[cma-l] Sheffield Live! 93.2 FM celebrates its first birthday today

[Alan Fransman]

Sheffield Live! 93.2FM
News Release

29 October 2008

Sheffield Live! 93.2 FM celebrates its first birthday today

Sheffield's first fulltime community radio station celebrates its first 
birthday today.  In just one year Sheffield Live! 93.2fm has made its 
mark on the UK's fourth largest city by introducing a new brand of radio 
that celebrates Sheffield's rich diversity.  With a strong commitment to 
local people, issues, music and culture the station has created a truly 
inclusive soundscape of modern day Sheffield, broadcast everyday on FM 
to a potential audience of 350,000 people.

Sheffield City Council Leader and regular Sheffield Live! listener Paul 
Scriven said: "It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Sheffield 
Live! on its first year of fulltime broadcasting.  The station has made 
a positive impact on the city's cultural life, by offering a powerful 
platform to local people for debate, political engagement, creative 
expression and community celebration."

A wide range of Sheffield Live's programmes have become household names 
like the 'Indie Hour' which features tracks from the now legendary 
Sheffield Indie scene.  'Sheffield in Focus', a magazine programme for 
local visually impaired people is produced and presented by a seasoned 
team of broadcasters who are themselves visually impaired.  Produced and 
presented by two of the city’s top scientists ‘The Sound of Science’ is 
a world class science, engineering and technology programme, delivered 
in an accessible and entertaining format.  'Sabrang', a discussion 
programme in Urdu has a vibrant phone-in that gets the community talking 
every week whilst 'Siteen Daqiqa be Alarabi' and 'Luisheng Sheffield' 
provide Sheffield's only radio programmes in Arabic, Cantonese and 
Mandarin.  In addition the station hosts a wide variety of youth 
orientated, cutting edge music programmes featuring alternative music, 
RnB, Hip Hop, House and Baseline, presented by some of Sheffield's best 
known club DJs.

Sangita Basudev, Chief Executive of Sheffield Live! said: "We are one 
year old! What a great opportunity to celebrate the hard work, 
commitment and creative enthusiasm of the 100's of volunteers that are 
Sheffield Live! 93.2fm.  Sheffield Live! provides a high quality, 
eclectic service 24 hours a day.  We take pride in the creative input 
the station has made to Sheffield and the investment we have made in a 
new generation of home grown broadcasters of all ages, backgrounds and 
abilities."

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For further information and images please contact Alan Fransman on 0114 
281 4082 or email alan at sheffieldlive.org



Notes to editors
1.      Sheffield Live! 93.2FM is a dynamic, positive and outward 
looking urban community radio service celebrating the diversity of 
Sheffield's inner city.  The station launched on 29th October 2007 and 
provides an eclectic mix of original programming by local people of all 
ages, backgrounds and abilities. The station is on air 24 hours a day, 
with a potential audience of around 300,000 people in urban Sheffield 
and parts of Rotherham.  For more information visit www.sheffieldlive.org

2.      Community Radio is a third tier of radio, distinct from Public 
and Commercial Radio.  Community Radio stations are locally owned and 
accountable to their audience.  They operate on public service 
principles for community benefit and are not-for-profit.  For more 
information visit www.commedia.org.uk


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Sheffield Live! 93.2FM
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX

Tel: +44 114 281 4082

www.sheffieldlive.org