[CMA R] 15 new community radio licences awarded

[Diane Reid]

The new community radio licensees are:

• Unity 24 (Southampton)
Contact: Ram Kalyan “Kelly”, 107 St. Mary's Road, Southampton SO14 OAN
Tel: 023 8023 3239, email: kelly at unity24.org website: www.unity24.org

Unity 24 aims to provide a community radio service for those living in
deprived communities, in particular Asian and ethnic minority communities,
in Southampton.

• Skyline Community Radio (Hedge End, Botley and West End, Hampshire)
Contact: David Gates, HEYCA, St Johns Road, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 4AF.
Tel: 0800 583 5898, email: Dgi-marketing at supanet.com

Skyline will provide a community service for the three villages of Hedge
End, Botley, West End and surrounding areas of the southern parishes of
Eastleigh, Hants.

• Express FM (Portsmouth)
Contact: Cheryl Buggy, 16, Villiers Road, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2HQ
Tel: 023 9282 2112 , email: info at expressfm.com website: www.expressfm.com

Express FM will provide access to the airwaves for the learning community of
Portsmouth enabling school, college and university students, and other
volunteers, to make their own radio programmes; giving voice to young
people, the city’s education providers and the wider community.

• Angel Radio (Newport, Isle of Wight)
Contact: Chris Gutteridge, Communications House, 56 Love Lane, Cowes PO31
7EU. Tel: 01983 246810, email: angelradioiw at hotmail.com

Angel Radio plans to provide a radio service specifically aimed at people
aged over 60 living around Newport, Isle of Wight. It will provide an
entertainment-based format focusing on the music and memories of 1900 to
1959, as well as up to date information of relevance to the target
community.

• Awaz FM (Central Glasgow)
Contact: Ali Malik, 92 Commerce Street, Tradeston, Glasgow G5 8DG
Tel: 0141 420 6666, email: ali at radioawaz.com website: www.radioawaz.com

Awaz FM will serve the Asian (Indian sub continent) population in Glasgow,
delivering entertainment, community information, local, national and
international news broadcasting in Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi and English. It will
be the voice of Glasgow’s ethnic communities and their respective faiths.
Awaz FM is one of the pilot access/community radio services and began
broadcasting in April 2002.

• VIP On Air (West End of Glasgow)
Contact: Kerryn Krige, Centre for Sensory Impaired People, 17 Gullane St,
Glasgow G11 6AH.
Tel: 0141 3345530, email: Kerryn.krige at viponair.com website:
www.viponair.com

VIP On Air will provide blind and partially sighted people with news and
information in an accessible format, presented in an informative and
entertaining manner. Programming is broadcast and produced by and for blind
people.

• Sunny Govan Radio (Govan, SW Glasgow)
Contact: Heather McMillan, Unit 29-30 Elderpark Workspace, 100 Elderpark
Street, Govan, Glasgow G51 3TR. Tel: 0141 440 0600,
email: sunnygovanradio at hotmail.com Website: www.sunnygovan.org

Sunny Govan Radio aims to be pro-active in encouraging participation from
the local diverse community. It will develop learning opportunities, promote
equality, creativity, volunteering, and community empowerment, “giving a
voice to people who are seldom heard”.

• Revival Radio (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch)
Contact: Ian Dunlop, Revival Radio Ltd, PO Box 106, Cumbernauld G67 1JX
Tel: 01236 721110, email: ian at revivalradio.org.uk website:
www.revivalradio.org.uk

Revival Radio will broadcast locally-produced programmes from a Christian
lifestyle perspective to Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch.

• Radio Faza* – Asian Women’s Project (Nottingham)
Contact: Tasneem Ahmed, 412 Radford Road, Nottingham NG7 7NP.
Tel: 0115 8440047, email: ahmedtas at hotmail.com

Radio Faza aims to empower individuals within the South Asian community
through the provision of education, training, advice and information in
several community languages, and contribute to building an enterprising
community which values its people.

• Faza FM* – Karimia Ltd (Nottingham)
Contact: Dr Musharaf Hussain, 512-514 Berridge Road West, Nottingham NG7
5JU. Tel: 0115 8415807, email: bmccnottingham at hotmail.com website:
www.karimia.com

The station will provide a platform from which social, economic & religious
issues of concern to the Muslim Community (Pakistani, Kashmiri, Bengali &
Indian) will be addressed. The service aims to promote the regeneration and
confidence building of the community through entertaining, inspiring and
educational programmes.

*The Asian Women’s Project and the Karimia Institute currently jointly
operate one of the pilot access/community radio services and began
broadcasting in March 2002. They have now successfully applied to run
separate services.

• NBC Live (Nottingham)
Contact: Kelbert Henriques, African Caribbean Enterprise Consortium, 14
Peveril Street, Radford, Nottingham NG7 4AL. Tel: 0115 970 6882, email:
info at ace-consortium.net website: www.ace-consortium.net

NBC Live is aimed at the African Caribbean community and the wider community
in Nottingham. It aims to combat discrimination, connect communities and
foster a cohesive environment.

• Radio Ikhlas (Normanton, Derby)
Contact: Aftab Rehman, 110A Lower Dale Road, Derby DE23 6WZ
Tel: 01332 202880, email: info at ikhlas.org.uk website: www.ikhlas.org.uk

Radio Ikhlas plans to target the Asian (primarily Pakistani) community and
the growing population of asylum seekers in the Normanton area of Derby.

• Takeover Radio (Leicester)
Contact: Graham Coley, PO Box 2000, Leicester LE1 6YX. Tel: 0116 299 9600,
email: graham at takeoverradio.com website: www.takeoverradio.org

Takeover Radio is for children and young people. It is characterised by the
involvement of the young people they serve, who receive training and produce
programming with energy, enthusiasm and originality. Takeover Radio
currently operates one of the pilot access/community radio services and
began broadcasting in March 2002.

• Harborough FM (Market Harborough, Leicestershire)
Contact: Barry Badger, Learning Innovation Centre, Welland Business Park,
Market Harborough LE16 7PS. Tel: 01858 466984, email: chrishfm at hotmail.com
website: www.harboroughfm.co.uk

Harborough FM aims to provide a sustainable, informative, entertaining and
relevant community radio service for the Market Harborough area.

• The Eye (Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire)
Contact: Cliff Sanderson, Bridegate Manor, Bridegate Lane, Hickling
Pastures, Melton Mowbray LE14 3QA. Tel: 01664 822132, email:
theeye at twcfm.co.uk, website: www.twcfm.co.uk

The Eye will broadcast to the rural community of the Vale of Belvoir in the
heart of the East Midlands.

This brings the total number of community radio licences awarded to date to
twenty. Licences are awarded for a five-year period.

Diane Reid
Director
Community Media Association
Access to the media for people and communities
http://www.commedia.org.uk/