Chorley FM
Encyclopedia
Chorley FM is a radio
station based in Chorley
, Lancashire
, England. The station was created by volunteers back in 2001 to broadcast a special two week licence in conjunction with the Midsummer Festival which was located on Botany Bay near the M61
.
and Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere
. The fictional station uses a logo based on Century FM
in the 1990s.
The 'real-life' station based in Chorley
operated for short periods of time each year and was located on Bolton Road and Steeley Lane in the town.
Then on 9 September 2005, Chorley FM was awarded a five-year licence to broadcast round the clock to the local community, this has recently been extended for a further 5 years. It also broadcasts worldwide via the Internet
at www.chorley.fm.
The station's target objective is to broadcast for the area's young people and provide them with an opportunity to get involved and gain valuable experience in radio and the media.
Shortly after being granted their licence, the Chorley FM team created a competition in association with the Chorley Citizen newspaper, asking members of the community to design a logo for the station to use throughout its life, which was won by then 15-year-old, Rhys Griffiths. The logo however, changed to the current station logo during a full station re-branding exercise completed in February 2008.
The station launched their full live output on 24 November 2006 on the frequency 102.8 FM, as well as streaming online via the station website.
In February 2008 Chorley FM saw a re-launch and implemented a new daytime music policy consisting of modern chart music , R&B, commercial dance , Indie
rock and a few 80s, 90s chart classics. As of May 2011, the music policy has been relaxed, playing a wider variety of music. From 6pm, more specialist shows are common-place, comprising many forms of Dance music
not covered by other radio stations including underground House
, Old Skool
/ Retro House, Garage
, Techno
, Scouse House, Drum & Bass and Hardstyle
. Other shows include the Flat Iron Show (featuring local unsigned bands), a Rock music
show, Folk and Irish Music show and a sports show.
Chorley FM's current presenter line up includes former BBC comedy writers Sowerby and Luff, with their weekend breakfast show "The Full English".
Chorley FM identifies its second objective target audience as the local LGBT
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) community. In late 2007, Chorley FM won the 'Community Service Award' at the National LGBT Health Summit and drew particular mention to the 'Breakout' Show targeted at the LGBT community of Chorley. Recently a 2nd LGBT has been added to the programming 'In the Pink' which plays mainly club music from the LGBT scene.
In late 2008, Chorley FM worked in Conjunction with Search for a Star (Launched as a joint project with the Daily Star), a talent contest in partnership with Bobby Ball
and Casey-Lee Jolleys
. The show, hosted by Chorley FM's Nathan Hill and Steven Normyle with celebrity judges that included Bobby Ball, Casey-Lee Jolleys, X-Factor's Rowetta
and Garry Bushell
. Live theatre style shows took place weekly on the Blackpool North Pier
.
2009 has seen the station continue to grow with much media attention; including a number of inclusions in reports on Granada Reports
and a behind the scenes look into volunteering as a young person at Chorley FM as part of the national BBC Blast project.
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
station based in Chorley
Chorley
Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, in North West England. It is the largest settlement in the Borough of Chorley. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, England. The station was created by volunteers back in 2001 to broadcast a special two week licence in conjunction with the Midsummer Festival which was located on Botany Bay near the M61
M61 motorway
The M61 motorway is a motorway in North West England. It runs from the M60 motorway northwest of Manchester and heads northwest past Bolton and Chorley to join the M6 just north of the junction between the M6 and M65 motorways to the south of Preston....
.
History
The name "Chorley FM" originated as the name of a fictional radio station featured in comedy programmes That Peter Kay ThingThat Peter Kay Thing
That Peter Kay Thing was a series of six spoof documentaries shown on Channel 4 in January 2000. Set in and around Bolton, these followed the lives of different characters and starred Peter Kay as the subject of each documentary. All of the episodes displayed Kay's penchant for nostalgic humour and...
and Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere
Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere
Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere was an award-winning British comedy television show on Channel 4 starring and written by Peter Kay and Patrick McGuinness. All the episodes were also directed by Kay. It began on 12 November 2004 and ran for six 30 minute episodes up until 17 December 2004, with each...
. The fictional station uses a logo based on Century FM
Century FM
Century Radio was the brand name of a group of independent local radio stations in England. The brand was developed with the launch of 100-102 Century Radio in North East England in 1994, with John Myers as managing director and John Simons as programme director...
in the 1990s.
The 'real-life' station based in Chorley
Chorley
Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, in North West England. It is the largest settlement in the Borough of Chorley. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry...
operated for short periods of time each year and was located on Bolton Road and Steeley Lane in the town.
Then on 9 September 2005, Chorley FM was awarded a five-year licence to broadcast round the clock to the local community, this has recently been extended for a further 5 years. It also broadcasts worldwide via the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
at www.chorley.fm.
The station's target objective is to broadcast for the area's young people and provide them with an opportunity to get involved and gain valuable experience in radio and the media.
Shortly after being granted their licence, the Chorley FM team created a competition in association with the Chorley Citizen newspaper, asking members of the community to design a logo for the station to use throughout its life, which was won by then 15-year-old, Rhys Griffiths. The logo however, changed to the current station logo during a full station re-branding exercise completed in February 2008.
