Eden FM is a

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station serving Penrith and the Eden Valley in

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. The station is based in Cumbria House, Gilwilly Road, Penrith, Cumbria. The station founder was Lee Quinn, who was also the founder of Meridian FM Community Radio in East Grinstead, Sussex. The campaign for a local station was launched in June 2010 by Lee Quinn, through launching a community magazine, the Eden Local, which was posted through doors in Penrith and the Eden Valley. The first Eden FM studios were switched on in November 2011. Run by volunteers, the

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, applied to Ofcom for a full-time community radio licence on an FM frequency in the community radio licensing: third round for the North East of England and Cumbria. Currently broadcasting full-time online and on 107.5 FM, the station completed three 28-day

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broadcasts in November - December 2011, followed by a couple more in June - July 2012 and November - December 2012. Eden FM submitted an application for a full-time licence in January 2013 and was awarded a 5-year licence in October of that year. To celebrate the launch of the station full-time, Eden FM Radio Ltd, raised the funds to have a bespoke Penrith and Eden Valley Monopoly Board game produced, which reflected on the local towns and villages covered by Eden FM Radio include Penrith,

Appleby-in-Westmorland Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, with a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby was the county town of the historic county of Westmorland. I ...

Langwathby Langwathby is a village and civil parish in northern Cumbria, England, about north east of Penrith on the A686 road. The village lies on the east bank of the River Eden. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 748, increasing to 8 ...

, Greystoke,

Shap Shap is a linear village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Eden district, Cumbria, England, in the historic county of Westmorland. The parish had a population of 1,221 in 2001, increasing slightly to 1,264 at the 2011 ...

, Skelton and Melmerby. Eden FM Radio's community licence was renewed for a further five years in 2019 to 2024. In 2019 it was also granted extensions to its 107.5 FM frequency via a new transmission site in Penrith and it was allocated an additional frequency to better serve the upper Eden areas with an additional transmission site.

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Eden FM Website
Community radio stations in the United Kingdom

Eden FM Radio Eden FM is a community radio station serving Penrith, Cumbria, Penrith and the Eden Valley in Cumbria. The station is based in Cumbria House, Gilwilly Road, Penrith, Cumbria. The station founder was Lee Quinn, who was also the founder of Meridia ...

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