Starting your own radio station is no easy task, there so much for you to consider when you first begin. Setting up your licensing, equipment, streaming locations, sponsors and maybe even volunteers can be time consuming, so much in fact that it’s easy to forget that you need to find a way to pull in the listeners. When you begin a project like this it really is easy to forget things that later seem huge so don’t beat yourself up about it. Maybe you didn’t forget at all (in that case I’d say find out what you have forgotten, there is bound to be something!) and that’s great, still it…

Believe it or not radio is going through something of a renaissance at the moment, thanks to internet radio and mobile streaming more and more people are tuning in to their favourite stations whilst on their commutes or even to wind down and relax, maybe enjoying it in the sun. Whatever the reason may be people are tuning in more and as such it’s a great time to take advantage of your local community radio station. The only issue here is that due to its regained popularity there’s loads of competition out there, so you’ll need to find new ways to spice up your station, make it different or simply…

A Microphone If you’d like to raise the price slightly and purchase yourself a more professional sounding mic then you may be more interested in picking up something more along the lines of the Audio Technica AT2020 Cardioid Condenser Microphone. You may have heard of Audio Technica before, they’re an excellent brand and with this mic you’ll have something that is perfect for live broadcasts and studio usage. In order to operate this mic, you’ll need an XLR cable or a sound card that’s equipped with XLR jacks. Though you’ll need the extra equipment to operate it you can be comforted by the fact that the price isn’t too much…

Community radio is a great thing, bringing something unique and interesting to the local area, not just for listeners but for the people who’d like to take part and get involved too. It’s beneficial to any community, building relationships and bridges between divides, allowing people to be heard and hopefully beneficial changes to be made too. Despite all this not all areas have them. If you’ve been thinking of trying to set up a local station but seen how hard and expensive it can be don’t be put off, you can make things a whole lot easier by setting up an internet radio station. It won’t take you long to…

With the advancement of on-demand services and content streaming, live radio has taken a bit of a back seat in recent years. Podcasts in particular have experienced a massive boom in interest, as well as live streams on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitch. However, this doesn’t necessarily spell the end of radio as we know it; many people still enjoy the comforting sound of a live radio show, and those that don’t listen live can still enjoy it through catch-up services like BBC Sounds and Radioplayer.

Talking on the radio to some can come as naturally as talking on the phone comes to your mother, but more often than not it takes practise and understanding to become as casual the best DJ’s out there.

Community Radio Stations: – Operated in the Community – About the Community – By the Community Communities referred to above can be based around a city or town, perhaps centered around a particular interest, or religion. And many community radio stations empower their audiences to engage in the process of democracy at a very grass roots level through social interaction and diversity. Some radio stations find that in addition to broadcasts, hosting outside events to get to know and meet their listeners helps immensely. In this blog we see what these events might be and how to run a community event.

There are three types of Radio stations around the world that are available to listen to, the most popular is commercial radio run as a profit-making organization and containing advertising. The next two radio stations can be linked, firstly government controlled or assisted radio, and community radio which is sometimes called local radio as it serves a local community. Most commercial stations are broadcast on AM, and will normally have an FM frequency too which is usually for younger audiences. Most community stations are their own bosses and do their own individual thing, but they are just one station. Running Events For a community radio station to run any sort…