25-860: BFM may refer to: Broadcasting [ edit ] bFM , a station in the Student Radio Network in New Zealand BFM 89.9 , a Malaysian radio station BFM Business , a French business news radio station BFM TV , a French rolling news TV channel Bob FM , an FM radio brand in Canada and the United States Bailrigg FM , a Student Radio station located in Lancaster University Science [ edit ] Background field method ,
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75-864: A Schedule 7 (educational purposes) semi-commercial licence. The station is based in the Student Union Building at the University of Auckland , is owned by a trust on behalf of the Auckland University Students Association (AUSA), and broadcasts its signal to greater Auckland at 95.0 on the FM dial. It was the promoter of the b Net New Zealand Music Awards and the popular Summer Series live events in nearby Albert Park, Auckland . The station has developed into one of New Zealand’s most listened-to alternative music broadcasters, with an estimated 100,000 listeners. During
100-999: A breakfast show on George FM and Charlotte Ryan now hosts the drive programme on Kiwi FM . Rhys Darby and David Farrier hosted a programme on the station from 2010 to 2012, a partnership they continued with Netflix series Short Poppies . Russell Brown, Noelle McCarthy and Wallace Chapman have gone on from roles with bFM to careers with Radio New Zealand , TVNZ and other media outlets. RadioLive personalities Marcus Lush , Graeme Hill and Chris Forster and Newstalk ZB presenters and producers Andrew Topping, Andrew Dickens and Tania McKenzie-Cook all honed their skills with bFM. Other former alumni include 3 News journalists Rebecca Wright and Kim Choe, ABC journalist Charlotte Glennie ; Nine News journalist, Robert Herrick and print journalists Hannah Sarney (Financial Times), Hugh Sundae and Paul Casserly. Auckland University Students Association The Auckland University Students' Association ( AUSA ), founded in 1891, represents students at
125-532: A music and current affairs show that airs every weekday from noon to 1pm. Alongside the flagship is bFM Breakfast, Morning Glory, The Wire, Afternoon and Drive slots. There are also specialist programmes like Rhythm Selection, Freak the Sheep, the 95bFM Top 10 and the Sunday "best of" show. Daily "bCasts" (a stored mp3 audio file) are available on the station's website along with a full schedule of DJs/shows. The website
150-757: A number of witty "bird calls" for many local politicians and a fictitious character, Rob the Young National who parodies the New Zealand National Party . bFM also runs events such as the bNet music awards. Former staff include Mark "Slave" Williams , Otis Frizzell , Simon Grigg , and former MediaWorks New Zealand chief executive and radio host Brent Impey. DJ Sirvere (Philip Bell) and DJ Sicoff (Simon Coffey) made some of their first public appearances on bFM. Radio Hauraki hosts Jeremy Wells , Matt Heath and Mikey Havoc began their radio careers on bFM Breakfast, while Nick Dwyer has hosted
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225-467: The 2005 general election campaign, the station's news and editorial director Noelle McCarthy conducted an interview in which National Party leader Don Brash admitted that he had forewarning of a controversial leaflet campaign conducted by the Exclusive Brethren sect. Breakfast show hosts regularly interview New Zealand political figures. The centrepiece of the news operation is The Wire,
250-497: The University of Auckland . AUSA organises student events, publicises student issues, administers student facilities, and assists affiliated student clubs and societies. It also produces Craccum magazine and runs the bFM radio station. The constitution of the AUSA centres the organisation around student advocacy and the provision of welfare services. AUSA has 27,000 members out of 42,000 equivalent full-time students enrolled at
275-524: The FM band by applying only for a temporary short term broadcasting warrant, and then applying for another one when that one expired. This upset commercial radio stations who were also trying to make the switch from AM to FM, but were delayed by the New Zealand Government who were slowly auctioning off commercial frequencies to commercial broadcasters. By 'drip feeding' commercial frequencies onto
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#1732773207616300-471: The University Council conducted a student referendum in 1999 on whether membership in AUSA should be voluntary or compulsory. The majority of students supported voluntary membership and this was enacted. Referendums on the same issue were held in 2001 and 2003, and in each case, the majority of students voted for voluntary association. (The request for a referendum is in the form of a petition to
325-416: The University Council, which any student may call, and thus must be conducted, provided no two referendums are less than two years apart.) Detractors of voluntary student membership (VSM) say that AUSA suffers drastically from it, and that VSM undermines AUSA's ability to advocate on behalf of students and provide welfare services. They also say that in controlling the flow of money, the university dictates
