Vote for me for Station Manager!I am a dedicated individual who is passionate about the direction Pure FM has taken over the past year and would like to continue the good work and improve upon it.I have skills in people management through the management courses I have taken at my job.

I am dedicated to the station and how it can be shaped, as I myself do not have aspirations to enter the radio business.

I have a well-rounded set of skills, having presented and co-hosted shows this year, worked on a branded show, been on express FM (just the once though) and I have done some of my own production work for my shows. I have also been a member of the Pure Marketing Squad and on one occasion assisted the Tech Team. (We put away cables for like 2 hours)

Anyway,
My Plan consists of three E’s:
1) Enhance the Branded Show experience by getting it closer to industry style (i.e Advertising)
2) Ensure Pure FM is known around campus as a brand. (I.e T-shirts and Hoodies earlier in year, people are good advertising space.)
3) Express FM, making sure people know about this experience and utilise it to its full potential.

Thank you.

I would like to be considered for the position of deputy station manager, as I believe I have the enthusiasm, determination and professional attitude to help manage, uphold and influence the future of PureFm. I have been a member of the PureFm team now for nearly a year and throughout my time as a presenter I have participated and volunteered my services in big events such as Varsity, SRA nomination night and conference, as well as national women’s month. I wish to offer my services further as deputy manager of PureFm, in order to maintain the excellent standards as a university radio station, uphold the regulations and fundamental rules to keep our student community and radio station at it upmost best; as well as enthusing better quality shows, events and university radio standards. I hope to be a valuable member of the team at PureFm, devoting my time and efforts into making the next year at Portsmouth Uni and Pure FM the best yet.
Thank you.

As the current Head of Sales and Finance I am confident that I have what it takes to perform this role to its full potential and to the best of my ability, whichever one of those is better.This is my second year with Pure FM and also my first completed year being in the committee for two other societies as well so this sort of role is not new to me. Well, I only got it in January, but let’s skim over that.I do have a calculator and I got 78% in Maths for my Leaving Certificate so, there’s that.

I’ve worked very closely with the current Station Manager and Head of Marketing & Publicity with much success and any time that there was an issue with any sort of payments I would kick the Union up it’s arse. Figuratively, I do not condone arse kicking except in extenuating circumstances.
So, yes. You should vote for me as I’ve been your Head of Sales and Finance for the past while and it’s gonna pretty damn smoothly so far.

Stay in school, say no to most drugs.

Hi I am Ed and I would like to be the Head of Programming at Pure FM for the coming academic year. I am currently the Equipment Manager at the station and have also hosted my fair share of shows dating back to the second semester of my first year. As Head of Programming I would like to work on making our current branded shows; Wake Up With, Lunch With and Home Time With, more defined, give them an identity that the students at the University are able to immediately know is theirs. I want to keep the fun attitude that we have towards radio but at the same time create a schedule that presents the Hosts of shows in the best possible way, there is no point having a rock show at four in the afternoon.I will create a small team, something that has not been done in this role in recent years, if not ever. This team would work with hosts from areas of the schedule, be it weekends, mornings, afternoons or evenings, and the goal would be to provide regular feedback to the shows plus someone they know will be able to deal with their specific query.I have seen in the past that when presenters are not trained adequately they make mistakes, I want to continue the scheme of ensuring every presenter has been fully trained before they may do a show. I will work with the Head of Training to  ensure that every presenter knows what to do before entering the studio alone for the first time. I will introduce a series of on-going sessions for presenters to attend focusing on certain areas of radio. The aim of these session would be to give presenters information and training on how to improve their show, they could range from using social media in the radio environment to how to come up with a good feature.

Feedback is not only important in the development of shows but also the development of the station and works both ways. I will intro a quick feedback form that presenters can fill in that will make them think about the show went and if, for example, there was any music that wasn’t on the system that they wanted or any item in the studio wasn’t working properly. I would then ensure that this information was passed on the right person and that it was acted on.
I think that it is important that our members get to experience what it is like to broadcast on a commercial station and I aim keep our strong link with ExpressFM as it provides members an opportunity that very few other stations in the country can provide.

Hi I’m Oli and I want to be the new production manager for Pure FM. I’m the current Station Manager, soon to be the South East Regional Officer of the SRA and so I’m stepping down from Station Manager to take on production, a great passion of mine!I love making production and want to introduce different sounds tailored to shows and the overnight playlist.This year my aims are:

- I want to introduce more power intros, TOH produced music, sweepers, shotguns, rifles, more beds and indents.
- Create production that is aimed to develop the members when presenting.
- Ensure that the over night playlist is properly catered for in terms of production.
- Create better news production.
- Ensure the right production is created for our events.
- Scrap the million paged CartWall that keeps crashing and add just three or four pages to incorporate the sounds of 2013/14

There’s a lot more I want to do but these are just a few of the things I wish to introduce this year.

