Community Radio

A group of presenters dressed as superheroes to take on a fundraising assault course challenge has raised over £300.

Presenter Mike Shaft will give the opening address at the 2019 Community Media Conference at MediaCityUK in Salford on Saturday 28th September.

EAVA FM in Leicester has been found in breach of its Key Commitments for not serving its intended audience during the month of Ramadan.

Chorley FM has closed down and handed its community radio licence back to Ofcom after almost 20 years of operating.

Community station North Cotswold Community Radio says it is at risk of closure unless it can recruit key people to help run it.

Bristol community radio station BCfm has resumed broadcasting following a fire which has destroyed its main studio in the city.

The date and venue have been confirmed for this year's Community Radio Awards, which will be presented in Barry.

Community station Siren Radio is currently off-air due to a transmitter fault.

Former Ashbourne Radio and High Peak Radio presenter John Haynes has joined community station Moorlands Radio.

This year’s Community Radio Now & Next Day will take place on Saturday October 26th in Barry, South Wales.

Long-serving Heart East Anglia presenter Jono Woodward is joining the team at community station Zack FM.

Stockport’s Your FM has been found in breach of its key commitments by not delivering a daily minimum of 8 hours original output.

Ofcom has agreed a Key Commitment change request for Nottingham community radio station Radio Faza.

Insanity Radio, North Surrey’s community radio station, has been awarded a £9,950 funding grant from The National Lottery Community Fund.

Yeovil’s new local community station Radio Ninesprings gave a 16-year-old his own two-hour show to mark Local Radio Day.

Volunteers and stations from up and down the country are being urged to enter the best of their output from the past year.

BBC Radio Lincolnshire and Boston’s community radio station 107 Endeavour FM are joining up to broadcast a special show.

Ofcom has received 35 more applications for community radio licences in various parts of the UK.

Former Grange Hill TV actress Fleur Tickner is joining Susy Radio 103.4 to present a Sunday afternoon show with her son.

Former temporary station Maritime Radio is launching full time on a five-year community radio licence this Easter.

Mighty Radio has returned on a full-time basis in Southport after years of operating online and via restricted services.

Ofcom has found Southend-on-Sea community station Funky SX in breach of its licence for not retaining recordings of its output as required.

Taunton community radio station Apple FM has been saved from closure just over a week before it was due to close.

Jägermeister and Reform Radio have announced a new partnership, coming together to open the Jäger X Reform Studio, a new shared music space in Manchester.

Taunton’s Community radio station Apple FM is to close due to a number of operations issues, the directors have announced today.

A blind radio presenter will realise her life-long dream when she begins presenting a regular day-time show.

Digital marketing specialist Sue Keogh has been appointed to the Cambridge 105 Radio board.

Local Radio at the heart of community: 2000 miles, 20 stations, two guys in a pic & one World Radio Day.

Andover’s community radio station has released a six-minute lip-sync video of Queen’s ‘Radio Ga Ga’ featuring its presenters, local MP and local businesses.

Gaydio will be launching in Brighton this year complete with a new package of jingles from ReelWorld.

Andover Radio has issued an apology for what happened after its attempt to cover a local news story went wrong

North Lancashire’s community radio station Beyond Radio has partnered with a local arts group to generate more community content.

The Community Media Association has appointed Danny Lawrence of Gateway 97.8 as the new Chair and Janey Gordon of the University of Bedfordshire as Vice Chair.

Online station Wandsworth Radio is expanding to serve the neighbouring London boroughs of Richmond, Merton and Lambeth with a plan to join DAB.

Community radio station Radio Scilly is asking for help from locals or radio professionals to ensure the station survives.

Ofcom has imposed a £10,000 financial penalty on Radio Ikhlas Limited, after material broadcast on its community radio station broke the rules.

Ofcom has announced a list of 43 areas across the UK where it will accept new applicant for community radio licences.

Sunny Govan Radio has been invited to a meeting at Ofcom to discuss its compliance procedures after a number of complaints were made against the station.

Ofcom has received a complaint about offensive language in a song played on Tudno FM in Llandudno.

A group of community radio stations has jointly condemned a report commissioned by industry body Radiocentre as inaccurate and misleading.

A new independent report has urged Ofcom and Government to rethink their approach to community and small-scale radio in the UK.

Community radio station Gravity FM in Grantham, Lincolnshire, has been found in breach of its licence for not repaying unused grant money as per Ofcom terms.

Small-Scale DAB multiplex operators will need to reserve space for community radio stations under new framework set out by the government.

HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex will visit Radio Tyneside to present the hospital and community radio station with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.

Uckfield FM presenters have appeared on a new radio show on BBC Sussex and Surrey.

Radiocentre is helping to coordinate the latest appeal by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) across commercial radio, in response to the Indonesia Tsunami.

Ofcom has found a Sheffield community radio station in breach of its licence for discussing the local election whilst the polls were open.

Radio Newquay has launched with a poem highlighting the positives of the town.

Irish language station Raidió Fáilte from Belfast has been named Station of the Year at the 2018 Community Radio Awards.

RadioReverb has launched an online crowdfunding campaign to purchase a new transmitter following the closure of Juice Brighton.