Alumni
Several of the station's members have subsequently achieved considerable success in the wider world of radio & television broadcasting. Notable examples include:
- Anne Morrison, Director of the BBC Academy, was previously the Programme Director of the Network Supply Review. She worked as a director and producer on numerous factual and documentary BBC TV programmes. She became Head of Features in 1994 and subsequently ran a range of factual television and radio departments at the BBC. In 2006 she was appointed Controller, Network Production, BBC Television.
- Jane Ellison, one of the original founders of the Cambridge University Broadcasting Society, is now Commissioning Editor for General Factual Programmes at BBC Radio 4.
- Simon Cooper, also one of the founders of the society, was the Group Public Affairs Director of the GCap radio conglomerate before leaving to establish a public image consultancy firm.
- Colin Philpott, another founder of the Cambridge University Broadcasting Society, is Director of the National Media Museum. He previously worked for the BBC where during his 24-year career he fulfilled a number of roles as reporter, producer, documentary maker and editorial manager. His last post before leaving the BBC was Head of BBC Yorkshire.
- Ellie Buchanan (aka Woodstock Taylor), also one of the founders of the Cambridge University Broadcasting Society, was a freelance BBC presenter for many years and now works as a singer and songwriter.
- Andy Gillies was the co-presenter of CUR's first sports programme. He moved to Hereward Radio (later Mid Anglia Radio) where he became programme director. He later joined BBC Radio Sport, and was editor (radio sport) from 1994 to 1996. Andy is currently working as a freelance sports reporter.
- Tony Johnson, another member of the original team, designed and built CUR's original transmission system in 1979, and went on to work with Tim Berners Lee at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and in 1992 designed MidasWWW, one of the first ever web browsers. He continues to work on browser development at SLAC.
- Peter Rumney, another founder, is an award winning playwright, director & poet. His play Jumping on my Shadow won the Arts Council England Best Play Award 2002 and the John Whiting Award.
- Kevin Greening, a presenter on BBC Radio 1 throughout the latter half of the 1990s, went on to present on 102.2 Smooth FM, which broadcasts across Greater London, until his untimely death aged 44 in December 2007.
- Colin Burrows is the CEO of Special Treats Productions, providers of television and internet content for the film industry. Prior to this he spent time as a producer at Capital Radio and BBC Radio 1.
- Matt Fincham produces the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw.
- Matthew Price is now the BBC's Europe Correspondent, having previously been BBC's New York Correspondent and Middle East Correspondent.
- Chris Mason is BBC Political Correspondent, having previously been Radio 5 Live's Political Reporter, BBC Europe Correspondent, and before that a reporter on BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour programme.
- Tom Swarbrick is a presenter and producer at BBC Oxford.
- Richard Straffon was the overnight presenter on Key 103 in Manchester until April 2005, and is now the drivetime presenter on 97.6 Chiltern FM.
- Sarah Major now presents and produces BBC Radio Sheffield's Sunday Breakfast programme.
- Spencer Kelly is presenter of the BBC TV programme Click Online and formerly presenter on Ocean FM broadcasting across Portsmouth and Southampton.
- Chris Dearden is now a news reporter for BBC Wales, after a stint at BBC Essex, BBC London and BBC South East Today.
- Kate Arkless-Gray, station manager from 2001 to 2003, is now editor at Audioboo and a freelance radio-producer/broadcast journalist.
- Jaine Sykes is a researcher and assistant for the BBC TV programme The One Show and previously a broadcast assistant at Wise Buddah Creative.
- Bern Leckie, current Programme Controller of GCap's DAB stations Core and Chill.
- Martin Steers is the Commissioning Executive for Eagle Radio and Eagle_Extra.
- Val Mellon is a presenter on the national DAB station Core.
- Rob Ousbey, Production Coordinator at national speech DAB station Oneword Radio.
- Simon Ruggles, is a specialist guest presenter at Argos TV and returned to Cam FM in 2012 to present a weekly show.
- Chris Berrow, Cam-FM programme controller from 2011-12, is now a Broadcast Assistant at BBC Radio 2.
The station holds annual alumni days, on which former members are invited back to once again produce and present shows for listeners within the University.
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