The Studios
Jam 1575's home is situated towards the North of Hull, off Cottingham Road at the Students Union building on Salmon Grove. These premises were originally used as a printing press, which is why such a large ventilation system was installed (it has been reported that, due to the premises' design, loud music from the bars below could be clearly heard whilst presenters were on air).
The radio station currently has two studios, one for production and the other being the main broadcast studio, these are separated by an office. When Jam was founded (as URH) there were just 2 large rooms - the first (front) was a large office, and the second (rear) was used as the single studio.
In the early 1990s, the studio was split into two studios by Dave Walters and Scott Doak. Originally the pair planned to install a garden shed as a "booth," but changed their minds at the last minute, resulting in just a single partition being installed. Studio 1 was then switched with the office during the summer of 1996, as this room could only fit a large piece of studio woodwork and a mixing console, the latter donated by the UKRD Group. For the first six months, the new studio was not partitioned from the main Union Reception area, causing background noise issues.
During Easter 1997, Peter Jarrett and Liam Burke constructed the studio/hallway wall creating the now infamous Jam Corridor. Ian Hennam glazed the window (which had remained unglazed due to a glass cutting incident), thereby finishing the job.
In the summer of 1997, Paula Giles successfully applied for the Low Power AM (LPAM) license from the Radio Authority and P Squared installed the extra audio equipment and transmission infrastructure required prior to the on-air launch in September.
Jam's two studios were finally refitted in January 2005, installing a Soundcraft broadcasting desk and a Behringer production desk. Jam had previously been unable to broadcast since 4 October 2004 due to severe technical difficulties. The radio station resumed broadcast on 31 January 2005.
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