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All FM is a local Community Radio

Community radio in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, Community Radio refers to a system of licensing small, micro-local, non-profit radio stations, which started in 2002. In its early days, the pilot scheme was known as Access Radio.-History:...

station serving south, central and east Manchester and based in the South Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

suburb of Levenshulme

Levenshulme

Levenshulme is an urban area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. It borders Longsight, Gorton, Burnage, Heaton Chapel and Reddish, and is approximately halfway between Stockport and Manchester City Centre on the A6 road. The A6 bisects Levenshulme. The Manchester to London railway...

. The station is run by paid staff and volunteers living in its coverage area.

All FM began in 2000 as a project of the charity Radio Regen

Radio regen

Radio Regen is a charity based in Manchester, UK, that provides training in community radio.- Origins :Emerging from the kernel idea of radio training for unemployed people, Radio Regen was born as a non-profit organisation in April 1999, in partnership with Manchester College of Arts and...

, with a four day broadcast under the title Radio Longsight. After the success of Radio Longsight

Longsight

Longsight is an area of Manchester, England, about south of the city centre. Its population is about 16,000.-History:Longsight has been known over the past for its gang related violence, similar to that of nearby Moss Side. Most of the violence came from tensions between 2 gangs; The Longsight...

, ALL FM was created, covering the Longsight area and the neighbouring areas of Ardwick

Ardwick

Ardwick is a district of the City of Manchester, in North West England, about one mile east of Manchester City Centre.By the mid-19th century Ardwick had grown from being a village into a pleasant and wealthy suburb of Manchester, but by the end of that century it had become heavily industrialised...

and Levenshulme

Levenshulme

(hence the acronym ALL).As All FM Two RSL

Restricted Service Licence

A UK Restricted Service Licence , is typically granted to radio stations and television stations broadcasting within the UK to serve a local community or a special event...

broadcasting licences were obtained, allowing ALL FM to transmit on a temporary basis.

In 2002, the station became part of the Government's 'Access Radio' pilot scheme. ALL FM became an independent company and was granted a permanent broadcasting licence in 2005.

Catering to an area described by the founders as "one of the most multicultural outside of London", a wide variety of programming includes The Full Irish, Punky Business, Big T Caribbean Culture and Akram Hour. Multilingual programmes in French, Polish, Portuguese and Hindi are also broadcast.

ALL FM's sister station WFM 97.2 broadcasts to the Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the city of Manchester, England.Formerly part of the administrative county of Cheshire, in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s to resolve the problem of its inner...

area of Manchester

Manchester

, a few miles south of the ALL FM target area.

External links

ALL FM's website

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