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UK Community/Access Radio Stations (94)

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10Radio [Wiveliscombe, Somerset] Listen Live on mp3
10 Radio will provide a radio service that meets the needs of the local community for news, information, discussion and debate and also entertainment through drama, comedy and, not least, music.
209radio [Cambridge] Listen Live on mp3
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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.
92.1 7 Waves Community Radio [Leasowe, Wirral] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
ALL FM provides a community radio service for the benefit of the inhabitants of this culturally diverse area of Manchester.
Angel Radio (Havant) [Havant] Listen Live on mp3
Angel Radio will provide a community radio service specifically for persons aged 60 and over who live in Havant.
Asian Star 101.6 FM [Slough] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on WMP
Aston FM will serve the various communities in the Aston area.
Awaz FM [Glasgow] Listen Live on mp3
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.
BCB 106.6fm [Bradford] Listen Live on mp3
BCB aims to serve the diverse inner city communities of Bradford.
BCfm [Bristol] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on WMP
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] Listen Live on mp3
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.
Branch FM [Dewsbury] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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.
Calon FM [Wrexham] Listen Live on mp3
Calon FM's target community is the population of Wrexham and in particular the large number of students in the area.
Castledown Radio [Salisbury Plain] Listen Live on RP
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] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on WMP
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] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on WMP

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] Listen Live on WMP
Cross Rhythms Plymouth will serve the Christian community of Plymouth.
CSR [Canterbury] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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.
Desi Radio [Southall] Listen Live on WMP
Desi Radio provides a community radio service for the Panjabi community in West London, including the different faith communities and nationalities, and people of all ages. It broadcasts on AM.
Diverse FM [Luton] Listen Live on mp3
Diverse FM aims to provide a service which reaches out to the diverse population of Luton. The station intends to act as a voice for local people, to encourage local cohesion and promote a positive image of Luton and its diverse culture.
Diversity FM [Lancaster] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on WMP
Down FM will serve the town of Downpatrick and surrounding villages.
Express FM [Portsmouth] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on WMP
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] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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.
Garrison FM (Edinburgh) [Edinburgh Garrison] Listen Live on WMP
This station will provide a service to soldiers, families and MoD civilians living and working within the Army community in Edinburgh's military locations.
GFM [Gloucester] Listen Live on RP
Gloucester FM will provide a service targeting black and ethnic minority communities as well as disadvantaged groups in the City of Gloucester.
GTFM [Pontypridd] Listen Live on mp3
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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.
Hayes FM [Hayes] Listen Live on WMP
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] Listen Live on mp3
Harborough FM aims to provide a sustainable, informative, entertaining and relevant community radio service for the Market Harborough area.
Hope FM [Bournemouth] Listen Live on WMP
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] Listen Live on mp3

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.
Insight Radio [Glasgow] Listen Live on WMP
 
Insight Radio will provide blind and partially sighted people with news and information in an accessible format, presented in an informative and entertaining manner. Programming is broadcast and produced by and for blind people.
IÚRfm [Newry] Listen Live on mp3
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Iúr FM will serve the people of Newry City and surrounding area. The station will seek to educate, inform, entertain and represent the entire community; programmes will be made by the community for the community.
97.5 Kemet FM [Nottingham] Listen Live on mp3
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 on mp3
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.
Life FM [Stonebridge, London] Listen Live on mp3
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.
Link FM [Harold Hill, London] Listen Live on mp3
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 on mp3
Lionheart Radio will aim to serve all the residents of Alnwick and surrounding areas in this rural district of Northumberland.
NE1fm [Newcastle-upon-Tyne] Listen Live on mp3

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] Listen Live on WMP
A station for people of Afro Caribbean heritage and its derivatives living in Winson Green and the surrounding areas of Birmingham.
NuSound Radio [Forest Gate, London] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
Oldham Community Radio will target various disadvantaged communities in the Oldham area.
Pendle Community Radio [Nelson] Listen Live on mp3
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.
Phoenix FM (Brentwood) [Brentwood & Billericay] Listen Live on mp3
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) [Halifax] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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.
Pure 107.8 FM [Stockport] Listen Live on mp3
This station will serve disadvantaged and deprived communities in Stockport.
Radio Asian Fever [Leeds] Listen Live on mp3
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 Cardiff (CEASED) [Cardiff] Listen Live on WMP
Radio Cardiff will serve the black and multi-ethnic communities of Butetown and surrounding districts in Cardiff.
Radio Faza [Nottingham] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on WMP
Radio Ikhlas plans to target the Asian (primarily Pakistani) community and the growing population of asylum seekers in the Normanton area of Derby.
Radio Scilly [Isles of Scilly] Listen Live on WMP

Radio Scilly will target 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] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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 Verulam [St Albans] Listen Live on mp3
A long-established community broadcasting organisation, Radio Verulam will provide a service for those living and working in the St. Albans area.
RadioReverb [Brighton] Listen Live on mp3
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.
Raidió Fáilte [Belfast] Listen Live on mp3
This station will broadcast to the Irish language community in Belfast.
Resonance104.4fm [Bankside and South Bank, London] Listen Live on RP
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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] Listen Live on mp3
Revival Radio will broadcast locally-produced programmes from a Christian lifestyle perspective to Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch.
Saint FM [Burnham-on-Crouch] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
This station will target residents within a 5km radius of Swinton in Salford.
Seaside FM [Withernsea, East Yorkshire] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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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] Listen Live on mp3

