Severn FM is an internet radio station in the
United Kingdom
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, which started broadcasting online in June 2011, and officially launched from its studio in
Hardwicke on 3 December 2011 with the Severn Bore Breakfast Show, the launch coincided with its first 28-day RSL broadcast on 87.9 FM.
The brainchild of Andy Clarke (Managing Director of South Gloucester Media CIC and Ringtone.net Ltd) who used his skills gained as a mobile network consultant, it initially followed the standard community radio model but has evolved along the way under the leadership of Andy and his
Board of Directors (Barry Kirby, Caro Kingsnorth and Fr Andrew James) along with the presenters and other
volunteer
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s who form part of this growing and evolving South Gloucester "Community Project".
Severn FM is a 24/7 Internet Radio Station broadcasting on the internet.
About the station
Severn FM is a registered trademark of Ringtone.net Ltd which has owned the brand since concept in 2011. It was licensed to South
Gloucester
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CIC from August 2011 to March 2013 when then CIC was put into liquidation. Since March 2013 it has been operated by Ringtone.net Ltd from its new studio in
Hardwicke,
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 ...
.
Programming
Severn FM provides a wide range of programmes including news, sport, interviews, chat and music. These are all produced by presenters in Gloucester and around the UK. It broadcasts 24 hours a day with program's such as "The Mystery Train", "Keepin it Country", "The Encyclopedia of Rock", "The Blues Hour", "Dance Attack", "Greet the Week", "Monkey Madness with Paul & Jools", "The Saturday Showcase", "The Severn Bore Breakfast Show" and many more. From 2012 Severn FM also linked up with
Gloucester City AFC as part of its sports coverage to broadcast live match commentaries from the football club's fixtures. In June 2014, The Spanish Show "Extraños en la noche con Luis Cebrian" is also broadcast (simulcast) on 22 FM stations throughout Spain.
Classic American Top 40 airs on Sunday afternoons.
Technical
FM transmission
During the December 2011 RSL the coverage area reached as far as central
Cheltenham,
Stroud,
Coleford and Michael Wood services on the
M5. This far exceeded the anticipated range of
Hardwicke,
Quedgeley
Quedgeley is a suburban town of Gloucester, located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of the city centre, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. A thin strip of land between the Severn and the Gloucester Ship Canal occupies the west, and the ...
,
Kingsway,
Elmore,
Haresfield
Haresfield is a village near Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England around one mile from Junction 12 of the M5 motorway and between the villages of Brookthorpe, Harescombe and Hardwicke. The population of the village taken at the 2011 census ...
,
Whaddon,
Brookthorpe &
Epney.
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Online 24/7
Severn FM broadcasts its output across the world 365 days a year, 24 hours a day on its website and mobile portal. Severn FM has two streams 128Kbs and 64Kbs which are both operated and managed in house by Severn FM. There is a mobile portal.
References
External links
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Internet radio stations in the United Kingdom
Radio stations in Gloucestershire
Radio stations established in 2011
Community radio stations in the United Kingdom