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unusual facts about Community radio



Big City Radio

Big City Radio (launched on 1 November 2005 as Aston FM) is a British community radio station based in Aston, Birmingham.

BRFM 95.6 FM

95.6 BRFM is a community radio station serving the Isle of Sheppey in Kent which launched on 30 October 2006.

Cambridge Bay

In addition to a community radio station, Cambridge Bay is served by two CBC Radio One transmitters, rebroadcasting the stations from both Iqaluit and Inuvik, Northwest Territories.

CBKF-FM

In 1973, two years prior to the station's launch, the network also purchased two established francophone community radio stations, CFRG in Gravelbourg and CFNS in Saskatoon, and converted them to rebroadcasters of CBKF.

CFFF-FM

The station, which uses the on-air name Trent Radio, was previously licensed as the campus radio station of the city's Trent University, but now operates under an independent community radio license.

CJPE-FM

CJPE-FM, to be nicknamed 99.3 County FM, is a new English-language community radio station which will broadcast at 99.3 MHz/FM in Picton, located in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

ColoRadio

coloRadio is a non-commercial self-managed Community radio in Dresden (Germany) made by the registered association "Radio-Initiative Dresden e.V.".

Cross Rhythms City Radio

Cross Rhythms City Radio is a UK community radio station broadcasting to

Deale, Maryland

Deale is home to WRYR-LP, a low power community radio station owned and operated by the South Arundel Citizens for Responsible Development (SACReD).

Drystone Radio

Drystone Radio, operating online and on 103.5FM (formerly 106.9FM), is a not-for-profit community radio station operating from Cowling, North Yorkshire to listeners across South Craven and the Yorkshire Dales.

East Lothian FM

They have stated publicly that they intend to apply for a licence to broadcast Community Radio on the FM broadcast band during the current application period announced by Ofcom.

Hawkesbury Radio

Hawkesbury Radio was the only Community Radio Station in Australia to have Broadcast rights of NRL which featured Penrith Panthers NRL matches, from 1997 to 2009.

Katutura Community Radio

Katutura Community Radio (KCR) is a Community radio station based in Katutura, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia.

Radio Reverb

RadioReverb 97.2FM is a Brighton based non-profit community radio station.

Radio Scilly

Radio Scilly is a not for profit, non-profit distributing community radio station, owned and run by Keri Jones.

Seymour-FM

Seymour FM is a community radio station, operating from the center of Seymour, which is a township located in the north central part of the state of Victoria, Australia.

Takeover Radio

Takeover Radio is a community radio station broadcasting on FM to Leicester, to the Ashfield district in Nottinghamshire and on the Internet, specialising in helping children gain experience and direct participative involvement in radio broadcasting.

Vixen 101

Vixen 101 (or Vixen 87 as it was originally known) is a community radio organisation based in the town of Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

XEGLO-AM

XEGLO (La Voz de la Sierra Juárez – "The Voice of the Sierra Juárez") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in

XEJAM-AM

XEJAM (La Voz de la Costa Chica – "The Voice of the Costa Chica") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish,

XEQIN-AM

XEQIN-AM (La Voz del Valle – "The Voice of the Valley") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish, Mixtec, Zapotec and Triqui from San Quintín in the Mexican state of Baja California.

XETUMI-AM

XETUMI-AM (La Voz Mazahua Otomí – "The Mazahua Otomi Voice") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish, Mazahua and Otomi from El Malacate, municipality of Tuxpan, in the Mexican state of Michoacán.

XEZV-AM

XEZV-AM (La Voz de la Montaña – "The Voice of the Mountain") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish, Nahuatl, Mixtec and Tlapanec from Tlapa de Comonfort in the Mexican state of Guerrero.


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5MMM

In 1993, Hoyts Media which owned the Triple M radio network in the eastern states had bought 5KKA but could not adopt the Triple M call-sign in Adelaide as a community radio station already had the call-sign 5MMM.

Amherst Island

A volunteer community radio station, CJAI-FM, began broadcasting on April 1, 2006, originally on 93.7 FM.

Australian Esperanto Association

Esperanto is also broadcast for one hour every Monday at 1 p.m. by the Melbourne ethnic community radio 3ZZZ.

Bill C. Malone

Malone hosts a weekly radio show, "Back to the Country", on WORT–FM community radio in Madison, and performs country music with his wife, Bobbie Malone, playing mandolin and guitar.

CJPL

CJPL-FM, a community radio station on Canada's east coast.

Cross Rhythms

The name "Cross Rhythms" is also used by two other UK community radio stations, Cross Rhythms Plymouth - officially launched on 29 March 2007 and Cross Rhythms Teesside, officially launched on 27 April 2008.

CRY 104.0FM

The appointment of Youghal native Christy Cooney to the then IRTC - Independent Radio and Television Commission, was a significant move in the process to get C.R.Y. back on the air with a community radio licence.

Delhi University Community Radio

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) opened the airwaves in 2004, as it allowed educational institutions to get licence for community radio paving way many education institutions in India, including Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) at 96.9 hertz, Jamia at 90.4 hertz, to set up their own community radio stations since 2005 with a radius of 10–15 km.

