BRfm
This station is about the community radio serving Blaenau Gwent. For the station serving Sheppey in Kent And Surrounding Area, see BRFM 95.6 FM.
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| City | Brynmawr |
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| Broadcast area | Blaenau Gwent on 97.3fm and around the world via website |
| Slogan | Best Radio for Miles |
| Frequency | 97.3 MHz, Online |
| First air date | 18 October 2007 |
| Format | Community: music and talk |
| Language(s) | English, Welsh |
| Owner | BRfm Ltd |
| Sister stations | BRFM TV |
| Website | BRfm |
BRfm is a community radio station serving Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale, Nantyglo and surrounding areas of Blaenau Gwent in south Wales. The station broadcasts locally on 97.3 FM and online via the station's website.
BRfm (the station's initials stand for Best Radio for Miles) broadcasts from studios and offices at BRfm Community Radio Ground Floor, Brynmawr Institute, Market Square, Brynmawr, NP23 4AJ Tel: Office: 01495 311211 Studio: 01495 313003 The station's output consists of locally focused programming presented and produced by volunteers.
Programming includes local features and specialist music shows, weekly Welsh language programmes, regular sports coverage and national news bulletins from Sky News Radio in London.
What started as a labour of love by Robert and Sue Ball in an upstairs flat has grown into a much relied on source of community information, news and local pride supported by forty-five volunteers. BRfm has grown into a vital community resource for independent news, views and music. We connect people and organizations through access to the public airwaves. We continue to expand locally produced programmes and to provide important information to our listeners on healthy lifestyles, housing, financial advice and much more for the benefit of the local community. All programmes are hosted by volunteers from the community and radio presenting is an opportunity offered to anyone who is interested. We have partially sighted presenters, other presenters with mental health problems and two young autistic presenters. Inclusivity and equal opportunities has been BRfm’s philosophy since its creation. All our presenters credit BRfm with giving them opportunities for integration, chances to learn new things and a stronger sense of community. BRfm also regularly delivers training courses for the benefit of the local community. We have delivered radio training at Pen-Y-Cwm School to young people with mild to severe learning disabilities during a five-week course. We have also run a Music Bootcamp where young people had the chance to learn how to play musical instruments, taught by trained musicians.In the last ten years, BRfm has firmly entrenched itself within the local community as a place of opportunity, creativity, education and media training. BRfm Community radio, like all other community radio stations around the UK is an independent not for profit organisation, operated and influenced by the communities they serve. We are different to commercial radio stations in that community radio stations receive no money from the licence fee and are restricted in their commercial activities. We rely on support from our local community to keep us viable and sustainable.
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