Community Media Association

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209radio
(Cambridge)
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209radio will aim to serve the people of the City of Cambridge, with
particular attention being paid to currently under-served, minority or
disadvantaged communities.

3TFM
(Stevenston, Saltcoats and Ardrossan, North Ayrshire)
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3TFM will serve the local community of Stevenston, Saltcoats and
Ardrossan with a community radio service which places particular
emphasis on improving the health and general well-being of local
residents.

7 Waves Community Radio
(Leasowe, Wirral)
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7 Waves will be run by the community for the community,
and seek to serve all residents, with particular attention paid to the
elderly and disadvantaged.

Afan FM
(Neath & Port Talbot)
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Afan FM will provide a music-based information service
for the Neath-Port Talbot area, aimed specifically at young people aged
11-25.

ALL FM
(Manchester)
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ALL FM provides a
community radio service for the benefit of the inhabitants of this
culturally diverse area of Manchester.

Amber Sound
(Ripley)
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Amber Sound FM will be a radio service dedicated solely
to the Amber Valley in the heart of Derbyshire. Its main goal is to be
a focal point of community spirit and feeling, giving the people a
station that they can call their own. It will become a reliable source
for community information, interests, issues and topics that directly
affect people day-to-day in all corners of the area.

Angel Radio
(Havant)
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Angel Radio will provide a community radio service
specifically for persons aged 60 and over who live in Havant.

Angel Radio
(Newport, Isle of Wight)
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Angel Radio Isle of Wight will provide a service
focusing on the music and memories of 1900-1959 combined with up to
date information on issues relevant to listeners, such as health,
pensions and mobility.

Asian Star 101.6 FM
(Slough)
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Asian Star aims to
provide a service focussing on the needs and interests of the Asian
community in Slough, producing balanced coverage of the different
languages and faith groups.

Aston FM
(Aston, Birmingham)
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Aston FM will serve the various communities in the Aston
area.

Awaz FM (Glasgow)
(Glasgow)
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Awaz FM will serve the
Asian (Indian sub continent) population in Glasgow, delivering
entertainment, community information, local, national and international
news broadcasting in Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi and English. It will be the
voice of Glasgow’s ethnic communities and their respective faiths.

Awaz Radio (Pendle)
(Nelson)
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Pendle Community Radio will serve the Asian communities in Nelson and the
surrounding area. The service is primarily for the Pakistani community
and aims to be a source of community empowerment, leading to social
integration, economic regeneration and political well-being.

BANG Radio (formerly Life FM)
(Stonebridge, London)
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Life FM will serve residents in Stonebridge, Harlesden and surrounding areas. The station
aims to provide ‘community radio for the community by the community’
with programming that reflects local interests and concerns.

BCB 106.6fm
(Bradford)
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BCB aims to serve the diverse inner city communities of Bradford.

BCfm
(Bristol)
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Bristol Community FM intends to provide an engaging and challenging radio experience for the
City of Bristol. The station aims to serve the diverse communities of
Bristol including children, young adults, older people, disabled people
and ethnic minorities.

BFBS Radio (Northern Ireland)
(Lisburn)
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British soldiers, sailors, airmen, officers, their
immediate dependents, and associated civilians living and working in
the Lisburn community.

Black Diamond FM
(East and Central Midlothian)
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Black Diamond FM will provide a service to people living and working within east and central
Midlothian. The station will broadcast programming reflecting
Midlothian’s unique blend of community interests, cultural and
linguistic diversity.

96.5 Bolton FM
(Bolton)
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Bolton FM will provide a distinctive and relevant community radio service targeting the diverse
communities of Bolton. It will aim to be an inclusive and accessible
station, providing training and broadcasting opportunities for members
of all communities and encouraging their active participation.

Boundary Sound
(Newark-on-Trent)
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Boundary Sound will bring a community radio service to Newark and the surrounding villages in
North Nottinghamshire. The station aims to be an integral part of the
community, with strong links with schools, local councils and other
community organisations and will endeavour to give members of the
community who are under-represented in the media, the opportunity to be
heard.

Branch FM
(Dewsbury)
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Branch FM is a Christian group which will provide programming intended to be relevant to members
of its faith-based community of interest as well as members of the
wider community in the town of Dewsbury.

