Burngreave Community Radio, also known as BCR103.1FM or simply BCR is a
community radio station
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based in
Burngreave,
Sheffield
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, England. The pre-decessor of BCR was Pure Community Music (PCM) broadcast around March–April 2001 on medium wave (1413AM kHz, through a Restricted Service Licence (RSL) broadcast. BCR is Sheffield's newest major radio station, and can be accessed in the local area on 103.1FM or by streaming over the web. BCR plays a wide range of music, and also hosts news, sports, Breakfast shows, talkshows and religious programmes, and has shows in
English
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* English people
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,
Arabic
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,
Urdu
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'' Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
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. BCR has over 80 presenters, and 440 members and volunteers who help run the station. BCR is also active in the local community, going to events, advertising local shops and businesses, and working in close partnership with schools and charities.
Burngreave Community Radio Limited was incorporated on 21 September 2007 and dissolved on 11 January 2011.
Burngreave Community Radio (BCR) stopped broadcasting on 103.1FM in September 2011.
References
External links
* Archived copy (27 August 2011)
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Community radio stations in the United Kingdom
Radio stations in Yorkshire
Mass media in Sheffield