to students so they can prepare material for their shows. The station typically runs several outside broadcasts per year including coverage of Varsity sports matches between De Montfort University and the University of Leicester. The current studio is the fourth building that DemonFM has occupied. The original studio was a portable building behind the Students' Union building, with fairly basic equipment. Around 2000 the station moved into what had been a small brick building which had previously been a campus branch of NatWest bank. With the construction of The Campus Centre and incorporation of De Montfort Students' Union they negotiated a dedicated area and this included a purpose-built floating room to house the studio facilities, with the station moving across in 2003. When the station began broadcasting under its community licence, a majority of the programming shifted to the Creative Technology Studios in DMU's Queen's Building, with the Campus Centre studio eventually being decommissioned around 2012. In 2016 De Montfort University funded renovation of the radio control room from which DemonFM broadcasts. The current setup includes bespoke radio furniture for both talk-based programming and DJ-led shows. Station management The day-to-day running of the station is performed by a student committee, elected and appointed annually by members of Demon Media. This committee is overseen by a board consisting of senior officials from the university, students' union, members of industry, and several students. Awards DemonFM won national recognition at the annual Student Radio Awards in 2001 winning the Best Student Station award, following it up in 2007 by taking home the bronze award. A number of Demon FM nominees and winners have also gone on to careers in the radio and audio industries. In 2010 Talksport host Will Gavin was nominated for Best Male Presenter, while a year later in 2011 Talksport and former Virgin Radio presenter Jon Jackson received the Bronze Award. JACK Radio producer Ed Crofts was nominated alongside Ed Kewn for Best Entertainment Programme in 2013, and more recently in 2017, Abi Gibson received the Silver Award for Best Female. In April 2020, the station was nominated for 30 I Love Student Radio Awards, with the results to be revealed in May. Student Radio Association DemonFM is a member of the Student Radio Association, the national organisation set up to support student radio stations in the UK. Many of the station's members have actively supported the association through voluntary