WCR FM

101.8 WCR FM Wolverhampton Community Radio
Wolverhampton ;
Frequency	101.8 FM
RDS	WCR FM
History
First air date	30 March 2007
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wcrfm.com

Last updated December 03, 2024 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

101.8 WCR FM is a community radio station that broadcasts to the city of Wolverhampton, England, on the VHF frequency of 101.8 MHz under an Ofcom - Community Radio licence, at 6:00 a.m. on 30 March 2007 originally from studios in the Newhampton Arts Centre. WCR FM aims to be a vibrant, informative and hyperlocal station providing the city with an alternative service with a mix of speech, specialist and niche programming. The station's licence states it must broadcast a speech content of no less than 30% of its total output and this is achieved primarily by a weekday lunchtime magazine show and a heavier, local news/current affairs series with the station's Community Director, Chris Allen. Other programmes offer additional speech content to cover the requirement.

Programme content is primarily produced in-house with a degree of syndicated programming from external sources. Wolverhampton has a mixed-race population of approximately 260,000 and although primarily an English-language station, WCR FM also offers a broadcasting platform for various ethnic and community groups.

Notable presenters

Les Ross
Caroline Martin^[1]

History

WCR FM is related to Wolverhampton Campus Radio, WCR AM,^[2] which broadcast to the Wulfrun campus of Wolverhampton College.^[3]^[4]

Ofcom Breaches

In March 2023, WCR FM were found in breach by OFCOM in March 2023 after playing a song that contained offensive language. WCR FM were found in breach of Rules 1.14 and 2.3 after playing a song during its Drivetime programme on 2 November 2022 that contained the "F" word. The full response can be seen at:

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References

↑ "Caroline Martin joins WCR FM following BBC Radio WM exit". Radio Today. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
↑ "Archived copy". www.wcr1350.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "WCR AM".
↑ "Archived copy". www.wcr1350.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 February 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Caroline Martin joins WCR FM following BBC Radio WM exit". Radio Today. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

[2] "Archived copy". www.wcr1350.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "WCR AM".

[4] "Archived copy". www.wcr1350.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 February 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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