I’m Ashley, 1st Year Student transferring to Television and Broadcasting for September. Marketing and Publicity is one of the key parts of getting people involved and tuning into Pure FM and knowing what we are about. I have taught myself a various number of software packages to produce materials that have enabled me to become confident enough to apply for this position.My main points:
- Work with local businesses to run monthly competitions that will get people tuned in more and want to actively engage in shows. I believe working with local communities to show what we do and what we achieve as a station.- I would like to actively publicise events on the monitor in studio one for shows to promote within the union so students can get involved. This would be updated regularly.

- When we as a station do our special broadcasts I would like to use different mediums, (yes I know it’s a radio station) to reach out to people who wouldn’t normally tune into Pure FM and get people pushing that ‘Listen Now’ button.

- I want to work closely with the production manager and head of programming to ensure that each show has an opportunity for marketing materials and help with their show. I would like to make sure at the beginning of each term that there is a photo shoot for the shows.

- Newsletters, I think that we should start a newsletter that will have a show of the week, which is selected by the committee, this will feature in the newsletter with what day and time they are on so listeners can tune in.

- Working with the online manager, station manager and head of technology, to see what we can do as to putting Pure FM broadcasts out around the union and university.

- I would utilise my knowledge of graphic packages to create publicity for Pure FM, also I would create a flyer at the beginning of the year (fresher’s fayre) for Pure FM with the committee on there so people know who we are and what we are here for.

- Work with head of events and head of socials to ensure that each event is marketed to the maximum potential.

- If Pure FM needed to make a presentation I would make sure materials are ready for this so that Pure FM has that professional trend throughout.

I want more people involved in Pure FM and see more 1st years like myself getting involved and staying active. Any questions then please ask me.

Thank-you for reading.

I feel that i would be a suitable candidate for the role of Marketing and Publicity for several reasons. Firstly, i would like to take a much more active role within Pure FM as radio is something im very keen to remain involved in once i graduate from Portsmouth in 2014. Secondly, I will be applying for work experience this summer at stations such as ‘Kiss FM’, ‘Capital FM’ & ‘Absolute Radio’, so i feel that i will be well equipped with experience & knowledge within the marketing area and have a greater understanding of how the top radio stations are managed.I study Drama at the University meaning i have an out going personality and the confidence to promote material. My show ‘Trends & Tunes’ that’s on Thursday nights at 8, already has a large following from my own form of promotion, thus, showing the capabilities i have to be able to promote & advertise successfully.
I feel that i have the right capabilities to benefit the promotion of Pure FM, i have a real passion & determination to get involved with radio after University and i feel that this would be a truly excellent opportunity to help me succeed in that area of work. I just need to be given the chance to prove myself.

Hey!
I’m Sophie and i’m putting my name forward to be the next Marketing and Publicity manager for PureFM.
I’ve been with PureFM since last October and i’m thoroughly enjoying my time and feel that I want to get more involved. What better way then applying for a committee position.
I’m currently in my first year doing a Media Studies and Entertainment Technology degree. I also host my own show at PureFM which shows you I am reliable. I’m also a great team player and have good communication skills, which I think are vital in this position.As a candidate for the Marketing & Publicity position I would hope to maintain Tom’s workings from the past year while also adding my own ideas.
One being more actively involved in the social media side. I feel that this has slightly lacked and would love to improve it.
As someone who is always on social networking sites I believe I can utilise this fast paced environment efficiently.
While still promoting our branded shows, I also want to focus on the non-branded shows to help get them as much listenership as well. By promoting these shows on our social network sites I believe we can help increase our listenership.Along with that I want to try and see if we can get promotional flyers put up around the university buildings and possibly in the union to help increase the awareness of PureFM. I would also like to see if there is some way we can get the Union to play PureFM in their building during the day.

I’d also like to try and work with the heads of our other media related societies to help putting together and further promoting charity events such as 48hr and to cross promote each others societies.

Thank you for your consideration.

As your current Deputy of Marketing and Publicity, I would like to be your next Head of Marketing and Publicity for the next academic year.If elected I will;- Build a bigger Marketing team
- Continue building connections with companies to gain more sponsorship
- To use the Marketing budget effectively to ensure we are still getting the best quality marketing for the best possible price
- Send out myself and the marketing team on the streets to get the public more in the know of what PureFM is and what we have to offer to them
- Work closely with Finance & Sales to make sure that we are making the most out of our budget.
- Work closely with Events to ensure that myself and the marketing team are promoting each event that we do.
- Work with the current members to help push PureFM at Freshers Fayre and get people joining us.
- I would like to work with Head of Programming to develop a ‘Way To Market Your Show’ guide to help new and existing members to be able to advertise and promote their shows effectively.

