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This website is currently being updated. To find out the latest news please follw us on Facebook or Twitter.
You can listen to previous shows here on Mixcloud, (also being updated)
The Calderdale town of Hebden Bridge has never had a local radio station. In 2013 we conducted a survey which showed there was a significant amount of interest within the local community not just to listen to such a station but to be an active part of delivering the service.
Following a successful model trialled in Leeds, Salford and Chester, we devised a strategy that will ultimately lead to a full-time community radio station focusing on the needs of the listenership. The programme was devised in order to address a number of different needs within the community:
The first stage of this, carried out in July 2014, was a four day, live-streamed Internet broadcast coinciding with the Yorkshire legs of the Tour de France. Listening figures for the weekend were well into 4 figures at peak. On the run-up to the event, 58 members of the local community accessed free training in software, radio production and presenting. Throughout the 4 days 157 people were involved in presenting show or in a technical and support capacity.
Studio Protocols – (including health and safety)
Desk craft (software and hardware)
DJing (creating a show)
Microphone technique
Interviewing techniques
Vox Pops
How to conduct live ‘On Air’ interviews
How to write radio scripts,
How to research local interest items
How to record and edit audio files,
How to construct Station Idents,
Writing their own DJ profile for the website
Make title sequences for their own show
Make radio jingles and PR