Bradley Stoke’s very own community radio station begins it first-ever FM broadcast period at noon tomorrow (Saturday 4th June). The station will mark the occasion with a launch event from 10:30am in the Town Square at the Willow Brook Centre, with music and entertainment and a free prize draw to win tickets to the Weston Wheel. At midday, the entertainment
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Radio station to stage pre-launch event this weekend
A brand new community radio station launches in Bradley Stoke in June and as part of the celebrations Bradley Stoke Radio will be hosting an outside broadcast on Saturday (28th May) at The Willow Brook Centre. Local residents are invited to come along and meet some of the station’s new presenters and enjoy the music in the Town Square. The
Continue readingBradley Stoke Radio to hit the airwaves in June
Bradley Stoke Community Radio Association (BSCRA) has announced that it has been awarded a licence for first its first FM transmission, which will take place in June over the period of the town’s Community Festival. BSCRA Chair Stephen Poole told The Journal: “Ofcom has approved the application for our ‘Restricted Service Licence‘, which means we can broadcast from 1st –
Continue readingRadio station offers free training workshops
Bradley Stoke Radio, which is gearing up to broadcast on FM over the Community Festival in June, is to stage a free training course in radio production this month. The hands-on course, run as three two-hour sessions held over a period of two weeks, will cover how to create features, jingles, adverts and how to produce a short radio show.
Continue reading£5,000 grant will fund community radio station
Bradley Stoke Community Radio Association has been awarded a grant of £5,000 from the Quartet Community Foundation’s Grassroots Grants Programme towards setting up a community radio station in the town. The money comes on top of the £2,500 awarded to the group in August by South Gloucestershire Council’s Southern Brooks Area Forum, £1,500 from the same source in 2009, £1,000
Continue readingCommunity radio team attends Radio Academy talk at BBC Bristol
Members of Bradley Stoke Radio Station attended a Radio Academy event at BBC Bristol earlier this week. The function was hosted by BCfm (the local station’s community radio mentors) and the Heart Bristol breakfast team of Bush, Troy and Paulina. The group took part in a quiz night and had a chance to question the controller of BBC Radio 1
Continue readingRadio station to host open evening for new members
Bradley Stoke Radio is holding an open evening on Thursday (22nd July) for anyone looking to find out more about the town’s new community radio project. The event, which takes place in the Culbone Suite of the Aztec Hotel & Spa (7pm start), will be an informal get-together for anyone interested in getting involved with the radio station. Members of
Continue readingRadio station airs Paul Burling interview
Bradley Stoke Radio has finally aired its interview with Britain’s Got Talent finalist Paul Burling, recorded at the Community Festival on Saturday 13th June. The interview is available as a podcast on the Bradley Stoke Community Radio website and may also be heard via the ‘listen again’ feature on BCfm (Community Radio for Bristol).
Continue readingCommunity radio station finds its voice
The embryonic Bradley Stoke Community Radio has published its first material, in the form of a podcast recorded at the recent Community Festival. Reporters from the organisation, which describes itself as “an exciting new community radio station run entirely by volunteers living in and around the Bradley Stoke area”, were at a number of festival events and even managed to
Continue readingGloss FM returns to the airwaves from 19th April
GLOSS FM will be broadcasting on 87.7 FM from Monday 19th April to Sunday 16th May, covering Bradley Stoke and neighbouring communities. You can also listen on line via our website www.glossfm.org where you can get full details of our varied programme, which includes something for everyone. Run entirely by volunteers, we want to promote local events and activities and
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