7 Waves Community Radio

7 Waves Community Radio is an FM frequency station broadcasting to the Wirral, Merseyside, U.K.

The station is regulated by the Office of Communications, usually known as Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator.

History

7 Waves began life as a community radio station, broadcasting on a series of RSL from OFCOM, administrated and founded by John Martin of Leasowe Community Centre; a community worker who wanted to set up a local radio station to entertain, educate and inform residents who lived in Wirral. Martin, alongside station co-ordinator Pauline Murphy, worked tirelessly for years to find the funds needed to launch a temporary radio station and at the same time create a 16 week training course for budding broadcasters.

7 Waves was awarded a permanent broadcasting licence on May 17, 2006 to broadcast fulltime on March 1st 2007 on a new FM frequency 92.1fm. In doing so the station became the 100th licenced community radio station in the UK.

Future

In 2006 the station received confirmation of a £1million grant from the Merseyside European One Objective Fund. This, tied in with other funding, will bring a £2m redevelopment of the community centre in which the station is housed. Improvements to the building are to include music recording facilities, live practicing areas, two purpose-built radio studios, a state-of-the-art IT suite and an audio/video editing studio. These will be housed within a new extension on the west side of the current building; the existing building is also expected to be improved with new glazing and flooring inside and increased accessibility in the surrounding area.

Full-time broadcasting is to take place March 1st 2008.

Links

Contact: 7 Waves Community Radio, Leasowe Community Centre, Twickenham Drive, Leasowe, Wirral CH46 1PF

Telephone: 0151 639 3094

Text Us: Text The Word waves Then Your Message To 80480

Reguest Line: 07092 81 49 24

Ofcom - www.ofcom.org.uk

PPL The UK Broadcast Royalties - www.ppl.co.uk