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The Annual General Meeting 2017

It’s that time of year again! On Thursday 23rd November, students decided on the future of Cardiff Students’ Union for the next year.

Xpress Xtra brought you LIVE coverage from the Great Hall – proceedings began at 5.30pm.

This year there were 5 tabled motions:

  • Muslim Students to be better represented by the StudentsÔÇÖ Union – PASSED
  • Make Cardiff University StudentsÔÇÖ Union a Living Wage Employer – FAILED
  • Students consulted at every level: A seat on UEB – PASSED
  • Real financial support for postgraduates in need – PASSED
  • Changes to VP Societies and VP Welfare – PASSED [with amendment]

You can read the full detailed description of each motion here.

CUTV also live streamed coverage on their Facebook:

Our CSM sister Gair Rhydd live tweeted the event over on their Twitter.

The Specialist Takeover is Here!

On Saturday, November 25th, we interrupt your regular programming to bring you 24 hours of SPECIALIST music!

Xpress Radio will be live for 24 hours to bring you a selection of some of the best tunes of all time. If COUNTRY makes your lines dance, if INDIE is your aesthetic, if DAD MUSIC (wait, what?!) is your jam, then Xpress Radio is the station for you! Tune in over on our LISTEN page throughout the day to hear your favourite genres.

We are putting ourselves through our paces in order to raise some money for our station. We are in the unfortunate position whereby our ancient equipment is giving up on us. In order to be able to continue broadcasting, we are relying on your generosity and love of radio.

You can read our full story on our GoFundMe page and donate to us there. Thank you for your generosity and enjoy the MUSIC!

SCHEDULE

SATURDAY
  • 12pm – Saturday Alternative /// Munro, Freyja & Emilia
  • 1pm – Sessions with Live Music Society
  • 2pm – Decade /// Jessica & Joanne
  • 3pm – Alt Rock Hour /// Vicky, Charlie & Rory
  • 4pm – International Groove /// Curtis & Ed
  • 5pm – Saturday Sport ‘Music’ Special /// Jack & Charlie
  • 6pm – House & Dance /// Gareth & Tristan
  • 7pm – Yeezy Takeover /// Emma
  • 8pm – Nostalgic Rock /// Michael & Charlie
  • 9pm – New Age Indie /// Keiran
  • 10pm – The Hardcore Show /// Ned
  • 11pm – Ska Hour /// Rachael
SUNDAY
  • 12am – Gaydio
  • 1am – Dad Music /// Sam & Emi
  • 2am – Local Music /// Meg
  • 3am – Indie Hour /// Anja, Jamie & Bethan
  • 4am – Early Morning Country /// Charlie
  • 5am – Wild Hour /// Liz & Danni
  • 6am – Video Game Soundtracks /// Ted & Megan
  • 7am – Bollywood /// Aditi
  • 8am – Boogie For Your Breakfast /// Michael
  • 9am – Mellow Pop /// Ned
  • 10am – Chilled Ibiza House /// Gareth
  • 11am – Thnks Fr Th Mmrs /// Takeover Rewind /// Jessica

Catch the highlights here!

 

Sport on Xpress

Sport is back on Xpress Radio!

That’s right, alongside our 3 weekly shows we will now be streaming LIVE AU sports commentaries on Xpress Xtra, and we’ll be bringing you videos of the match reports right here on our new Sport page!

We are aiming to provide comprehensive coverage of as many AU sports teams’ home games as possible over the course of this academic year.

Keep an eye out for highlight reels from our CSM sister CUTV along the way.

Sports coming soon to Xtra:

  • Football
  • Rugby
  • Lacrosse

If you would like to have your sport covered by Xpress Radio, please email us at: sport@xpressradio.co.uk

*NEW* Xpress Podcasts

The time has come to announce that we have an officially up-and-running podcast section! Our Head of Creative Arts, Keiran Manetta-Jones, has been working tirelessly over the previous month to set up and organise all sorts of podcasts.

There will be plenty to entertain and inform you over the coming months. Stay tuned!

Coming soon:

  • Best of Xpress
  • Y Ddadl Episode 4 – The War On Drugs
  • Xpress Delivery

You can find the link on the banner of the home page or click here.