Coimbra University Radio

Coimbra University Radio (Portuguese: Rádio Universidade de Coimbra - RUC) is a university radio station of the Coimbra Academic Association (students' union) of the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugal. It broadcasts on 107.9 FM (also broadcasts on-line). The Center of Experimental Radio was founded in the 1940s but it was only on 1 March 1986 that the radio obtained the authorization to broadcast on FM. The studios and offices of this university radio station are located in the main building of the Associação Académica de Coimbra, in the city centre. The radio gives courses in radio programming, technic and news, that students from the University of Coimbra and everybody else can join.