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20|12|07

Ofcom awards six new community radio licences

Ofcom today announces the award of six new community radio licences.

Community radio services typically cover a small geographical area and are provided on a not-for-profit basis focusing on the delivery of specific social benefits to enrich a particular geographical community or a community of interest.

Ofcom has awarded community radio licences in the following areas:

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

SINE FM, Doncaster
Contact: Chrissy Moog, Higher Rhythm Ltd, 53-57 Netherhall Road, Doncaster DN1 2PG. Telephone: 01302 327769. E-mail: mail@higherrhythm.co.uk Website: www.higherrhythm.co.uk

SINE FM will provide a platform for creative expression and a distinctive, participatory and accessible community radio service celebrating the diversity of Doncaster’s inner town wards.

Redroad FM, Harthill
Contact: Kirsty Veitch-Sorsby, The Garage Studio, Old Colliery Offices, Colliery Road, Kiveton Park, Sheffield S26 6LR. Telephone: 01909 774336 or mobile: 07932 747519. E-mail: kirsty@redroadmusic.com, Website: www.redroadmusic.com

Redroad FM will serve the rural communities of South Rotherham, with a particular focus on young people.

Vixen 87, Market Weighton and Pocklington
Contact: Paul Stellings, 3 Churchside, Market Weighton YO43 3AS.
Telephone: 01482 395647. E-mail: studio@vixen87.co.uk
Website: www.vixen87.co.uk

Vixen 87 will provide a community radio service for Market Weighton as well as Pocklington and surrounding villages in this rural area. It will strive to provide an information service of help to the lives of people in these communities.

Penistone Community Radio, Penistone
Contact: Darren Holmes, 9a High Street, Penistone, South Yorkshire S36 6BR Telephone: 07866 768355. E-mail: studio@penistonecommunityradio.co.uk
Website: www.penistonecommunityradio.co.uk

Penistone Community Community aims to provide an interactive community radio facility which will enhance and enrich the community for the benefit of the people who live, work or are educated in the Penistone area.

TMCR, Thorne and Moorends
Contact: Gordon Sharpe, The Winning Post, Marshland Road, Moorends, Doncaster DN8 4PB. Telephone: 01405 818081 or mobile: 07870 280330. E-mail : studio@tmcr.org.uk
Website: www.thornemoorendscommunityradio.co.uk

TMCR will serve the people of Thorne and Moorends, it will be from the community, for the community, by the community.

Flame CCR, Wirral
Contact: Mr Norman Polden, Wirral Christian Media Limited, P.O. Box 53, Upton, Wirral CH49 3WB. Telephone: 0151 643 1696. E-mail address: office@flameccr.org.uk Website: www.flameccr.org.uk

Flame Christian and Community Radio will serve the needs of Wirral Christians through radio broadcasting by people within the community. It will also broadcast to the community at large to increase awareness of the local Christian community, and to stimulate interaction between Christians and the community at large.

Licences are awarded for a five-year period.

A statement setting out the main determining factors for the award of the six community radio licences referred to above will be available shortly from the Ofcom website.

NOTES FOR EDITORS

1. In addition to the licence awards detailed above, Ofcom considered three further applications, but has decided not to award a licence to the following groups:

2. Applications for community radio licences are being invited on a region-by-region basis. Further details can be found on the Ofcom website at: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/


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