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{{Short description|Student-run radio station at the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = CAM FM (Cambridge University Radio)
| logo             = Cam FM logo, in use from August 2020.svg
| city             = Cambridge
| area             = [[University of Cambridge]] & <br>[[Anglia Ruskin University]]
| branding         =
| airdate          = February 1979
| frequency        = 97.2 MHz (FM)
| format           = Variety : rock/dance/indie/pop/news/arts/debates/comedy
| power            = 
| erp              = 
| webcast          = [https://stream.camfm.co.uk/camfm stream.camfm.co.uk/camfm]<br>[http://www.camfm.co.uk/player www.camfm.co.uk/player]
| callsign_meaning = 
| owner            = Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin Student Radio Ltd
| website          = [http://www.camfm.co.uk www.camfm.co.uk] 
}}

'''Cam FM''' (formerly known as '''Cambridge University Radio''' and later '''CUR1350''') is a student-run [[radio station]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] and [[Anglia Ruskin University]]. The station broadcasts online and has an FM frequency of 97.2 MHz. The station opened studios at Anglia Ruskin University and [[Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge|Fitzwilliam College]] and started broadcasting in 2012 from these locations<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Cam FM - 97.2 FM - Radio for Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin |url=https://www.camfm.co.uk/history/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Cam FM |language=en}}</ref> after having spent its first 32 years located in [[Churchill College, Cambridge|Churchill College]]. Cam FM once held the world record for the longest team broadcast marathon, at 76 hours,<ref>[http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/DJs-take-a-spin-at-world-record-15112012.htm  DJs take a spin at world record] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326183504/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/DJs-take-a-spin-at-world-record-15112012.htm |date=26 March 2014 }}</ref> and following the significant technical overhaul as a result of the two new studios in 2012, provided the first-ever broadcast media coverage of the [[Women's Boat Race 2012|Oxford vs Cambridge Women's Boat Race]] from [[Dorney Lake]], as well as live outside broadcasts from [[Newmarket races|Newmarket Races]] and the [[Varsity ski trip|Varsity Ski Trip]].<ref name=":0" />

In March 2009, Cam FM was awarded an FM Community Licence by the UK Broadcasting Regulator [[Ofcom]].<ref name=":0" /> The station, then known as CUR1350, took on its current name and launched its FM service on 2 October 2010.<ref name=":0" /> The station is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin Student Radio Ltd, which is also the FM licence holder.

Cam FM disaffiliated from the [[Student Radio Association]] in 2015,<ref name="SRA Members. Student Radio Association. Retrieved on 2015-10-18.">[http://www.studentradio.org.uk/stations/  SRA Members. Student Radio Association. Retrieved on 2015-10-18.]</ref> despite once winning Best Station at the Association's Student Radio Awards 2007 as '''CUR1350'''.<ref name="Student Radio Awards - 2007 - Winners. Student Radio Association. Retrieved on 2008-06-16.">[http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/2007/winners.html   Student Radio Awards - 2007 - Winners. Student Radio Association. Retrieved on 2008-06-16.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118081354/http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/2007/winners.html |date=18 November 2007 }}</ref> However, Cam FM rejoined the Student Radio Association in 2019.

Cam FM is managed by a committee of annually elected students and alumni of the [[University of Cambridge]] and [[Anglia Ruskin University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023/24 Cam FM committee |url=https://www.camfm.co.uk/committee/}}</ref> It is transmitted from Cambridge University Library on West Road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=mb21 - The Transmission Gallery |url=http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=2435 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=tx.mb21.co.uk}}</ref>