BRfm (Blaenau Gwent)
(Blaenau Gwent)
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BRfm will serve the residents of Brynmawr and the surrounding area of Blaenau Gwent. The
service aims to provide an engaging and challenging radio experience,
promoting social unity and community well-being.

BRFM (Sheppey)
(Isle of Sheppey)
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BR FM aims to serve people living and working in and around the Isle of Sheppey with local
news and information as the mainstay of daily programming.

Bro Radio
(Barry)
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BRO Radio will broadcast to the people of Barry,
offering a mixture of music and locally relevant speech in its service.

Calon FM
(Wrexham)
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Calon FM’s target community is the population of Wrexham and in particular the large
number of students in the area.

Canalside Community Radio
(Bollington)
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Canalside Radio will be an accessible and open to all service, providing training, community
activities and a broadcasting facility serving Bollington, and the
surrounding area.

Castledown Radio
(Salisbury Plain)
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Founded by an established local community-based organisation, Castledown Radio intends to provide
a service for both the civilian and resident military populations in
and around the town of Tidworth and surrounding villages.

Celtic Music Radio
(Glasgow)
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Celtic Music AM will provide a strong cultural voice for contemporary and traditional
Scottish music and song, and is aimed at Glasgow’s practising artists
of singer-songwriting within the Celtic genre of music and speech as
well as the wider community that engages with such content.

92.5 Cheshire FM
(Northwich)
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Cheshire FM will serve the rural area of villages and hamlets located between the small towns
of Northwich in the north and Middlewich in the south. The station will
involve all sections of the community, be a medium for community
expression and a campaigner for community development.

Chorley FM
(Chorley)
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Chorley FM aims to provide a service for Chorley’s youth
aged between 15 and 25, and Chorley’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender community.

Crescent Radio
(Rochdale)
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Crescent Radio will provide a community service for the Asian Muslim audience of Rochdale,
with largely talk-based programming in English and community languages.

Cross Rhythms City Radio
(Stoke-on-Trent)
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Cross Rhythms City Radio serves the Christian access/community in the Stoke-on-Trent area. It
has broadcast as one of the community radio pilot projects.

Cross Rhythms (Plymouth)
(Plymouth)
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Cross Rhythms Plymouth will serve the Christian community of Plymouth.

Cross Rhythms (Teesside)
(Stockton-on-Tees)
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Cross Rhythms Teesside will broadcast to the Christian community and in particular to people
in the 16-35 age group. The station also aims to provide a service
which will be accessible to members of the wider community.

CSR
(Canterbury)
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The station aims to provide an educationally-orientated service for young people in the
Canterbury area within the secondary, further and higher education
sectors and for those aspiring to be in education.

Dawn FM
(Nottingham)
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The station will provide a platform from which social, economic & religious issues of
concern to the Muslim Community (Pakistani, Kashmiri, Bengali &
Indian) will be addressed. The service aims to promote the regeneration
and confidence building of the community through entertaining,
inspiring and educational programmes.

Diversity FM
(Lancaster)
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Diversity FM will be the station for those who live, work or study in Lancaster. It is a
partnership between the YMCA and local educational establishments.

Down FM
(Downpatrick)
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Currently Unavailable Down FM will serve the town of
Downpatrick and surrounding villages.

Drive 105
(Londonderry)
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Drive FM will act as a voice of the community and aim to
forward the cause of good community relations. It will provide a forum
for debate on local issues, training opportunities and provide
entertainment.

Drystone Radio
(South Craven, Yorkshire)
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Drystone Radio will provide the South Craven area with an independent voice which
challenges, enriches, informs, stimulates and entertains by targeted
broadcasting to the diverse strands of the whole community.

Express FM
(Portsmouth)
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Express FM will provide access to the airwaves for the
learning community of Portsmouth enabling school, college and
university students, and other volunteers, to make their own radio
programmes; giving voice to young people, the city’s education
providers and the wider community.

Féile FM
(West Belfast)
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Féile FM will broadcast mainly to the West Belfast community. It will reflect the diversity,
cultural, political historical and social experiences of a broadly
nationalist working class community.

