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Producer John Pattenden would use the on air mics and console to record and mix the station IDs, adverts and stings. With plans to go full-time in 1987, the need for a dedicated production studio space became crucial to any attempt to go on air all day.  
 
Producer John Pattenden would use the on air mics and console to record and mix the station IDs, adverts and stings. With plans to go full-time in 1987, the need for a dedicated production studio space became crucial to any attempt to go on air all day.  
  
Christoffersen's successful lobbying for the extra Cowshed space, lead to the establishment of Contact's offices. Plans were then developed for a production studio due to the extra Cowshed space now available to the station.  
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Christoffersen's successful lobbying for the extra Cowshed space, lead to the establishment of Contact's offices and plans were developed for a production studio due to the extra Cowshed space now available to the station.  
  
The increasing floor space in the Cowshed that was now dedicated to Contact-FM did not go unnoticed at the NEXUS offices next door. In the NEXUS End of Year Awards 1986, Contact was given the 'Brierley's Award for Sudden Success and Expansion', a tongue in cheek award picked up by Waikato Times reporter John Drinnan in his story about Contact's first year on FM. The Times story also noted the plans for the production studio to come the following year.
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The increasing floor space in the Cowshed that was now dedicated to Contact-FM did not go unnoticed at the NEXUS offices next door. In the NEXUS End of Year Awards 1986, Contact was given the 'Brierley's Award for Sudden Success and Expansion', a tongue in cheek award picked up by Waikato Times reporter John Drinnan in his Waikato Times story about Contact's first year on FM. The Times story also noted the plans for the production studio to come the following year.
  
 
Serious planning for the PD studio was done towards the end of 1986 and in 1987 [[John Pattenden]] built The Fridge allowing Contact-89FM to go full time on air under the management of [[Glen Cooper]].
 
Serious planning for the PD studio was done towards the end of 1986 and in 1987 [[John Pattenden]] built The Fridge allowing Contact-89FM to go full time on air under the management of [[Glen Cooper]].
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==Revival with The Volume Collective==
 
==Revival with The Volume Collective==
[[image:Antimatter.jpeg|right|thumb|Anti Matter leave their mark]]
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In 2016, the Fridge was again revived by the University's [[Volume Collective]].
In 2016, the Fridge was again revived by the [[Volume Collective]]. On July 1st, the Fridge was opened and like any fridge that hasn't been opened in 2 years, it smelled terrible. This began the restoration and revitalization of the space.
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On April 21, 2017, the aptly named [[In The Fridge]] series began. This saw the 'Fridge' go from being a sparsely used practice space to a weekly recording space for musicians to "Jam and Chat." These have then been uploaded to YouTube [http://www.thevolumecollective.com/in-the-fridge/]. The WSU evicted the Volume Collective in 2019, apparently so [[Nexus]] could use the space to record podcasts.
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