University Radio York Computing Team

Who are we?

We're a team of passionate students and alumni that are dedicated to improving the way student radio and computers interact. As part of the UK's oldest legal independent radio station, we help some of the best student presenters, reporters, and producers make the most of their time at York by giving them the tools and resources they need to make damn good radio.

What do we do?

• Administer URY's herd of servers, desktops, outside broadcast computers, and other important systems;
• Build new software and hardware to solve the problems of an ever-evolving student radio station;
• Help presenters and other URY members with their computer-related problems, from unjamming the printer, to setting up micro-sites for events, to overseeing the business end of entire rebrandings and website overhauls;
• Have fun in a friendly, informal environment where time and effort commitments aren't mandatory.

Things we make

• BAPS3, a new, modular radio playout system, including
  • Bifrost, an API server and playout system platform
  • Listd, a playlist manager
  • Playd, an elegant, minimal audio player
• MyRadio, a one-stop shop for radio station management, including show scheduling, podcast uploading, and more;
• A variety of one-shot tools and scripts to make managing a student radio station just that little bit easier.

Check out our GitHub organisation to see what we're up to.

How do I get involved?

If you want to contribute to our open-source projects without the obligation of joining URY, that's fine; just submit us pull requests, issues, or comments and we'll do our best to take your contributions on board.

If you want to be part of something bigger, and you're a University of York student, visit the URY Get Involved page to find out how to join this and other great teams at URY.