Forest FM
(Verwood)
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Forest FM aims to provide a community radio service for
Verwood and the surrounding hamlets and villages in rural East Dorset,
on the edge of the New Forest. The station will aim to nurture
community spirit and provide access to local individuals, groups,
societies and musicians as well as providing media training and
opportunities for young and old. Forest FM will be the voice of the
local community.

Forest of Dean Community Radio
(Forest of Dean)
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A proposal to serve the distinctive rural district of
Forest of Dean, linking activity, training and production in various
different locations. An open access policy will operate at all levels.

Future Radio
(Norwich)
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Future Radio will be a community station for West Norwich. It will be delivered by the NR5
Project, an inclusive arts and education project, and will reflect the
diversity of the communities in the area.

GFM
(Gloucester)
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Gloucester FM will provide a service targeting black and ethnic minority communities as
well as disadvantaged groups in the City of Gloucester.

Gravity FM
(Grantham)
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Gravity FM will provide a
service structured to meet the local tastes and demands of those living
and working in Grantham. The station will provide local news,
information, discussion and debate, together with a wide ranging music
policy.

GTFM
(Pontypridd)
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GTFM aims to provide a local and inclusive radio service for the residents of Pontypridd. It
is a partnership between a local residents’ association and the
University of Glamorgan.

Halton Community Radio
(Runcorn)
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The target community of Halton Community Radio is those
living in, working in, or undergoing training or education in the
borough of Halton.

Hayes FM
(Hayes)
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Hayes FM will broadcast to Hayes, Harlington and
surrounding areas, promoting communication within and between the
diverse community groups. The service will have a local emphasis and a
mix of music that reflects the diversity of the area.

102.3 HFM – Harborough FM
(Market Harborough) 
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Harborough FM aims to provide a sustainable,
informative, entertaining and relevant community radio service for the
Market Harborough area.

Hillz FM
(Coventry)
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The Hillz FM will serve the culturally diverse population within the Hillfields district of
Coventry. Output will include material of interest to all ages and will
be broadcast in English as well as various minority languages.

Hope FM
(Bournemouth)
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A faith-based group, linked to the local YMCA, Hope FM
will provide programming intended to be of interest to the Christian
population and members of the wider community within the Bournemouth
area.

ICR FM
(Ipswich)
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Ipswich Community Radio will serve a number of different groups within Ipswich; in particular
residents in south east Ipswich, minority ethnic communities, asylum
seekers and refugees, young people, and those whose musical tastes are
non-commercial.

INDIGO
106.6fm (Kirkby Lonsdale) Listen
Live Indigo FM will serve the semi-rural community within the
Lune Valley area, and centred on the market town of Kirkby Lonsdale.

KCC
Live (Knowsley) Listen
Live KCC Live will broadcast to young people (10-24 year
olds) in Knowsley. This target community will benefit from
participation in exciting, non-elitist, highly-varied radio which
values and explores, in ways which are relevant to them, their
opinions, musical tastes and lives in general.

97.5
Kemet FM (Nottingham) Listen Live Kemet Radio aims to
provide a station with a local voice that champions the African
Caribbean peoples’ opinions, aspirations and talent; provide a medium
for their views and present the positive aspects of the community.

Leith
FM (Leith, Edinburgh) Listen Live Leith FM aims to provide
a service which will strengthen community spirit and identity by
providing Leith people with the means of communicating with each other.

Link
FM (Harold Hill, London) Listen
Live Link FM is for the people who live, work and who are in
education in Harold Hill and the surrounding areas of Havering. The
station aims to provide an informative, relevant and accessible service
for the community.

Lionheart Radio (Alnwick,
Northumberland) Listen Live Lionheart Radio will aim
to serve all the residents of Alnwick and surrounding areas in this
rural district of Northumberland.

NE1fm
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Live NE1 will serve residents in parts of central Newcastle
upon Tyne and Gateshead. The station’s key aim is to use the production
and broadcast of community radio to promote community learning,
cohesion, regeneration, celebration and empowerment.

New Style Radio
(Birmingham)
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Afro Caribbean heritage and its derivatives living in Winson Green and
the surrounding areas of Birmingham.

