This page concerns the community radio station based in Cornwall. For the student radio station based at Coventry University, see Source Radio

Source Radio

Source Radio is a radio station operating from Coventry, England. It is a division of the Coventry University Students' Union, and broadcasts to the Campus and beyond, online...

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Source FM is a community radio station, designed to establish a voice for the 40,000 members of the combined Falmouth

Falmouth, Cornwall

Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....

 and Penryn

Penryn, Cornwall

Penryn is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Penryn River about one mile northwest of Falmouth...

 community. The Source is committed to providing a community-specific, social gains radio service

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...

 that addresses the needs of the groups that make up that community. The station serves as an enabling mechanism for the delivery of communications and life skills, as well as to assisting with the delivery of accredited training in media production.

Source FM has trained over 100 volunteers in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

 and has adopted a remit which places special emphasis on reaching out to individuals who are Not in Employment Education or Training (NEETS). At the same time as filling a vital training gap for individuals The Source FM provides an open access media outlet for local people and service providers to raise awareness of issues, showcase their talents, preserve traditions and create their own innovative, locally-specific programming.

Source FM went to air in February 2009 with a strong focus on Cornish events and music, broadcasting over 100 hours of original programming every week. A year later in 2010 The Source FM has over 100 volunteer presenters ranging in age from 8 to 80 years old, presenting 56 programmes every week broadcasting live from 9am until 11pm every day. Programmes range from soul music

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 to rock

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...

, hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 and dubstep

Dubstep

Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....

, depending on the time and day. All shows are written, presented and recorded entirely by volunteers. While the majority of shows are music-based, there are also original comedy shows such as 'Dog with a Windy Face', the live magazine talk show 'Talk the Week' and specialist 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...

 programming in the form of 'The Rainbow Source' and many others. Source FM is also responsible for creating one of the only community produced radio dramas in the UK 'Carrick Roads'.

Broadcast

Source FM is broadcast on FM frequency, available throughout Falmouth and Penryn. The Listen Live feature on the website has been available since the launch of the station, and is accessible worldwide.

Programmes

• Adventures in the Din Trade
• Anger the Bees
• Angus's Classic Hour
• David Lamerton
• Cuz 'n' Clev
• Continental Drifters
• Collective Source
• Chill ZONE
• Cornish Cream – Cornish music show
• David Lamerton
• DJ Big Vern Burns
• Dj Dissociation
• Dog with a Windy Face – comedy sketch programme
• Falmouth Primary School Radio Club
• Freerange Music
• Hooked On Classical – classical music show
• Live @ 5ive – open access show aimed at involving young members of the public
• Source Sounds Remembered
• The Rainbow Source – LGBT culture show
• The Screechy Badman’s Dinner Party – show consisting mostly of non-mainstream music
• Talk the Week – live magazine show about Cornish culture and events
• Wholistic World - chat show revolving around introductions to alternative medicines, belief systems and spirituality
• The Tash Berks Show

Presenters

• Al Green and Steve Cannon
• Angus Webster
• Barry Gribble
• Pat McKay
• Curry and Cleverly
• Drewzy
• The Idle Blabberers
• David 'Doug' Downes
• Nick Dent
• Parker and Mike
• Rose Herman
• Ross and Barny
• Sally Rodgers
  A Man Called Adam
  A Man Called Adam are the British electronic music artists Sally Rodgers and Steve Jones.Recording for DJ Gilles Peterson’s fledgling Acid Jazz Records label, A Man Called Adam found that it was the remixed B-sides, "Techno Powers" and "Amoeba" - electronic versions of the A-side tracks, that...
  
  
• Sid Coppi
• The Screechy Badman
• Simon and Pete
• Tash Berks
• Sam Bradbury

External links

• The Source FM Website
• http://thescreechybadman.wordpress.com