Radio Regen is a charity based in 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...

, UK, that provides training in community radio

Community radio

Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...

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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 Technology (Mancat).

Training is a central part of their activities and they offer several radio production courses in conjunction with Manchester College of Arts and Technology

Manchester College of Arts and Technology

Manchester College of Arts and Technology was a network of further and higher education campuses in the city of Manchester, England specialising in courses in the Arts and Technology, however courses in many other fields were also offered...

 (MANCAT). These range from a 10-week Foundation in Radio for the unemployed to an NVQ3 in Radio Production lasting one year.

During the first training course run by the new organisation, the desire to bring broadcasting to communities was discovered. http://www.radioregen.org/history/index.html

Peak-time big names, off-peak trainees

In 1999, Radio Regen joined with local listings magazine City Life, published by GMG

GMG

GMG may refer to:*Global Migration Group, an inter-agency group working on international migration issues*Gamecock Media Group*Garden Media Guild , a British trade association for garden writers, photographers and broadcasters*GMG Airlines, an airline of Bangladesh*Good Morning Gloucester A daily...

, to launch a two-month long temporary radio station - City Centre Life 87.7 - from the Oxfam Originals store in the city's Northern Quarter. The station was marketed as an alternative to existing radio stations, promising "Cutting edge music from Manchester's best DJs" on a station flyer.

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Schedule (as highlighted on station flyers):

10 pm - 2 am Monday - Friday : Matt Thompson - Predominantly known as the presenter of the Late Night Dance Soundtrack on Kiss 102

Galaxy Manchester

Capital Manchester is a Manchester, England radio station owned by the Global Radio as part of the nine-station Capital network specialising in mainstream music...

 http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/archive/showartefact.php?bid=4788

2 pm Monday - Friday : Chris Jam - Also formerly of Kiss 102

Galaxy Manchester

Capital Manchester is a Manchester, England radio station owned by the Global Radio as part of the nine-station Capital network specialising in mainstream music...

's Midnight Mix.

9 pm Monday: Mr. Scruff

Mr. Scruff

Mr. Scruff is the recording name of Andy Carthy , a British DJ and artist. He lives in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and studied fine art at the Psalter Lane campus of Sheffield Hallam University...

11 pm Monday: Jon Da Silva

Jon DaSilva

Jon Dasilva is a producer and DJ. He has had releases on labels such as Soma and Deconstruction. He is also well known for his time as a resident DJ at The Haçienda. While there, he mentored Sasha in the early 1990s.-External links:*Official Website**...

 

9 pm Tuesday: Jah Wobble

Jah Wobble

Jah Wobble is an English bass guitarist, singer, poet and composer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but left the band after two albums...

 

11 pm Tuesday: Twisted Nerve

Twisted Nerve Records

Twisted Nerve Records is a Manchester, England-based record label. It is most well known for being the home of the singer-songwriter Badly Drawn Boy, who co-founded the label with Andy Votel.-Musical artists:...

12.30 am Wednesday: Kier 'Inch' http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=64486551


9 pm Wednesday: 808 State

808 State

808 State are a British electronic music outfit, formed in 1987 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and their common state of mind...

11 pm Wednesday: Pete Robinson http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/archive/showartefact.php?bid=4489

6.30 pm Friday: Counter Culture

Fat City Recordings

Fat City Recordings is an independent record label. It emerged in 1998 from the Fat City Records shop originally situated in Affleck's Palace in the Northern Quarter, Manchester, but which has now moved onto Oldham Street....

8.30 pm Friday: Molotov Pop

10.30 pm Friday: Eric B

3 pm Saturday: Steve Toon

6 pm Saturday: One Tree Island

1 pm Sunday: Clint Boon

Clint Boon

Clint Boon is an English musician and DJ. Boon originally rose to notability as the keyboards player with Inspiral Carpets.-Career:...

3 pm Sunday: Doodlebug http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/archive/showartefact.php?aid=1895&bid=4438

10 pm Sunday: Hewan Clarke http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/archive/showartefact.php?bid=4445

11 pm Sunday: Louise McKenny Wallwein

Midnight Monday: Ambient Alliance

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Behind the public face, retrained unemployed people brought their MANCAT training into reality, producing shows and presenting off-peak output on the station.

The following year saw a slightly different line up return as Radio Sonic - "28 days of HIGH STRENGTH ANTIDOTE to BRAIN DEAD corporate radio" , with the same mixed output.

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Complete schedule:

Monday - Friday :

7 am Terry Christian

Terry Christian

Terry Christian is a British television and radio presenter whose credits include Channel 4's late night Youth Entertainment show The Word and ITV1 moral issues talk show It's My Life...

 

9.30a m Ugly Mugs

Midday Jon Da Silva

Jon DaSilva

Jon Dasilva is a producer and DJ. He has had releases on labels such as Soma and Deconstruction. He is also well known for his time as a resident DJ at The Haçienda. While there, he mentored Sasha in the early 1990s.-External links:*Official Website**...

