It has been reported that my local community radio station has been granted a broadcast license. I hadn't realised we already had a community radio station broadcasting on the internet but now I will be able to hear it around the house on my 'cracklin' Rosie', I've since offered myself as a volunteer.25/02/09
Ofcom awards four new community radio licences
Ofcom has today announced the award of four new community radio licences, all of which are to serve a locality in the county of Suffolk.
Community radio services typically cover a small geographical area and are provided on a not-for-profit basis focusing on the delivery of specific social benefits to enrich a particular geographical community or a community of interest.
Ofcom has awarded community radio licences to:
- Blyth Valley Radio (Southwold)
- Radio West Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds)
- Felixstowe Radio (Felixstowe)
- Zeta Digital FM (Forest Heath)
Details of these four new community radio licensees in Suffolk are as follows:
Blyth Valley Radio
Contact: William Jagger
29 Oaklands, Covert Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6TW.
Phone: 01502 726106; mobile: 07717 066259
Email: blythvalleyradio@aol.com
Website: blythvalleycommunityradio.co.uk
Blyth Valley Radio will provide a service to Southwold and surrounding villages. It will give local people the chance to access training in radio and social skills, and enable local community and charitable, social and voluntary organisations to promote themselves. It will encourage local talent and raise awareness of issues which affect the community, and provide entertainment, local information and news.
Radio West Suffolk
Contact: Mrs Julie MacLeod
Phone: 01284 713403
Email: juliemacleod@aol.com
Website: www.radiowestsuffolk.co.uk
Radio West Suffolk will serve the people of Bury St Edmunds. It will provide programmes that will be interesting and challenging to its community both as listeners and as programme makers. Programmes will be entertaining and cover local events, issues and concerns. The service will feature local musicians as well as live events from venues in Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding area. Its speech output will include coverage of local sports and it will provide an opportunity for local groups to communicate with their audience.
Felixstowe Radio
Contact: Ann Kearney
3 Great Eastern Square, Felixstowe IP11 7DY
Phone: 01394 273028; mobile: 07746 474186
Email: mailto:info@felixstoweradio.co.uk
Website: http://www.felixstoweradio.co.uk%20
Felixstowe Radio will serve the Colneis Peninsular, including Felixstowe, Walton and surrounding villages. It aims to create a real sense of community and provide a platform that any local person or organisation can use. It will provide local news and information, including port and other maritime information, as well as entertainment.
Zeta Digital FM
Contact: Jeff Davis
Phone: 01638 711 873
Email: jeff.davis@zetadigital.co.uk
Website: www.zetadigital.co.uk
Forest Heath Public Radio will serve the people of the Forest Heath area of West Suffolk by providing a radio service run by its members. It will offer programmes with social action content so listeners can make more informed choices about their own lives, programmes in languages other than English and engage with young people – to give them a sense of belonging and self-worth. The service will offer training to local people and organisations to allow them to make their own programmes under their own editorial control. Forest Heath Public Radio aims to foster understanding, integration and social cohesion, and will work in partnership with local organisations.
Licences are awarded for a five-year period.
A statement setting out the main determining factors for the award of the four community radio licences referred to above will be available shortly from the Ofcom website.
NOTES FOR EDITORS
1. In addition to the licence awards detailed above, Ofcom considered one further application, but decided not to award a licence to the following group:
- Coast Community Radio (Clacton-on-Sea, Essex)
2. Applications for community radio licences are being invited on a region-by-region basis. Further details can be found on the Ofcom website at: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/
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