350-506: The University of Auckland. AUSA has over 100 affiliated clubs, the student bar Shadows, University Book Shop, Student Job Search, market days and events such as Orientation, Summer Shakespeare, End of Daze, Capping week , Womensfest, Cultural Mosaic, Blues Awards and Ecofest. This is the incumbent AUSA executive team for 2024. AUSA membership is free to all current students of the University of Auckland. As required by legislation,
375-432: The University. The iconic ‘b’ originally stood for "bosom". The station was originally run as an AUSA club but by the mid-1980s had seven staff (paid a nominal wage) and 100+ volunteers. All staff were voted into their position by collective vote - the collective being the staff and volunteers of the station at the time, with the appointments ratified by the AUSA. The AUSA formed Campus Radio BFM Limited in 1989 and required
400-487: The like). Craccum is the weekly magazine produced by the AUSA. The name originated from the scrambled acronym of "Auckland University College Men's Common Room Circular". The publication has frequently found itself in legal difficulties due to its deliberate attempts to be controversial. These attempts have included an issue containing methods to create a bomb , and an issue discussing ways to commit suicide . A publicity stunt in 2005 saw Craccum sell its cover – which
425-484: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BFM&oldid=1233467914 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 95bFM 95bFM is a New Zealand student radio station. It operates in Auckland on
450-539: The market the Government found it could maximise auction prices. In holding a Schedule 7 (educational purposes) semi-commercial licence, bFM did not have to pay for its frequency. During the 1980s the station changed its name from Radio B to Campus Radio (1404 AM), then back to Radio B, and then finally bFM. Its hours expanded and it eventually became a 24-hour station operating on a permanent warrant in 1989. Most show hosts are volunteers. The distinctive 95bFM 'b' logo
475-498: The other hand, claim VSM means freedom of choice for students. They cite the United Nations declaration of freedom of association. They also paint AUSA executives under compulsory unionism as being wasteful, and believe that under voluntary AUSA executives are forced to be more accountable to members. They claim that the level of intervention is very limited (for example, the conditions are only that AUSA must run orientation and
500-536: The station to run at break-even after it had run up significant losses in previous years. That was not popular with many staff and volunteers, some of whom resigned when new station manager Simon Laan took over and started implementing changes recommended in a report titled "Saving BFM" by Kerr Inkson and Kelly Grove Hill (from the Auckland University School of Business). Their report had been commissioned by previous station manager Jude Anaru. Laan
525-455: The terms to some extent of its operations through various agreements. As early as the mid-nineties, a number of incidents increased AUSA's credibility and alienated a lot of members who were previously disinterested in student politics, and were an undeniable factor in the 1999 referendum. Contentious issues like allocation of funds was the focus of many debates at the Quad. Proponents of VSM, on
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#1732773207616550-495: Was bought by Salient , the student magazine of Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association , with funding from Victoria University of Wellington 's marketing fund. The sale proved to be ironic; the theme of that issue of Craccum was corporate sellouts. 95bFM (or simply bFM) is a typical student radio station that plays alternative music . Like other student broadcasters, it supports local artists well before they become mainstream. Originally started as Radio Bosom,
575-453: Was designed by Johnnie Pain, commissioned by then station manager Liz Tan to design it. The previous logo had been chosen through a vote by station staff and volunteers from a selection of entries in a public logo competition run by previous station manager Simon Laan. bNews, the station's news and editorial wing, features the talents of Noelle McCarthy, Simon Pound, Rebecca Wright and Russell Brown . bNews also deploys political satire through
600-474: Was finalist at the 2006 South by South West Web awards. Its award-winning creative department creates most of its own broadcast advertising, rather than using supplied agency material, as most commercial radio does. Founded in 1969 as a capping stunt , bFM was a pirate student radio station, broadcast from a boat - which ran aground in Auckland's Waitematā Harbour - and played illegally on speakers around
625-746: Was the last station manager to be elected to that position, after he lobbied the Board to change its appointment processes and dispense with the voting system. It transferred permanently from the AM to FM band (originally to 91.8FM, now the frequency of More FM ) in the late 1980s, after a long legal application process (opposed by all other commercial radio stations operating in Auckland) begun in 1984 by station manager Debbi Gibbs, daughter of prominent New Zealand businessman Alan Gibbs , and completed by her successor Jude Anaru in 1988. The station initially broadcast on
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