 

2 pm Chris Jam

4.30 pm Fiona Bowker http://www.switchflicker.co.uk/fiona_bowker.html

Monday:

Midnight 30 til 2 am - Ambient Alliance

6.30 pm til 8 pm - Rob Bright

9 pm til 11 pm - Rob Chapman

11 pm - Midnight 30 - Manchester Label Slot

Tuesday:
Midnight 30 til 2 am - Nashini

6.30 til 8.30 pm - Mr. Scruff

8.30 pm til 10 pm - Jah Wobble

11 pm til Midnight 30 - Black Angel

Wednesday:
Midnight 30 til 2 am - Tiger Lounge

6.30 til 8.30 pm - Moon Boots

8.30 pm til 10 pm - 808 State

808 State

808 State are a British electronic music outfit, formed in 1987 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and their common state of mind...

 

11 pm til Midnight 30 - Dave Haslam

Dave Haslam

Dave Haslam is an author and DJ. Originally from Moseley, Birmingham, and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. Having moved to Manchester in 1980, he DJ'd over 450 times at the Haçienda nightclub, including Thursday's Temperance club night in the late 1980s...

Thursday:
Midnight 30 til 2 am - Gesscom Feat. Skarn

6.30 til 8.30 pm - Molotov Pop

8.30 pm til 10 pm - On The Wire Manchester

11 pm til Midnight 30 - Toolshed

Graham Massey

Graham Massey was a founding member of the British band, 808 State, formed in 1988 in Manchester, England. Originally a hip-hop group called Hit Squad Manchester, the band shifted to an acid house sound, recording their debut album, Newbuild in 1988 under the new name 808 State.-Music:The band was...

Friday:
Midnight 30 til 2 am - Kier 'Inch'

6.30 til 8.30 pm - Counter Culture

8.30 pm til 10 pm - Piccadilly Records http://www.piccadillyrecords.com

11 pm til Midnight 30 - Graham Lambert

Saturday:
9-11 am John 'n' Jan

11 am -1 pm North by North West

3-6 pm - Steve Toon - Local Bands

7.30-9 pm - UK Garage

9-10.30 pm - Eric B

10.30 pm - Midnight 30 - Megatone

Sunday:
Midnight 30 - 2 am - ILL With It

9-11 am - Stevie Flys Jazz

11 am-1 pm - Hewan Clarke

1-3 pm Clint Boon

3-5 pm - Doodle Bug

6.30-8.30 pm - Rainy City http://www.rainycitymusic.com

8-10.30 pm - Twisted Nerve

Following the successful introduction of the trainees onto the air, a series of 72-hour community broadcasts was held from libraries, community centres and social clubs in Moston, Openshaw, Longsight

ALL FM

All FM is a local Community Radio station serving south, central and east Manchester and based in the South Manchester suburb of Levenshulme. The station is run by paid staff and volunteers living in its coverage area....

 and Wythenshawe FM

Wythenshawe FM

Wythenshawe FM 97.2 also known as WFM is a community radio station broadcasting primarily to Wythenshawe, Manchester and the surrounding South Manchester area.WFM was one of the first radio stations of its type in the UK, gaining a full-time licence in 2005....

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Over To You FM greeted the launch of the Local Strategic Partnership; a three-day transmission during the inauguration of The Lowry arts centre; and Chipping FM, a temporary station set up in rural Lancashire provided support during the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

Access Radio pilots

Discussions between the government and the Radio Authority in 2002 made it clear that the Government was considering introducing a third tier of broadcasting alongside the BBC and commercial radio. From the 200 applications received by the Radio Authority, 15 were awarded one year licenses with Radio Regen winning two, ALL FM and WFM. All the stations went on air later that year, with the period of the scheme later extended for a further year until 31 December 2004.

For now, WFM and ALL FM continue to be overseen by Radio Regen, but the aim is for ownership to be transferred to residents and managed by local steering groups.

Role as community radio advisors

Radio Regen started 2004 by hosting the Community FM conference at Manchester Airport's Radisson SAS Hotel as the first step towards establishing itself as a national centre for expertise in community radio. The conference brought in the North West Development Agency into the field as sponsors.

Since 1999, it has enabled more than 6,000 residents of disadvantaged areas of Manchester, Salford and the North West to get on air. Their ground-breaking experiment in how community radio tackles disadvantage and aides regeneration has included more than 25 temporary Restricted Service Licence

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...

 (RSL) broadcasts and a number of full-time stations. These have been backed up by accredited training in radio production for local volunteers as well as art, youth and community development projects.

They have also been pivotal in securing political support for the introduction of community radio across the UK. Their Community FM conferences in Manchester in 2004 and 2005 helped would-be licencees develop their station concepts and apply for licences for forthcoming start-ups.

The years 2005 and 2006 saw community radio stations gaining licences and going live across the UK. To help facilitate this, Radio Regen have launched a Professional Skills Centre, a "national centre of excellence" for community radio.

They have also compiled a handbook and training materials titled "The Community Radio Toolkit" http://www.communityradiotoolkit.net. All community radio practitioners are invited to use the site to share information, learn and debate about any matters affecting the sector.

Full time community stations

As well as the grown-up pilots of ALL FM and Wythenshawe FM, Radio Regen has backed the newly launched Ribble Valley Radio (from the root of Chipping FM) and Salford City Radio

Salford City Radio

94.4FM Salford City Radio is a triple award winning community radio station based in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester. It launched in September 2007 after securing a 5 year FM licence to broadcast full time on 94.4 MHz. The station broadcasts a mixture of community news, music and talk shows...

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