[CMA R] Ofcom awards seven new community radio licences in Scotland and N.I.

[Michelle Doust]

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Ofcom awards seven new community radio licences

Ofcom today announced the award of seven new Community Radio licences in 
South Aberdeenshire, Borders, Argyll, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, 
Lisburn and Belfast.  This brings the total number of Community Radio 
licences awarded to 140.

The new community radio licensees in each of these areas are:

Mearns FM (Stonehaven and the Mearns, South Aberdeenshire)
Mearns FM will serve the people of the Mearns, which is a distinct 
cultural area of south Aberdeenshire. It will be a socially inclusive 
station and channel of communication for the region.

Brick FM (Newtown St Boswells and St Boswells, Borders)
A community radio service for Newtown St Boswells and St Boswells with a 
particular focus on local sports information and the involvement of 
young people.

Dunoon Community Radio (Dunoon, Argyll)
Dunoon Community Radio will be managed, operated and maintained by 
people from the local community, some participating in the radio 
activities as individuals others from groups or associations, local 
schools etc. Their contribution, skills and local knowledge will help 
produce community programmes and encourage listener participation.

Celtic Music AM (Glasgow)
Celtic Music AM will provide a strong cultural voice for contemporary 
and traditional Scottish music and song, and is aimed at Glasgow’s 
practising artists of singer-songwriting within the Celtic genre of 
music and speech as well as the wider community that engages with such 
content.

Pulse FM (Barrhead, East Renfrewshire)
Pulse FM will be a youth-led, community-focused project offering 
training and volunteering opportunities for local people. It will 
celebrate the cultural diversity of Barrhead and the surrounding areas 
of East Renfrewshire, and give a voice to people who are seldom heard in 
mainstream broadcasting.

Lisburn City Radio
Lisburn City Radio will provide a service to the whole community of 
Lisburn. It will be hosted in the local college of further education and 
provide access to training and broadcasting in partnership with a range 
of community partners.

Belfast Student Radio
Belfast Student Radio will be run by students and for students from 
Queens University, University of Ulster and Belfast Institute of Further 
and Higher Education. It will aim to educate, inform, entertain and 
represent the entire student body of Belfast with student-produced output.

Licences are awarded for a five-year period.

Further information is available at: http://www.commedia.org.uk