The reasons why I would like to be your Head of Music is because I currently have a two hour slot on Pure FM every Thursday from 8pm until 10pm and I absolutely love it. Music is my passion and a career in radio would be a dream job to me. In order to enhance my C.V and make me more employable in the future, it would be great to say I was part of such a great committee. I am a very organised person and I would take great joy in organising the playlists for Pure.FM. I have a huge knowledge of music and I would not be biased on the genre being played on the autopilot as I enjoy various kinds of music with house music being my favourite but I also enjoy indie, garage, drum and bass and lots more. In terms of album and gig reviews this interests me greatly, I have applied to be a writer for the Ministry of Sound website which means I will be talking about the local Portsmouth music scene so that role along with the role of Head of Music for Pure FM go hand in hand so I believe I will be very good at writing gig reviews. I have already been to lots of gigs and festivals as they give me a great buzz. I have been to large scale events such as seeing Swedish House Mafia, Calvin Harris, Example and Faithless at huge venues across the U.K but I have also been to more intimate gigs to see lesser known artists at Wedgewood Rooms and the Portsmouth Pyramids Centre in which I have seen the likes of Maverick Sabre, One Night Only and the Rifles so I have a great experience of live music and would thrive on the role on writing gig reviews. Furthermore, I am a very confident and outgoing person and I would love to contact and interview people in the music industry and I would have a bunch of questions that I would be eager to ask them. Overall, I believe this role is perfect for me and I believe I have the knowledge and the capabilities to be able to do it and I will tackle this job role head on.

I would like to apply for the position of Music Manager for this year. I believe I should be voted into this role as I am very committed and highly organised. I love music and am a huge fan of music itself, not just individual artists. I love hearing different sounds of a track and seeing how it was put together. I enjoy many genres of music and always find new songs, often months before commercial knowledge of the music.
I intend to give all members an equal chance to go to gig reviews if they wish by keeping the members page updated with gig news. I also would like to try and arrange music on the system into an a-z format as I have found typing in the song does not always work. I would work with other members such as technology to see if this is possible. Also, set up a way for members to search for songs on the system from home using studio 3 or even add songs (that would have to be moderated beforehand). This way presenters can see what music is available easier. I would also like to have a music page on studio 3, where members can post songs they would like to have on the system, and problems they encounter,  or any other ideas relating to music management.
I will consider all local acts and albums we get sent as it is important to not disregard something just because your not into the genre of it or doesn’t sound good on paper. I will aim to keep contacts and maintain relationships with artists Pure enjoy. In my time as a presenter on Pure I have already been sent music to listen to on email, twitter and my show page on facebook. I have experience with editing software as well.
I am incredibly passionate about music and have loved being a part of PureFM this year. I wish to further my involvement in student radio and really become involved in something amazing.Thankyou for considering my application

Hello, I’m Joel.First of all, (and most importantly) I’m computer literate. I’m applying for Head of Online because I enjoy the social side of Pure FM- whether it be social networking or reaching more people with a better looking Website. This year I will be making the website look more professional and smart by uploading the content the committee and members send to me in order to provide a bigger reach for Pure FM. We already have a great station, and I feel I can really add to it with my eye for a professional edge.Thanks, Joel

I aim to both sustain and improve the systems of Pure, with projects to both maintain and improve the computers and playout systems and the studio itself.
I have experience with server management through my course (Computer Network Management and Design) and with being the current Systems Manager I have a good knowledge of how they work and how they can be improved.I aim to be as available as possible with members, with a dedicated number in case of emergency to call or text instead of posting on Facebook or emailing.I will assist with any OB I can, and support any members ideas for OB’s and shows.

In summary, I want to use what technology there is out there to make Pure the best it can.

I plan to continue the good work that Vicki Parker did last year. She managed to expand the news team and even introduced new roles such as the Sports Editor and Features Editor. Being the Sports Editor last year I was fully involved with the workings of PureFM and became familiar with the equipment. I also had to regularly contribute and be in charge of a small team of reporters.I would intend to expand the sport segment of the RE Port show (which I plan to continue running) and have live interviews in the studio with captains/players or presidents form the societies. The sport segment would cover all university sports and hopefully, if I manage to get a larger number of sports reporters than was achieved last year, we could get more detailed match reports from the games.
I also plan to continue the studentwiki package, which I believe is a great way for students to find out about the goings on at the University. This again can be expanded and a larger part of the show can be given to this.I would also like to try and give more of a student voice to the show. I believe that if there is an interactive news debate/discussion as part of the show, it would make the news and show in general more appealing. I would do this by either inviting guests into the studio to have a discussion on air, which would also encourage listeners to get involved. But this could also be done as a package where I would try to get a reporter to go into the streets and ask the public’s opinion of a certain story or issue.
One final change that I would make id to try and pre record bulletins that could be included on people’s shows. Obviously I would not want to intrude onto other shows, but I believe that if we can get a daily bulletin recorded and then played a couple of times throughout the day it would be hugely beneficial to the station. I would try to get a team of bulletin readers to take turns in reading the news as this will give people invaluable experience if the wish to pursue a career within journalism.