The station launched their full live output on 24 November 2006 on the frequency 102.8 FM, as well as streaming online via the station website.
In February 2008 Chorley FM saw a re-launch and implemented a new daytime music policy consisting of modern chart music , R&B, commercial dance , Indie
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
rock and a few 80s, 90s chart classics. As of May 2011, the music policy has been relaxed, playing a wider variety of music. From 6pm, more specialist shows are common-place, comprising many forms of Dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
not covered by other radio stations including underground House
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
, Old Skool
Old school hip hop
Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...
/ Retro House, Garage
UK garage
UK garage is a genre of electronic dance music originating from the United Kingdom in the early-1990s. UK garage is a descendant of house music which originated in Chicago and New York, United States. UK garage usually features a distinctive syncopated 4/4 percussive rhythm with 'shuffling'...
, Techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, Scouse House, Drum & Bass and Hardstyle
Hardstyle
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from hardtechno, hard house, hard trance, hardcore and rave music. It is between 148 and 157 bpm in speed and is written in 4/4 time....
. Other shows include the Flat Iron Show (featuring local unsigned bands), a Rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
show, Folk and Irish Music show and a sports show.
Chorley FM's current presenter line up includes former BBC comedy writers Sowerby and Luff, with their weekend breakfast show "The Full English".
Chorley FM identifies its second objective target audience as the local LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) community. In late 2007, Chorley FM won the 'Community Service Award' at the National LGBT Health Summit and drew particular mention to the 'Breakout' Show targeted at the LGBT community of Chorley. Recently a 2nd LGBT has been added to the programming 'In the Pink' which plays mainly club music from the LGBT scene.
In late 2008, Chorley FM worked in Conjunction with Search for a Star (Launched as a joint project with the Daily Star), a talent contest in partnership with Bobby Ball
Bobby Ball
Bobby Ball is one half of the comedy double act Cannon and Ball, along with Tommy Cannon.He married his first wife, Joan, in 1964, with whom he had two sons, Robert and Darren , who are now a comedy double act in their own right, performing under their surname 'Harper'. Bobby and his first wife...
and Casey-Lee Jolleys
Casey-Lee Jolleys
Casey-Lee Jolleys is a British actress, dancer and performer.Originally from Billinge in Wigan, Lancashire, Jolleys began performing at an early age and by the age of nine, had become a three-time World Champion in Ballet, Tap and Modern dance styles, making television appearances in the...
. The show, hosted by Chorley FM's Nathan Hill and Steven Normyle with celebrity judges that included Bobby Ball, Casey-Lee Jolleys, X-Factor's Rowetta
Rowetta
Rowetta Idah , also known as Rowetta or Rowetta Satchell, is an English singer. She was originally a backing vocalist for the Happy Mondays, recording and touring with the band from 1991-2000...
and Garry Bushell
Garry Bushell
Garry Bushell is an English newspaper columnist, rock music journalist, television presenter, author and political activist. Bushell also sings in the Oi! band The Gonads and manages the New York City Oi! band Maninblack. Bushell's recurring themes are comedy, country and class...
. Live theatre style shows took place weekly on the Blackpool North Pier
North Pier, Blackpool
North Pier is the oldest and largest of the three coastal piers in Blackpool, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.-Location:...
.
2009 has seen the station continue to grow with much media attention; including a number of inclusions in reports on Granada Reports
Granada Reports
Granada Reports is the flagship regional news programme of ITV franchisee Granada, presented by Tony Morris and Lucy Meacock, and serving the North West of England and the Isle of Man....
and a behind the scenes look into volunteering as a young person at Chorley FM as part of the national BBC Blast project.
Staff
- Vice-Chair Person: Pauline Gowers-Scott (Acting Chair)
- Company Secretary: John Miller
- Director of Community Relations: Scotty - Allan Scott
- Director of Music: Stephen Dickinson
- Marketing Director: Barbara Lowe
- Director: John Peters
- Presenters Representative to the Board: Danny Rodden
- Dance Shows Representative to the Board: Brendan Haywood and Anthony Alker
Presenters
- Alan Robinson
- Anthony Alker
- Barbara Lowe
- Ben Jenkinson
- Brian Luff
- Carl Dillon
- Chris Holland
- Danny Rodden
- Eric Vickers
- Frank Griffiths
- George Price
- Georgina Sowerby
- James Blatchley
- Jason Conrad
- Jason Mackie
- John Miller
- Mark Bond
- Nathan Hill
- Nick Hardy (Little Saint Nick)
- Hannah Ralph (Ralphy)
- Mark Jackson-Duxbury
- Mike Bryan
- Sara Worswick
- Shaun Lewis
- Terry Diviney
- Steve Dundas
- Terry Birnie
- Trevor Cooke
- 'Xtreme' Chris Barnard
Dance Show Presenters
- Andrew Holden
- Andrew Voss
- Brendan Haywood
- John 'John H' Holland
- Paul 'DJ Thorny' Thornton
- DJ Alker
- DJ Pick