Format
The radio station was funded by the Student Union at the University of Essex, and changed identity to RED - 1404 AM in 2006. URE first broadcast on the 1 March 1971, on 301 metres medium wave (originally 998 kHz, later 999 kHz AM). It later broadcast on 963 kHz AM, 1404 kHz AM, 1602 kHz AM, and 87.7 MHz FM.
Programming format is predominantly music, with some news programmes including the award winning Tower to Tower magazine programme.
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