Gloucester FM (which describes itself on air exclusively as GFM) is a

community radio station Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

. It broadcasts countywide on 96.6FM FM, Mobile and Online. The stations strapline is 'Serving the Community', Gloucester FM is the only local radio station in the

City of Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east of the ...

providing music, news, information & advice. GFM is the only station in Gloucester where all programmes are broadcast from Gloucester, 24 hours-a-day 365 days-a-year. Gloucester FM is a 'not-for-profit organisation'. All of the station's presenters and behind the scene staff are volunteers. Presenters working on the station include: Jerry 'the hippo' Hipkiss (Weekday Breakfast),,Fredlocks (Drivetime), Carol Francis (Community Link Show) DJ Cage (Weekday Afternoons), Rich Edwards (Monday Evenings) JJ Watkins (Saturday Lunchtimes), Daddy English (Saturday afternoons) Rico (Showtime) Leon Brown ( Northern Soul Wednesday Evenings). Former presenters include Shaun Moore. Gloucester FM's presenter led programming starts from 8am-1am (Weekdays), 7am-1am (Weekends). The stations studio's are based in the

Barton and Tredworth Barton and Tredworth is an area of Gloucester, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to ...

Trust Centre,Barton and Tredworth Community Trust web site
with details of their location on Conduit St, home of GFM.

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...

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provide the station with National News Bulletins eekdays & Weekends Local News is written and produced from the GFM Studios eekdays GFM also provides up-to-date

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news headlines alongside local and national UK news.

News Team

*Carol Francis

References

External links

Official site
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