Seaside FM
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| City | Withernsea |
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| Broadcast area | Holderness |
| Branding | 105.3 Seaside FM |
| Slogan | "More Music, More Fun, More Local" |
| Frequency | 105.3 FM MHz & Internet |
| First air date | 3 p.m. 5 October 2007 |
| Format | Contemporary music & Community based speech |
| Power | 30 Watts |
| Transmitter coordinates | 53°43′53″N 0°02′01″E / 53.7313°N 0.0337°ECoordinates: 53°43′53″N 0°02′01″E / 53.7313°N 0.0337°E |
| Owner | Seaside Radio Ltd. |
| Website | http://www.seasideradio.co.uk |
105.3 Seaside FM (originally known as Seaside Radio) is an Independent Community Radio station based in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Seaside FM has previously had a Restricted Service Licence, which allowed short periods on-air.
Location
105.3 Seaside FM is based within the South Holderness Resource Centre (also known as the SHoRes Centre) on Seaside Road in the south Holderness town of Withernsea. This follows a move from rented premises at 27 Seaside Road, in between AJ's Cafe and the South Holderness Resource Centre.
History and background
"Seaside Radio Ltd" was originally set up by former Holderness Gazette editor Lyz Turner in 2003, along with other volunteers such as Carl Slaughter and Luke Cullen. It was part of a community based communication and entertainment radio project.
However, Seaside FM actually dates back to Easter 2001 when a temporary broadcast was set up in Keyingham known then as Seaside Radio, the signal was also picked up in both Withernsea and the borders of Kingston upon Hull. After the broadcast, it was thought that Seaside Radio could be developed further.
A further number of small broadcasts took place in various places around then East Coast including Bridlington and Filey.[1]
As well as radio broadcasting, they also provided editing and training services for the community, which was seen as an important part of the regeneration of the area.
Seaside FM also had a mobile training facility in the form of a converted camper van that is fully equipped with a dual CD player, MiniDisc player, and mixing desk. There are also video cameras, still cameras, and recording equipment on the van.
In November 2005, Ofcom awarded the station a full-time licence on the frequency of 105.3 MHz.
On 7 December 2006, Seaside FM passed an Ofcom inspection and was given the green light to start broadcasting.
After four years building Seaside FM from scratch and gaining charity status for the Social Enterprise, Turner stood down as Station Manager in September 2007, after obtaining all licences. In early 2007 the transmitter tower was erected before the arrival of the new manager.
Irishman Justin Macartney then took over on 3 September 2007. Following a second Ofcom inspection visit, Seaside FM 105.3 launched on 5 October 2007.Justin stayed in charge of Seaside FM for the first 5 year licence term. The SHoRes Centre took over responsibility for the licence and a second five year OFCOM licence was offered and accepted. A third five year licence has now been offered by OFCOM.
105.3 Seaside FM continues to broadcast its popular,unique mix of well known songs, chat and local information and is supported more by the local community than ever before. It broadcasts from a broadcast suite located within the SHoRes Centre on Seaside Road in Withernsea.
Programming
105.3 Seaside FM broadcasts a variety of music from the '60s to now along with local information including weather, interviews and events.
News
Seaside FM broadcasts News bulletins from the Sky News Centre at 10 past every hour 24/7, with longer bulletins throughout the day at 7.10am, 8.10am, 1.10pm, 6.10pm & 10.10pm, which include. local Gazette news which Seaside FM also have a partnership with, but also the latest money, sport and entertainment news and a detailed local weather summary.
They also have an agreement with ITV Yorkshire, where throughout the day they take a look at regional news stories with the Calendar Catchup.
Weather
The Weather happens after the News at 10 past every hour, but they is also a extra weather at 10 to the hour as well.
Interviews
Seaside FM broadcast Interviews throughout the day, for about 1 minute with loads of different people talking about what they do around the East Riding community at 15 minutes past and 20 to the hour.
The Guide
They talk about events which are coming up in the community at every half past the hour.
Star Goddess Janet
Janet brings you your daily horoscope during the week just before the weather at 10 to the hour, from 5 O'Clock in the morning till 12 in the afternoon.
Advertisements
Under OFCOM community radio rules, only 50% of 105.3 Seaside FM's income can come from advertisements.
Presenters
- Lisa Hall
- Russell Mathers
- John Hodgson
- Leon Norman
- Jim Gavigan
- Ruairidh Tait
- Jay Bainbridge
- John Harding
Schedule
Daytime
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Weekdays
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Saturdays
Sundays
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Nighttime
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Friday evenings
Saturday evenings
Sunday evenings
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References
External links
- seasideradio.co.uk Seaside FM Official website.
- ofcom.org.uk OFCOM licence listing.
- media.info Seaside FM Media UK entry.
- bbc.co.uk/humber BBC Humberside article on Seaside Radio.
- seyh.org.uk Further Seaside FM background reading.