Community Radio

North East Scotland community radio service Mearns FM has joined the Aberdeen DAB digital radio multiplex.

Former Heart and BBC Radio Cambridgeshire presenter Kev Lawrence is joining Peterborough station PCRfm to host its breakfast show.

Former BBC presenter Chris Donald is joining community station Nova Radio North East.

KeeP 106 has launched a fundraising appeal on its second birthday to support a local first school.

Ofcom has awarded three new community radio licences in Northampton in what appears to be a unique event based on exceptional circumstances.

Ofcom is giving community radio stations a second chance to apply for emergency funding to help them through the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

South West London community station Riverside Radio is launching on the Trial London multiplex using DAB+ on August 1st.

Investors in Community has joined forces with Love Local Radio Media to form a new partnership aiming to help community radio stations.

Southport-based community station Mighty Radio is planning to start a station in Leeds.

Ofcom has approved substantial Key Commitments changes requested by Secklow Sounds over a year ago.

The Community Media Association is calling on HM Treasury for a Community Radio Stimulus Package.

The most recently appointed board of Radio Scilly has changed the name of the station to Islands FM after a decade on-air.

Nation Broadcasting is planning to offer a free place for community radio stations on any future small scale multiplexes it might own.

Community radio station Uckfield FM is celebrating ten years of full-time broadcasting.

Swindon 105.5 presenter Dave Woods will be taking to the streets next month to raise funds for the radio station.

A new radio station dedicated to under-represented music genres is set to launch this week in Leeds.

The breakfast presenter at Radio Ninesprings has been removed from the schedule for the next couple of weeks after an incident

Eleven volunteers have departed Huntingdon Community Radio in Cambridgeshire following an instruction that there should be no mention of the Black Lives Matter campaign on air.

A total of 81 community radio stations around the country are sharing grants worth a combined £333,152 from the Ofcom Community Radio Fund to help during the coronavirus pandemic.

Manchester community station ALL FM has been given the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.

West Hull Community Radio has been put on notice by Ofcom for repeatedly ignoring the regulator's request for information.

Ofcom has found Preston Community Radio in breach of its licence for 'consciously' not sticking to its Key Commitments.

Six new community radio stations will go on air in south London, Kent, Somerset and Fife after being given licences by Ofcom.

The penultimate set of programmes being made through funding from the Audio Content Fund has been announced - with grants awarded to projects airing on stations in South Wales, Northern Ireland and a network of stations for the LGBT…

A new 'pop up' late show for during the Coronavirus lockdown period is being offered free to community, online and digital stations.

Over 50 community radio stations have written a letter to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden over the recent offer to provide £400,000 funding.

The government has announced that funding will available within weeks to help community radio stations that have been hit hard by the current crisis.

A new mental health radio series, 60 Second Support, has started today with funding from the Audio Content Fund.