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] Listen Live on WMP
 
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] Listen Live on mp3
Skyline will provide a community service for the three villages of Hedge End, Botley, West End and surrounding areas of the southern parishes of Eastleigh, Hants.
Sound Radio 1503 (SVT) (Currently Off-Air) [Hackney] Listen Live on mp3
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This station will broadcast on AM and continue to target the diverse range of communities that comprise Hackney and East London. The station offers a schedule of multi-cultural multi-lingual programming with a backbone of English language community output.
Sunny Govan Radio [Glasgow] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
The station will provide a service for the residents of Tameside, supporting the regeneration of the area.
103.7 TGR Sound (CEASED) [Bexleyheath] Listen Live on mp3
The station aims to provide a diverse range of radio programming to reflect the interests of and benefit the community of Erith and surrounding area in Bexley.
103 The Eye [Melton Mowbray] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on WMP
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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.
Ujima 98 FM [Bristol] Listen Live on mp3
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] Listen Live on mp3
This service is for Muslims in east Birmingham, including Small Heath and surrounding areas.
Unity101 Community Radio [Southampton] Listen Live on mp3
Unity 101 aims to provide a community radio service for those living in deprived communities, in particular Asian and ethnic minority communities, in Southampton.
Vibe FM [Enniskillen] Listen Live on WMP
Vibe FM will provide a service for the Enniskillen area, focusing on the interests and needs of young people. The station will provide media training, and broadcast programming relevant to the local community including a diverse range of music genres and participatory speech-based output.
Voice of Africa Radio [Newham, London] Listen Live on RP
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Voice of Africa Radio (VOAR) is dedicated to the education, information, entertainment and development needs of every section of the African community in Newham, East London.
101.8 WCR FM [Wolverhampton] Listen Live on mp3
The service will target people living within a 5km radius of the centre of the City of Wolverhampton, particularly the most deprived areas to the east.
Westside 89.6FM [Southall, London] Listen Live on mp3
Westside 89.6FM will serve the multicultural community, particularly the young people, living in Southall and surrounding areas. The station aims to deliver local broadcasting and training programmes to mobilise the community and to create a representative platform for discussion.
Wythenshawe FM [Manchester] Listen Live on mp3
Wythenshawe FM aims to become a vital part of the life of Wythenshawe, providing 'radio for the people, by the people'. This group has been operating one of the access/community pilot stations and commenced broadcasts in May 2002.
Youthcomm Radio [Worcester] Listen Live on WMP
Youthcomm Radio will provide a service for and by local young people, aged 11-25 in Worcester. The station will promote the needs and aspirations of young people and represent a broad section of youth culture in its operations.
Irish Community/Special Interest Radio Stations (12)

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Claremorris Community Radio [Claremorris] Listen Live on WMP
 
40:60 speech:music ratio. Claremorris Community Radio aims to reflect the diversity of cultures in the catchment area.
Cork Campus Radio [Cork] Listen Live on QT
The station provides an accessible forum for information, debate and concerns relevant to all aspects of student and community life, ensuring that a wide variety of individuals and groups participate in programming. Campus Radio's weekly programming schedule reflects a 60% speech / 40% music ratio.
103.2 Dublin City fm [Dublin] Listen Live on WMP
Special interest radio for Dublin, talked based programmes and specialist music.
Dundalk FM [Dundalk] Listen Live on WMP
The station will provide a new and vibrant service representing the diversity of the area through programming and encouraging the participation of all groups in the community in the service.
FlirtFM [Galway City] Listen Live on mp3
Flirt FM produces a diverse range of programming, including lively chat, alternative music and thought provoking news coverage. Above all we aim to provide a genuine alternative for the student population of Galway.
Inishowen Community Radio (Raidió Pobal Inis Eoghain) [North Inishowen] Listen Live on WMP
To inform, educate and entertain the community and to employ all local skills, experience and resources to achieve this aim.
Liffey Sound [Lucan & Surrounding Areas] Listen Live on WMP
 
To provide a quality community broadcasting service which will reflect the needs of the community, and will also entertain, challenge, educate and inform.
NEAR fm 90.3 [Dublin North East] Listen Live on mp3
Radio as a tool for community development.
Raidió na Life [Greater Dublin] Listen Live on WMP
To reflect the broad range of interest of an urban population: - music alternative, Irish & European rock, traditional, jazz, classical and world: Talk: business, current affairs, environmental, local, international events, sports, arts etc. all through Irish.
RosFM 94.6 [Roscommon] Listen Live on mp3
The station will provide a lively and inclusive service for all community groups in the franchise area. The station will act as a mirror for these communities by raising awareness around community development, disability issues and wider issues of local concern.
Tipperary Mid West Community Radio [South West Tipperary] Listen Live on WMP
To provide informative, educational and entertaining programming for the community of Tipperary Town and the Mid-West of the County.
West Limerick 102 [West Limerick] Listen Live on WMP
Programming will be based on community access and will reflect the various community interests and needs of the audience. The programme schedule will offer a diversity of programme content to cover all communities and communities of interest in West Limerick.
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