Current Activities
The society holds its annual major club event, Indie Club Together, in early Spring, bringing together about a dozen local indie music nights under the same roof. In addition, various on-air and other fundraising events have been and will be held, including Radio Day on February 22, 2007, a 24-hour radio show fronted by then station manager Tim Johns in order to raise funds for Comic Relief. For the 2007/2008 broadcast all live events experienced a re-branding, all club nights, gigs and other fundraisers were to come under the brand 'Fresh Air Live Presents'. Around fifteen live events been hosted under that brand since September 2007.
As of 2009, the stations main events have been run under the banner of Twist and Shout, a 1950s theme night run in various venues around Edinburgh.
The society organises a number of fundraising events at local venues, and provides training to third parties, most notably as part of the recent European Union Vienna Project. Recent events fundraising for other causes raised the profile of the station, from its involvement in John Peel Day 2006 to its participation in Hearing Aid 2007, in aid of Comic Relief.
On 25 February 2011, Freshair.org.uk hosted the worlds first Bicycle powered radio show, the hour long outside broadcast being powered by two mounted bicycles with attached dynamos. The event was to raise awareness for climate change, and done in collaboration with Transition Edinburgh University.
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