DIAMOND 101.1 FM, Ibadan, Nigeria

DIAMOND 101.1 FM is the community radio station of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria's premier University.

Dominic Steele

After a start in community radio (2SER and 2RPH) Steele’s commercial radio career began at 2MO Gunnedah as morning announcer.

Eric Pickles

Pickles also appeared as a radio presenter on local community radio station Phoenix FM together with the then Leader of Brentwood Council (and fellow Conservative) Brandon Lewis in a show titled The Eric and Brandon Show.

Exclaim!

earshot 20, a nationally-syndicated campus/community radio program available through the National Campus and Community Radio Association and produced by CFMH-FM in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Gaby Dunn

She leads the Peoples Improv Theater house team BIRDS, and is a producer of the independent community radio station WFMU.

Georgia Fair

All Through Winter was successful in drawing waves of support from online blogs whilst receiving extensive rotation on community radio nation wide, allowing the band to continue touring.

GFM

Gloucester FM, a community radio station which describes itself on air exclusively as GFM

Ghislain Poirier

From 1995 until 2000, Poirier was involved in campus community radio at CISM-FM (Université de Montréal).

Hastings, Ontario

CKOL-FM is a community radio station which broadcasts from Campbellford to serve Trent Hills and the surrounding area.

JAB

He also hosts a long running show on the community radio station 3RRR-FM.

Jozi FM

In 1999–2000, Soweto Community Radio and Buwa Radio merged to form Jozi FM, to form the largest community radio station in South Africa, broadcasting in several languages including: isiZulu, isiXhosa, English, Sesotho, Sepedi, Setswana and Xhintsonga.

Kiveton Park

Following many successful month long broadcasts since the year 2000 on Saturday 27 March 2010, Kiveton gained its very own community radio station on a 5 year liecence called Redroad

Leon C. Collins

A training program was developed and implemented for producing radio programs, which were broadcast to community radio stations and the United Nations Mission in Liberia Radio (UNMIL) that reached over three million people.

Listen Through the Static

The title song, "Listen Through the Static" was written about small community radio station KDNK-FM in Carbondale, CO.

NCB Radio

NCB Radio was originally formed in November 2009 by former Bodmin College Radio Station Manager Aaron James as Bodmin Community Radio, to be a community radio station focusing on Bodmin, Cornwall.

Radio Tircoed

Radio Tircoed is a community radio station serving the areas of Tircoed, Penllergaer, Pontardulais, Gorseinon, Pontlliw and the M4 Corridor between J47 and J48, west of Swansea, South Wales.

Ron Sakolsky

He has also authored books and internet texts on pirate and community radio that have been a significant contribution to the pirate radio and micro-broadcasting movement.

Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

WLRI-LP 92.9 FM - Community Radio Station, Based in the Gap portion of Sadsbury Township; which is located in the Northeast corner of the Township.

Sandakan Death Marches

In 2011, Year 9 and 10 Drama Students at Toodyay District High School, in Western Australia, re-dramatised an updated version of the original 1947 ABC Radio play 'Six From Borneo' with help from the Toodyay community, including Toodyay Community Radio, the Shire of Toodyay and Toodyay RSL.

Seahaven

Seahaven FM, a community radio station in Seahaven, East Sussex

Seymour-FM

The southern half of the shire is served by Melbourne radio stations, however the availability of media north of the 'Great Divide' is severely limited, with only scratchy reception from Shepparton (ONE-FM) and Alexandra (UG-FM) based community radio, and the two Shepparton based commercial stations, and ABC.

Simon Whelan

He was a member of the Coodabeen Champions radio show beginning with its inception on community radio station 3RRR.

Somervale School

The local community radio station, Somer Valley FM, broadcasts from the former caretaker's house on the school premises.

Soundart Radio

Founded as a student radio station in 2006 by two graduates of Dartington College of Arts, Nell Harrison and Lucinda Guy, the station moved onto a full-time Community Radio Licence in February 2009 broadcasting to a 5 km radius around the transmitter at Dartington Hall.

Taranga

Jnan Taranga, the first community radio service in North-East India

Tenterfield, New South Wales

The Tenterfield area is served by a community radio station Ten FM.

The Clockwork Cabaret

The show runs two hours on Mondays from 11pm to 1am Eastern Time, and until November 29, 2011, originated from the studio of WCOM Community Radio in Carrboro, North Carolina, although it is often taken on the road.

Toodyay District High School

The play commenced recording in May 2011 with the help of the Toodyay community, including local radio station Toodyay Community Radio, Toodyay RSL and the Shire of Toodyay and is due to be locally broadcast by Toodyay Community Radio in late 2011.

WHCR

106.9FM WHCR, a community radio station (106.9 FM) for West Hull, England

WSCP-LP

In 2005, the station was purchased by Pathway Community Radio, which retransmitted Pittsburgh's WPCB-TV/Cornerstone Television (via Altoona satellite WKBS) temporarily in a transition period until the station began their own programming schedule.

Zenon Park, Saskatchewan

CKZP-FM - Community Radio Station Operating in Zenon Park