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color:#504945'>For the last 4 years, Radio Frequency in Leeds has been
synonymous with the underground music movement in Leeds. Crucial in pioneering
new music, it was instrumental in bringing the now ubiquitous sound of Dubstep
up North, & has broken in many artists who now command international
respect. Today, it is home to over 50 DJs playing cutting edge music from
across the board; whether it’s bass, house, garage, drum and bass or
hip-hop, no other organisation has devoted as much time & energy to the
underground cause.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>In return for this hard work, Frequency swiftly became one of
the most revered institutions in Leeds, and indeed the North, attracting
thousands of listeners on a daily basis. So – what’s happened?
It’s been over 6 months since Frequency was last heard on the FM dial,
and whilst its online presence is still going, many feel its glory is fading;
the truth, however, is that it is preparing to grow and be bigger than ever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>Turbulent times</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#504945'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>Going back over the last 12 months, Frequency has experienced
its share of troubles. It’s well known that two key members were arrested
and taken to court on charges of illegal broadcasting. Despite not going to
prison, a cumulative £12,000 fine was handed down. Frequency has always been
non-profit; all money donated to the station has gone into the running of it,
ensuring rent is paid, transmitters are replaced & the broadcast never
stops.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>£12,000 then, is not an easy sum of cash to come up with.
Emergency measures have been taken; the costly FM broadcast has been switched
off, leaving the radio as a solely online broadcast. Frequency is trying to get
back on its feet, but with the FM gone the audience has dwindled, advertisers
will pull out & a number DJs have show little loyalty & left entirely.
The last few months have been tough. Within the circles of Frequency, it would
be justified to look back at this time as a trial of faith.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>It is perhaps a testament to the tenacity and dedication of the
people behind the scenes, to the DJs who are still on board and the listeners
still tuning in, that Frequency is making it through. Slowly, we are paying off
the fines –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>Two fundraisers in May and June helped, and regular donations
from supporters are all greatly appreciated. A station run out of anything
other than dedicated & unconditional love for music might have floundered
& sunk under the recent pressure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>That said, the crippling effect these fines have had on the
station can’t be ignored – there’s a long uphill struggle to
win old and new audiences, to get people tuning in online and to bring in new
talent. Furthermore, what happens once the fines are paid off? Does it switch
the unlicensed FM broadcast back on? If this happens, there will be more
arrests and more fines, and perhaps a jail term… In many ways, it is hard
to see how Frequency can come back, at least in the capacity it was before.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>Legal licences, Ofcom and Rinse </span></b><a
href="http://radiofrequencyfm.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/rinse.jpg"><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#AC0604;
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color:#504945'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>A few months ago, London based pirate station <a
href="http://www.rinse.fm" target="_blank" title="RINSE FM"><span
style='color:#AC0604;text-decoration:none'>Rinse FM</span></a> was awarded a
legal licence, amidst much fanfare and rejoicing from underground music fans
around the world. After 15 years as a pirate station, it is quite an
achievement. To many, it would seem the doors are wide open for new,
underground and urban-leaning stations to pop up all over the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>Certainly Rinse has all the makings a bonafide music-orientated
business – it has regular CD releases, sell-out events at Fabric and
Matter, and boasts a roster of internationally famous professional DJs. Yet, it
is not legal; its pirate broadcasts continues, in breach of Ofcom regulations:
its music & ticket sales clearly fund the organisation (& in turn, the
aforementioned broadcast). Whilst Ofcom praises Rinse, it hands Frequency
crippling fines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>Ofcom has recently announced there will be more community
broadcasting licenses being given out in the Leeds area. This represents
Frequency’s best chance of making good, to put the love and dedication
& sheer hard work of the last 4 years into creating a positive, legal
institution. </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#504945'>As a community station, it</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'> </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#504945'>could offer workshops for youths in DJing,
radio production, broadcasting, sound engineering, even promotion &
management. </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#504945'>The target audience for</span><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'> </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#504945'>Frequency is 14-30; there is massive scope
for a legal station in the mould of Frequency to have a positive community
influence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>There are problems though. Ofcom doesn’t make it cheap to
buy a licence; an annual licence costs tens of thousands of pounds, which can
be raised through advertising, but Frequency will either need to shake its
reputation as a pirate station and the negative repercussions of the last 12
months, or hire some very good PR personnel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>Furthermore, Frequency needs to be able to manage itself –
a legal organisation is different from a volunteer led pirate station, it will
need to secure a professional team to lead it. Existing personnel will need to
step up, knowing the end rewards are great, or there needs to be external
volunteers brought in who would become employees should it go legal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>The future…</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#504945'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>The possibility of a legal, urban music station with a youth
& community-orientated approach is a perfect outcome. Existing
organisations, such as the Pat Regan Legacy and Unity Day, have proven highly
successful. The scope for Frequency is even greater than these. With a legal
license behind us, we will be able to run workshops in the city’s schools
& colleges, training young people in different aspects of radio
broadcasting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>By engaging communities, playing music that is not heard
anywhere else & presenting it in an approachable manner, </span><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>we provide a valuable</span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#504945'> </span><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>voice & outlet for sectors of society overlooked &
underrepresented by commercialised media, </span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#504945'>championing
the causes and needs of youth-orientated inner-city life. </span><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>We can bring young</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#504945'> </span><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>people onboard, giving them a focus for their creativity outside
of school.</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:12.75pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>Legal licences come every 5 years, and now we have a few at
once. The time for Frequency to come back is now. Truly, this should be an
exciting time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:7.5pt;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:12.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;
background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'>Radio Frequency needs new volunteers in all departments. If you
want to get involved and can spare a few hours each week – Frequency
wants to hear from you. We want DJs, radio hosts, graphic designers, teachers,
sound engineers, writers, bloggers PR, etc – people who want to learn
about the music industry, or have knowledge already & want to use it for a
community cause.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#504945'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:red'>If you want to help with Radio Frequency, either through donating
towards the fines, volunteering on the station</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#161514'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:red'>or you think you can help with the legal licence bid, please
visit:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#161514'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:red'>www.radiofrequencyfm.co.uk or email
info@radiofrequencyfm.co.uk</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#161514'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#504945'> </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#504945'>- Radio Frequency</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
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