2005/06

STAR was founded as Star FM in 2005 by Sandy Walker and Steve Pidcock, two students who decided that St Andrews really needed a radio station. The station owes a lot to Sir Clement Freud (Rector of the University of St Andrews 2002-2005), who was instrumental in getting STAR off the ground, via the Rector's Charitable Fund.

STAR began with a trial period between 28th February and 13th March 2005, broadcasting on 87.7 FM and standrewsradio.com for six hours each day (8-10am, 7-9pm, and 11pm-1am). [Source]

During the trial period, the website received 15,000 hits per day. This success led to a second two-week period of broadcasting, from 21st November to 4th December 2005, again on 87.7 FM and the website, this time with twelve hours of live shows each day. [Source]