Community Radio

Lancashire community station has been found in breach of its licence by Ofcom after playing a song containing various uses of the F-word.

A community radio station in Sheffield is off-air after Ofcom suspended its licence.

MKFM’s campaign to collect 50,000 tins of food for the MK Food Bank over 90 days has overachieved its goal.

Station tells Ofcom its lack of live shows was due to illness of a key member of staff.

This community station has been found in breach of the Broadcasting Code after reporting itself for not sticking to the rules.

Ofcom monitored the station for three days after a complaint was made and heard mostly just music.

The team behind MKFM is launching two new radio stations later this year.

Angel Radio is switching off its 101.1FM frequency today as its new licence to serve Portsmouth on 89.3FM commences.

Hereward Media has pulled out of its plan to rescue the station.

The new licence represents the first joint initiative between the two licencing bodies for the radio broadcast sector.

Exmouth community radio station Bay FM has been found in breach of its licence for an item in its news bulletin.

Beach Hut Radio will let people see behind the scenes this Saturday at its base in Blyth quayside offices.

Radio Verulam relayed the live amateur radio link up between a local school and the International Space Station.

A new networking group for community radio stations is launching soon in the south east and London.

A community radio station which won a licence over two year ago is getting ready to launch.

Five-times World Snooker Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is joining the regular line=up at Brentwood's community radio station Phoenix FM.

Ofcom has turned down a request by Lancashire community radio station Chorley FM to remove the requirement to specifically target the LGBT community from its licence key commitments.

Melton Mowbray community radio station 103 The Eye has become the first in the sector to receive a licence renewal from Ofcom for the second time.

Community radio station Gateway 97.8 has been given Ofcom permission to reduce the number of hours of live programming it broadcasts each day.

Ofcom has received 25 applications to run a short-term Restricted Service Licence in Bradford next month.

Restricted Service Licence, Ramzan FM, has been found in breach of its licence after operating in Oldham last year.

Two local radio stations teamed together at the weekend to bring coverage of Stage 2 of Tour De Yorkshire.

Radio Newark will launch on Saturday 2nd May 2015, broadcasting on 107.8FM in the Newark-on-Trent area of Nottinghamshire.

North Surrey online radio station Brooklands Radio is to start broadcasting on DAB next month.

A new name, logo and identity for Preston's community radio station.

Former BRMB and BBC WM presenter Les Ross and ex-Beacon host Stuart Hickman are joining Wolverhampton's community radio station WCR FM.

The turn around is one of the quickest in community radio from licence award to on-air

MKFM's long battle for an FM licence has concluded today with the award of a five year community radio licence from Ofcom.

Trevor Dann is to present a new series for Cambridge 105 in which he interviews some of the university city’s brightest stars.

Consultants The Radio People have launched another community radio survey.

Former BBC Radio Lancashire assistant editor Ben Thompson joins the board of Ribble FM.

Ofcom has awarded three new community radio licences in Wolverhampton, Coventry and Rutland.

Ofcom has found North Manchester FM in breach of two licence conditions for failing to provide enough live programming.

Community station Corby Radio has under-delivered on its promise to provide at least 25% speech content during its daytime output.

The BBC has signed a new agreement with the Community Media Association to pledge a closer working relationship.

Drystone Radio has been found in breach of its licence for not logging its output.

London community radio station Resonance 104.4 fm is completing its week long annual fundraising drive today and wants to pay for a DAB trial to reach a wider audience.

Community radio station Redstone FM has abruptly ended its transmission on DAB in the Surrey area.

A community radio station is holding a networking and information day for others involved in the same sector.

A community radio station in Larne, Northern Ireland, has handed back its licence to Ofcom before starting to broadcast.

6 Towns Radio, the community radio station based in Burslem, have been banned from covering Port Vale matches by Vale chairman Norman Smurthwaite.

Chorley FM wants to change its Key Commitments to remove all references to its current target audience: young people and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community of Chorley.

A community radio station in Buckinghamshire has had its transmitter and transmitting equipment stolen.

RadioCentre says the changes to the way community radio stations can fund themselves is a concern for commercial stations.

The results of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport consultation on community radio are out.

A community radio group which gave back its licence to Ofcom before launching has explained the reason behind the move.

RadioToday has teamed up with My Radio Apps to bring a free streaming service to hospital and community radio stations in the UK.

A community radio station in Scotland has surrendered its licence to Ofcom before it has even launched.

Indigo 106.6FM, a community radio station based in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria has closed after six years on-air.

Exmouth community radio station Bay FM has teamed up with its local paper to hand out local hero awards.