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KUBE Events

KUBE holds big events throughout the year including the Launch Party in freshers week. This event is open to all students at the university and is an excellent opportunity for new members to get to know each other.

Another big event that KUBE has held since 2007 is the 24 hour broadcast. During the event the station broadcasts live for 24 hours and raises money for a chosen charity. Initially run to tie in with Comic Relief and Red Nose Day, the event has evolved into being a key part of the fundraising Rag Week.

In 2007, Mark Welch and Matt Hallworth spent the whole 24 hours presenting from KUBE's original studio, before the area was redeveloped. This event led to KUBE winning its NY Festivals award. In 2008 a different approach was taken and there was a multitude of different presenters who did the full 24 hours. In 2009, Georgie Hammerton and Nick Lancaster took the reins and in 2010 TC Balmer and Aide Rushton fronted the broadcast.

For KUBE Radio’s 24 Hour Charity Broadcast 2011, Holly Beaumont-Wilkes and Dwayne ‘D-Won’ Evans were challenged to host the marathon broadcast solely from one studio, with no breaks and no sleep. Highlights of the broadcast included a ‘KUBE Live Lounge’ to highlight student talent, a Sabbs challenge to discover who is ‘the most Keele’ and ‘The KUBE 24 Challenge’ where students competed to win VIP tickets to Keele University Students' Union Annual end-of-year Summer Party Woodstoke 4. Through online and off-line donations, Keele University’s award-winning student radio station, KUBE Radio, raised over £1000 for The Donna Louise Children’s Hospice Trust on Monday 30 May 2011.

The 24 hour broadcast was rebranded in 2012, simply as ‘KUBE24’. Following the similar style as the previous years, presenting duo Megan ‘JMeg’ Jones and Lauren ‘Dodge’ Dodgeson were set the challenge of broadcasting for a full 24 hours in the studio, with no breaks and various challenges to perform throughout the broadcast. Highlights of the 2012 broadcast included the ‘KUBE 24 Challenge’ (in which two people per team were set different challenges they were to complete in 90 minutes, returning to the studio with photographic evidence), the ‘Keele Boatrace’ (which was delayed due to someone raising concerns to security), an interview with Tim Westwood at approximately 9pm, before he DJed at the club ‘Liquid’ in Hanley, the ‘King of Blag’ where Vinesh Patel (the Station Manager at the time) and Dwayn ‘D-Wan’ Evans (the Head of Production at the time) were challenged to obtain as much free food from takeaway restaurants as possible in an hour, as well as the usual favourites such as the ‘KUBE Sessions’ (a re-brand from 'Live Lounge'), the ‘Who's more Keele?’ competition with John Easom (the Keele Alumni Officer) as well as various other segments throughout the 24 hours.