Chorley FM was a radio station based in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The station was created by volunteers back in 2001 to broadcast a special two week licence in conjunction with the Midsummer Festival which was located on Botany Bay near the M61.
Licensed radio broadcasting in Ireland is one element of the wider media of Ireland, with 85% of the population listening to a licensed radio broadcasting service on any given day.
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular and relevant to a local, specific audience but is often overlooked by commercial (or) mass-media broadcasters. Community radio stations are operated, owned, and influenced by the communities they serve. They are generally nonprofit and provide a mechanism for enabling individuals, groups, and communities to tell their own stories, to share experiences and, in a media-rich world, to become creators and contributors of media.
Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. As a result of the buyouts and mergers permitted by the Broadcasting Act 1990, and deregulation resulting from the Communications Act 2003, most commercial stations are now neither independent nor local. The same name is used for Independent Local Radio in Ireland.
Pirate radio in Ireland has had a long history, with hundreds of pirate radio stations having operated within the country.
A UK Restricted Service Licence, is typically granted to radio stations and television stations broadcasting within the UK to serve a local community or a special event. Licences are granted by the broadcasting authority Ofcom.
Radio enjoys a huge following in the United Kingdom. There are around 600 licensed radio stations in the country. For a more comprehensive list see List of radio stations in the United Kingdom.
96FM is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland for Cork City and County in Ireland. It broadcasts from studios at Broadcasting House, St. Patrick's Place in Cork City.
2RDJ-FM is a community radio station based in Burwood and broadcasts to the Inner West suburbs of Sydney.
CRAOL, also called the Community Radio Forum of Ireland, or Community Radio Ireland, is the representative, co-ordinating, lobbying, training and support group for Irish Community Radio. Every week, across Ireland, 2000 community radio volunteers broadcasts to 170,000 people in 20 fully licensed stations and 42 aspirant stations. The organisation runs a helpline to assist in the development of community radio. CRAOL is a registered provider of FETAC Accredited training.
FM sound broadcasting began in the United Kingdom on 2 May 1955 when the BBC started an FM broadcasting service the Light Programme, the Third Programme and the Home Service to the south east of England. There are now over 40 BBC and over 250 commercial FM sound broadcasting stations in the United Kingdom.
Easy Radio South Coast is an Independent Local Radio station based in Southampton, England, owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting. It broadcasts to the South Coast of the England.
Canterbury Student Radio (CSR FM) is a membership based student and community radio station based in Canterbury, England. It is currently funded by Kent Union based at the University of Kent. When actively broadcasting, the radio station airs a mixture of live and pre-recorded programming from Studio Red based in the Student Media Centre on the main campus 24 hours a day.
Chaine FM was an FM community radio station, based in Larne in Northern Ireland, that operated on an intermittent basis from 2007 until 2013. Operating as a "Christmas radio station" only, it broadcast seasonally from December 2007. After broadcasting in November and December 2010, the station did not broadcast during Christmas 2011 before returning in December 2012. It subsequently broadcast for the last time from 30 November to 24 December 2013. In June 2013, Ofcom granted the station a full-time Community Radio licence. However, in early 2015, Chaine FM's owner was reported to have "abandoned" its plans to operate a full-time station and returned this license to Ofcom. The station owner, Larne Community Media, was wound up in November 2015.
East Devon Radio (Exmouth UK) is a community radio station, based in Exmouth, Devon, United Kingdom.
Your FM is a community radio station broadcasting in Stockport, Greater Manchester. It replaced a previous station operating under the same licence, Pure 107.8.
Ipswich Community Radio is a community radio station in Ipswich, Suffolk. It was awarded a full-time FM licence in 2006, and began broadcasting on 105.7 FM in 2007.
fUSe FM Ballymoney is the first Ulster Scots Community radio station in the UK. Currently ran under the Ullans Speakers Association. Broadcasting on FM 107.5, online and via the TuneIn app from their studio based in Ballymoney, Co-Antrim, Northern Ireland within the Fuse Centre.
Point FM was a community radio station serving northern Denbighshire and eastern parts of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. Owned and operated by Radio Elwy Ltd, the station broadcast locally on 103.1 FM and online.
