice Union.
Proposed by Rachel Melhuish.
Seconded by Laura Carter.
Motion failed.

Palestine University Twinning Motion.
Proposed by Maryam Bham.
Seconded by Omar Kamal, Saleh Fahd,, Fatimah AlHakeem, Farhan Zubair and Lara Judeh.
Motion passed.

Recognise the State of Palestine.
Proposed by Omar Kamal
Seconded by Maryam Bham,┬áSaleh Fahd,, Fatimah AlHakeem, Farhan Zubair and Lara Judeh.
Motion passed.

Ban BAE.
Proposed by Maryam Bham.
Seconded by Omar Kamal, Saleh Fahd, Fatimah AlHakeem, Farhan Zubair, Lara Judeh, Daniel Roberts (Ethical and Environmental Officer, CUSU)
Motion failed.

Improving Postgraduate Student Representation.
Proposed by Ollie Wannell (Postgraduate Students’ Officer).
Seconded by Thomas Malo Tollefsen (Chair, Postgraduate Students’ Association).
Motion passed.

Student Media Restructure
Proposed by Heads of Broadcasting and Print, Xpress Station Manager, CUTV Station Manager, Quench Editor.
Seconded by The Elected Officer Team.
Motion passed.

Start of Broadcast

Posted in Uncategorised by Hannah Cheshire on October 22, 2014

Everything is kicking off here at Xpress Radio. We start broadcasting on Monday 27th of October!

Don’t forget to tune and get involved with the competitions we’re running on Twitter and Facebook.

The show schedule is getting updated THIS WEEKEND so make a note of your favorite shows and get listening.

Lots of love,
Xpress Radio

DJ Workshop

Posted in Uncategorised by Hannah Cheshire on October 15, 2014

Come along on Thursday the 23rd of October to the Xpress Radio DJ┬áworkshop!

Tom will be teaching you how to use ‘Serato DJ Intro’ connected to a controller at basic level.

This will include loading tracks, making transitions between songs and general mixing.

It┬áwill be a very generalised session and more specifics will be taught at the DJ lessons on Saturday and Wednesday mornings, which you book in advance.

The lessons will teach you to be competent enough to DJ to a crowd at multiple venues in the city centre.

Get involved 2014-15

Posted in News by Hannah Cheshire on October 12, 2014

We have a few workshop sessions coming up next week, we’d love to see you all there!

Mon 13 October: 18:00 ÔÇô 20.00 – How to be a Presenter
Location: CF10

Wed 15 October: 17:00 – 19:00 – How to be a Producer
Location: CF10

Thu 16 October: 18:00 – 20:00 – News / sport workshop
Location: CF10

Mon 20 October: 17:00 – 19:00 – Speech / entertainment workshop
Location: CF10

Thu 23 October: 18:00 – 20:00 – Specialist/ DJ workshop
Location: CF10

Xpress nominated for SRA awards

Posted in Uncategorised by Hannah Cheshire on October 9, 2014

Last night members of Xpress went over to the Brass Pig pub in Bristol to hear whether we’d been nominated for any of the Student Radio Association Awards that we’d entered back in July. Guess what?! WE HAD!

Xpress’ Owen Richards has been nominated for the category ‘Best Male Presenter’ and we received a station nomination for the ‘Best Live Event or Outside Broadcast’ category for our extensive coverage of the The Welsh Varsity 2014.

We’ll be attending the ceremony at the Indig02 in London on the 6th of November to find find out whether we’ll be taking home any silverware!

Meet the X-Rex

Posted in Uncategorised by Hannah Cheshire on September 20, 2014

If you’ve been out during Fresher’s Week you will have spotted our friend, XRex, the purple dinosaur. He’s been in and around the union and Talybont so far this week, and he’s been taking lots of selfies. If you find XRex around in the next week, you could be in with the opportunity to win lots of free stuff! All you have to do is take a selfie with XRex and post it to twitter or facebook with the hashtag #meetxrex and remember to tune into our pre drinks shows, everyday throughout Freshers Week 8pm-10pm!

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By Elinor Terry

Strawberry Fields

Posted in Live Music by Hannah Cheshire on September 19, 2014

First thing thatÔÇÖs important to know about this festival, which also makes it very appealing for amateur festival goers, is its size. With two main stages, a couple of camping fields and a variety of food vendors, it is a small and manageable small festival. However, in these few fields the organisers of this event manage to fit in an awesomely diverse offering of entertainment. ThereÔÇÖs comedy acts to be found in the Orange Tree tent, exciting musicians on the Main and Strawberry Jam stage and even some dodgems for the hardened carnies. Dani, Zach and Emily were fortunate to catch up with a variety of artists that performed at Strawberry Fields. They found that all bands were united in their profound humbleness and willingness to share their experiences of festivals and comments on upcoming work. A massive shout out to Baz, one of the on-site managers that helped them out enormously, arranging interviews and offering guidance around the site across the weekend. Sadly, ÔÇÿhurricaneÔÇÖ BerthaÔÇÖs remnants blew through Leicesteshire on Sunday afternoon and called the Festival off early, meaning the cancellation of the eagerly anticipated Goldie Lookin Chain did not grace the main stage. Apart from that, a faultless weekend and a highly recommended festival!

By Zach Hughes

Victorious Festival 2014

Posted in Live Music by Hannah Cheshire on September 18, 2014

On the weekend of the 23-24^th of August Kieran Lewis and I headed to Portsmouth for the magical Victorious Festival!

From the Nevada Acoustic Stage to the Seaside Stage we not only saw loads of great performances, but we caught up with a plethora of acts throughout the weekend; including Kelvin Jones, Imperial Mammoth and Lewis Watson.

Being from Portsmouth myself, I was surprised to see the transformation of Southsea seafront into a fully capable festival. The response to the festival was extremely positive; perfect for festival go-ers looking for somewhere different to families wanting the festival experience from a friendly, smaller and less hectic environment than one would get at Bestival, for example and catered for everyone with the local food stalls to the pop up fashion tents, to of course, the music.

One really intriguing area was the ÔÇ£Casemates StageÔÇØ, a variety of acts performed on this tiny platform which you were greeted with upon entry with a general acoustic and Bluesy sounding act playing a set from 11am. For bands such as Eagle & Weeks this resounded with a HUGE audience response as they covered the headliner Dizzee RascalÔÇÖs ÔÇ£BonkersÔÇØ, drawing in more of a crowd than the nearby Nevada Stage.

However, we spent most of our time over by the Seaside stage, which unsurprisingly was the closest location to the Seafront with the area dominating the Bandstand and a lovely view of the water. For many acts, such as Felt Tip and The Van Susans, this gave the opportunity to play on a much larger stage than they were familiar with. I thought this was brilliant to see and evidently gave these smaller bands a helping hand in regards to gaining new fans being the most popular stage regarding audience size.

My ÔÇ£OneÔÇÖs To WatchÔÇØ from Victorious include:

Kelvin Jones (of Good Morning America fame

Felt Tip (who have been on the Topshop/Topman playlist)

Kassassin Street (psych-rock with a Southsea cult following who will be snapped up v.soon)

Lewis Watson (who was also a very lovely guy)

Van Susans (folky and stuff)

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