NuSound Radio
(Forest Gate, London)
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NuSound Radio aims to provide a music and speech service
for people in the Forest Gate and surrounding area regardless of race,
colour and creed.

Oldham Community Radio
(Oldham)
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Oldham Community Radio will target various disadvantaged communities in the Oldham area.

Phoenix FM
(Brentwood & Billericay)
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Phoenix FM will provide a service to the town of Brentwood and its surrounding areas which have
been under-served in the past and subsequently stamp Brentwood’s
identity on the local airwaves.

Phoenix FM
(Halifax)
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Phoenix Radio will
provide a community service to Halifax. It will provide a voice for
community groups in the area, highlight issues of concern to local
people, and training in radio skills.

Phonic FM
(Exeter)
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Phonic FM will broadcast a range of arts and community-based programming to the residents of
Exeter. The station will help promote cultural vibrancy and strengthen
community links, as well as offering training opportunities.

Preston FM
(Preston)
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Serving the geographical community of Preston, and many
communities of interest within this population, Preston FM will operate
a station which will, through creativity, enable people to explore,
realise and value their full potential.

Pure 107.8 FM
(Stockport)
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This station will serve disadvantaged and deprived communities in Stockport.

Radio Asian Fever
(Leeds)
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Radio Asian Fever aims to serve the South Asian communities of Leeds; the Pakistani, Kashmiri,
Indian (Sikh and Hindu) and Bengali communities. They mainly reside in
the Harehills/Chapeltown, Hyde Park/Burley and Beeston areas.

Radio Faza
(Nottingham)
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Radio Faza aims to empower individuals within the South Asian community through the
provision of education, training, advice and information in several
community languages, and contribute to building an enterprising
community which values its people.

Radio Ikhlas
(Derby)
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Radio Ikhlas plans to target the Asian (primarily
Pakistani) community and the growing population of asylum seekers in
the Normanton area of Derby.

RadioReverb
(Brighton)
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RadioReverb will provide a service for the Central and East Brighton & Hove area. The
station aims to reflect the diversity of lifestyles in the city using
an eclectic mix of locally relevant speech and music programmes
targeting adults 16 years+ from across the city.

Radio Scilly
(Isles of Scilly)
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For all of the 2,100 residents of
the five inhabited Isles of Scilly, with an ‘open door’ policy that
involves and targets all demographic groups and reflects the distinct
culture of the Isles.

Radio St Austell Bay
(St Austell)
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Radio St Austell Bay will broadcast content about St Austell Bay, its past, present and future,
culture and character.

Radio Teesdale
(Barnard Castle, County Durham)
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Radio Teesdale aims to provide the community of Teesdale with a medium to express itself
through a variety of programmes using radio and the internet. The
station will be run by the people of Teesdale for the people of
Teesdale; it will be socially inclusive of all ages and groups.

Radio Tircoed
(Tircoed Forest Village, Swansea)
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Radio Tircoed aims to enhance the experience of
community living by offering broadcasting opportunities for all sectors
of the local community.

Radio Verulam
(St Albans)
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A long-established community broadcasting organisation, Radio Verulam will provide a
service for those living and working in the St. Albans area.

Raidió Fáilte
(Belfast)
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This station will broadcast to the Irish language
community in Belfast.

Resonance104.4fm
(Bankside and South Bank, London)
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This service is targeted at inner London’s community of practising
artists and those outside the mainstream media. The audience also
includes the socially deprived, minority groups and the culturally
under-represented.

Revival FM
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch)
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Revival Radio will broadcast locally-produced programmes from a Christian lifestyle
perspective to Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch.

Saint FM
(Burnham-on-Crouch)
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Saint FM is aiming to serve the residents of
Burnham-on-Crouch and surrounding rural areas in the Maldon district in
Essex.

94.4FM Salford City Radio
(Salford, Manchester)
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This station will target residents within a 5km radius of Swinton in Salford.

Seaside FM
(Withernsea, East Yorkshire)
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Seaside Radio aims to become an essential participatory service to the rurally isolated and
socially deprived communities along the Holderness coastline in East
Yorkshire.

