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Balloons celebrate change at station.


BALLOONS were launched to celebrate the new name for a student radio station.

The 500 balloons were released outside Teesside University's library.

The radio station, previously UTRN is now called Click. The station''s producers felt a new name was needed following the recent launch of Teesside University''s new identity.

Graphic design student Craig Wright Craig Wright can refer to the following:
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, 21, from Newcastle Newcastle, city, Australia
Newcastle, city (1991 pop. 262,331), New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Pacific Ocean. It is the center of one of the country's largest coal-mining areas and is a large port. Coal, wool, iron and steel, and wheat are exported.
, came up with the name and logo for the station.

He said: "I was involved in designing posters for the launch of UTRN so as soon as I heard there was a competition to design a new logo I went back to ideas I''d been working on to develop them further.

"I decided on 'Click' after going through numerous words associated with radio. Click links with the idea of switching on a radio, buttons are clicked to switch something on and it''s catchy."

The station was launched in January 2008 and is streamed live through the university''s online network. It can be accessed through www.clickteesside.com with live broadcasts due to begin from Monday, October 12.

A contest was held to see which balloon balloon, lighter-than-air craft without a propulsion system, lifted by inflation of one or more containers with a gas lighter than air or with heated air. During flight, altitude may be gained by discarding ballast (e.g.  would go the furthest by the end of October, with the prize of unlimited cinema for a year at Cineworld, Middlesbrough.
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Publication:Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Date:Oct 9, 2009
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