External links
- – Takeover Radio 103.2 – Leicester Official Site
- – Takeover Radio 106.9 – Ashfield Official Site
- – Charity Website
- – Leicester Media UK
| Frequency | 103.2 FM |
|---|---|
| RDS | TAKEOVER |
| Programming | |
| Format | Youth Pop |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Takeover Radio Children's Media Trust |
| History | |
First air date | 5 March 2002 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.takeoverradio.co.uk |
| Broadcast area | Ashfield, Nottinghamshire |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 106.9 FM |
| RDS | TAKEOVER |
| Programming | |
| Format | Youth Pop |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sutton Youth Radio Ltd |
| History | |
First air date | January 2010 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.takeoverradiosutton.com/ |
Takeover Radio is a community radio station broadcasting on FM to Leicester and online. It also has a sister station, that broadcasts to the Ashfield district in Nottinghamshire. Takeover Radio specialises in helping children gain experience and direct participative involvement in radio broadcasting.
Created in 1996, it enjoyed several years output as a programme format on short-term temporary licence stations. Takeover Radio's first full-time broadcasting output was achieved with the award of one of the first 15 licensed UK Pilot Access Radio [1] stations by the (then) UK Radio Authority in 2001. This was followed by the grant of a Community Radio licence by the now current UK Government regulator Ofcom in 2005. [2]
Takeover Radio is the first station in the UK that gives children editorial control over their programmes and allows them to present the shows live.
The concept of Takeover Radio started in September 1996 when three children took over a Saturday night slot on a temporary radio station in Market Harborough, Leicestershire called 'Valley FM'. The station was run under the (then) Radio Authority format of a Restricted Service Licence (RSL) for short term broadcasts. [3]
In July 2001, Charity status by the Charity's Commission took place and Takeover Radio was chosen to be one of only 15 radio stations to trial the new Access Radio project for the Radio Authority.
On 5 March 2002, Takeover Radio was officially launched on 103.2 FM across the City of Leicester and live on the web at www.takeoverradio.com
In 2004, The Government agreed to allow the new radio regulator Ofcom to issue full-time radio licences. Takeover Radio were successful in applying for one of these, called a Community Radio License. The license was extended for another five years in 2010.
As well as the radio, "Takeover Radio" branched out into other areas. In 2003, the organisation began publishing a magazine for young people entitled Retune. The magazine gave readers further insight into the radio station and the presenters, along with information on other organisations and events specifically for young people in and around the Leicestershire. The magazine ceased publication in 2005 due to the end of funding that had previously been awarded to run the project.
In 2005, due to the redevelopment of The Shires Shopping Centre, later to become Highcross Leicester, the organisation moved its offices and studios to a new location within a local business area known as St. John's Business Park. This would be the home of Takeover Radio until March 2010, when a move to the current home of the historic Abbey Park, Leicester was completed.
In 2008, Sutton Community Academy, backed by Takeover Radio in Leicester, were successful in an application to Ofcom for a Community Radio License. The project was awarded a five-year license and went on air in January 2010, broadcasting to Sutton-in-Ashfield and surrounding areas in North Nottinghamshire on 106.9 FM.
Takeover Radio aims its music and programming at its core audience of 13-to-25-year-olds.
Takeover Radio broadcasts news bulletins at 8 am, 1 pm and 5 pm on weekdays. Weather and traffic reports are broadcast throughout the day, along with news of local events.
The station is one of a number of community radio stations [4] to broadcast The Massive 40 with Jason Scott, [5] a Sunday chart show produced for the station by Mike Robinson, using data compiled for the UK and Ireland by DTR. The show features the Top 40 records played in full, plus has a Top 10 albums chart, a new releases chart (the Pre Order Top 5) and a look at the records just outside the Top 40 (the Sneaky Peak). [6]
Takeover Radio offers training to children and young people aged between 8 and 24 years. Training courses usually last for 10 weeks, covering everything from production to presenting.
As well as this, Takeover Radio also has links with local education organisations and runs similar courses for children and teenagers involved in those organisations and groups.
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