Sheffield Live!
(Sheffield)
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Sheffield Live! will provide a service for the people of inner city Sheffield, reflecting
the interests and tastes of the diverse groups in the area. The station
will feature community information and participatory programming
covering local issues and concerns, coverage of local arts and culture,
and an eclectic music mix.

shmuFM
(Aberdeen)
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Station House
Media Unit (shmu) is a community-managed, needs-led organisation which
aims to feature a broad range of programming on schmuFM. It will
broadcast to the Middlefield, Printfield, Ferrier/Sandilands and
Tillydrone areas of Aberdeen.

SIREN FM
(Lincoln) 
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A university-based group, Siren FM will provide a
service intended to be of interest to students, school children and
other young people in the City of Lincoln.

102.5 Skyline Community Radio
(Hedge End, Botley & West End, Hampshire)
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Skyline will provide a bcommunity service for the three villages of Hedge End, Botley, West End
and surrounding areas of the southern parishes of Eastleigh, Hants.

Somer Valley FM
(Midsomer Norton & Radstock, Somerset)
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Somer Valley FM aims to create a vibrant and exciting, socially inclusive, training-orientated
radio service. It will serve the communities of Midsomer Norton,
Radstock and surrounding areas.

soundart radio
(Dartington & Totnes)
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Soundart Radio is an arts-based radio project. Its programming will feature input from
individuals and organisations in the locality as well as from students
at Dartington College of Arts.

Spice FM
(Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
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This station will aim to serve the South Asian and new and emerging communities of interest and
identity in Newcastle. Spice FM’s philosophy is centred around the core
values of ‘entertain, educate and enlighten’ and ‘by the community…
for the community’.

Stroud FM 107.9
(Stroud)
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Stroud FM will make radio by the people for the people in Stroud. The station’s broadcasts will
include features on subjects and issues that affect and appeal to the
local community.

Sunny Govan Radio
(Glasgow)
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Sunny Govan Radio aims to be pro-active in encouraging participation from the local diverse
community. It will develop learning opportunities, promote equality,
creativity, volunteering, and community empowerment, “giving a voice to
people who are seldom heard”.

Swindon 105.5
(Swindon)
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Swindon 105.5 will provide an accessible community service for the citizens of Swindon,
including underserved and deprived communities. It aims to promote the
cultural, spiritual, social and economic life of the town.

Takeover Radio
(Leicester)
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Takeover Radio is for children and young people. It is characterised by the involvement of
the young people they serve, who receive training and produce
programming with energy, enthusiasm and originality.

Tameside Radio
(Tameside)
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The station will provide a service for the residents of Tameside, supporting the regeneration of
the area.

The Bay (Poole)
(Poole)
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The Bay will provide a distinct community service that will have broad appeal and enrich the
lives of its listeners throughout Poole.

103 The Eye
(Melton Mowbray)
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The Eye will broadcast to the rural community of the
Vale of Belvoir in the heart of the East Midlands.

105.4 The Super Station Orkney
(Orkney)
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The Super Station will provide a community focussed station for the people of Orkney. The
station will broadcast up-to-the-minute news, views and information
together with a mix of music from the past 40 years.

Tudno FM
(Llandudno)
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Tudno FM will aim to appeal to the whole Llandudno community, with
a particular focus on the Tudno and Mostyn wards of the
town. It will provide education and training facilities in radio
production and encourage people from the community, including local
schools and colleges, community groups and charities to get involved
with the station.

Tulip Radio
(Spalding, South Holland, Lincolnshire)
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Tulip Radio will serve those living and working within
Spalding and surrounding areas of South Holland, Lincolnshire. The
station will act as a unifying voice across this sparsely populated
area and will be accessible to all sections of the local community. It
will keep local people up-to-date with events and matters of local
concern, providing them with opportunities to become involved in both
the operation and the management of the service.

Ujima 98 FM
(Bristol)
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Ujima Radio will feature local voices and aims to inform, represent, educate, entertain,
communicate and celebrate culture, heritage and diversity within black
and minority ethnic communities, particularly those living in the St
Paul’s and Easton areas of Bristol.

Unity FM
(East Birmingham)
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This service is for Muslims in east Birmingham,
including Small Heath and surrounding areas.