Serious Business (Heading)During my two years at PureFM, I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience of putting on a radio show every week. This comes at the expense of the committee’s time and effort that keeps this radio station running. I believe that I can put back into PureFM the experience and knowledge I have gained as your Head of Training for the coming year.
I have previous experience of being on a committee as I was previously Treasurer for the University of Nottingham Korfball Club. I am aware of the blood, sweat and tears that goes into running a society. I feel I am approachable, kind and understanding. I have had several jobs where I was chosen to train others due my diligence and proficiency i.e. I make one hell of a Big Mac. I believe I have the ability to mediate effectively from a neutral perspective when things get stressful. I understand that not everyone is the same and some may require more time to get to grips with the controls and the concepts of radio.
Fun Stuff (heading)
Not many of you are aware that this year I was part of the PureFM secret Jelly Baby Legion. I was seconded to Budapest, where we were tasked with fighting off a Sponge Dragon and a Jam Phoenix. All the while, there was a threat of New Éclair War but luckily, we were victorious in the fight against Hungery. Upon returning to PureFM, I was promoted to Lord Captain Commander and have been in charge of the Legion since. That is all I wish to say about that, we lost a lot of good Jelly Babies out there.
I am to ensure that every single show that goes out on PureFM plays at least one Biffy Clyro song, so that the heathens of the world can truly understand the sheer amount of awesome they possess.. Orion, Oli, Timmy and I will be living together next year meaning there will be safe haven for all PureFM members when the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse occurs.
Tl;dr (heading)
• I want to put something back into PureFM after two years
• I have previous experience as a committee member and training in the work place
• I want to create a new PureFM training video that is light-hearted, informative and welcoming
• I want to extend the role of Training to assist the Head of Programming with show monitoring
• I am Lord Captain Commander of the Jelly Baby Legion, I love Biffy Clyro and I like Train(ing)s

- Presented at PureFM for 1 year
- Love to help, have helped others on various occasions throughout the year
- Contributed to the 48 Hour Broadcast

I would like to be head of socials for pure fm because I love organising nights out, I have a lot of experience with getting drunk (and getting other people drunk), and I have a fair few connections in Eskimo and rough hill. I’m totally mobbed up.I also have a fair few ideas for socials that don’t involve getting completely smashed and making a fool out of yourself, so there’s something for everyone.When I organise a social I’m always looking for fun, different things to do, and I always make sure everyone has a good time.

I also hereby promise to document every drunken and hilarious moment with photographic evidence.

Pick me, pick me.

Hi,
My name is Helen and I want to be your Events Manager for academic year 2013/2014. I currently host “Hometime with Brennan & Bailey” with Ashley Bailey and I have also been a part of the events team for almost a year now.
I noticed there wasn’t many people in our events team and this is something I want to work on. I want to build a strong team so we can all build upon our event management skills at Pure FM.
Now we have a second stream it is possible to do more outside broadcasts. We all have creative minds, and outside broadcasts is where we can really try and experiment.
I have noticed that we don’t have any speech radio shows. This is something I definitely want to try out. I’d like to work with the comedy society to produce a panel show, this would be a recorded show, and would need the assistance of the: production manager, technical team and programme controller to make it successful. If successful this could give us the potential content to enter us into Best Speech Programming at the Student Radio Awards.
Last year we did a 48 hour broadcast which was successful. However, I don’t feel many people were involved and this is a great opportunity to get involved and do silly things for charity! It would be great if we could do multiple charity fundraising events and broadcasts rather than one big broadcast. It would be great to fundraise for charities located around Portsmouth whether it is in aid of the Portsmouth Association for the Blind or the Cancer Research Campaign. There are so many  local charities that would appreciate the support.
Each year we broadcast live from the Great South Run, however I feel that the content that goes out isn’t formatted very well. It is important to get the runners motivated however we need to work together to improve the audience interaction. I would work with the PC to work on improving this!
Varsity – the content that we broadcast this year was amazing, and I really don’t know how I can beat that. I want to continue working closely with SURGE radio and I want to keep the outputs in Southampton just as high as they were in Portsmouth this year.
Before the end of term I would love to put together a charity event with current committee and the new elected committee. It would be really challenging but it’d be something fun to do, and will give you the chance to see what we can do as a station!
So why should you choose me? Because…
• I have great time management
• I am a doer, not a talker
• I want the opportunity to get Pure FM out there a bit more in the community
• I know we have the potential and equipment to do more outside broadcasts and I have experience as I have worked with our Events Manager on organising our 48 hour broadcast.
• Finally, I have the mind set and motivation to make this all happen, I just need the help and support of you guys!