I’m excited to announce that Shepton Mallet Community Radio will be launching in the next few weeks! ‘Radio Shepton’ will be going live online, playing a wide variety of music, and covering all matter of local stories. As the station will be online, rather than tuning into an FM frequency on your radio, you will need to go onto a laptop computer,PC, ipad or smartphone. The website and app details will be announced soon.
In the meantime we were overwhelmed with the amount of people who turned up to our volunteer meeting last month. Over thirty people are now involved in some way or another. Those who wish to present and produce their own shows are currently being trained up by our technical wizard, and trustee Martin Wells. We have acquired a perfect town centre location for our studio, and thanks to funding from the town council and ‘bags of help’ scheme at Tescos, we have enough industry standard equipment to begin broadcasting this month. There will be a number of ongoing costs however, like rent, licences, and further software and equipment needed to make this project sustainable. That’s why we still need lots more volunteers, those who would like to help with fundraising, PR & Marketing, even if you don't want to be ‘on air’. Local businesses are invited to sponsor individual shows, or donate prizes for our competitions. We are still in the process of deciding scheduling and we’d love to hear what kinds of programmes yu’d like to hear. So far we have plan for a morning magazine style show- based on the mag ‘Shepton Shout’ which was produced by trustee Nick Tolson. It could include everything from local topical debates, poems, fictional stories and recipes - like Karen Mercer’s vegan chocolate brownies! Bake along at home. There will be a series of health & wellness shows, offering advice and guidance from local therapists. Spotlight on local businesses, community initiatives, and clubs. Radio Shepton would love to pop along to Knit & Chat ,Shepton Man Shed, the WI, RBL and even the Ukulele club. Our other trustee, Sue Ayton, runs Pocket Money Studio- and she’d love to promote and showcase local bands, musicians and singers. My background is in dance music shows, working with club nights, DJ’s , festivals and events. Other volunteers have suggested live phone in and request shows, collaborating with local schools, church and community groups and youth clubs. The sky is the limit, with your help! Follow our active facebook page facebook.com/radioshepton or email [email protected]
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Carol
1/8/2019 02:40:52 pm
As a therapist who works part time in shepton I am up for being interviewed live to get the benifits of various therapies like Hypnosis reiki chakra balancing and mindfulness meditation out there. Heather you can contact me initially via Amy. Starting a kids meditation class in the area very soon 🙏
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Liz Moyse
1/9/2019 09:54:38 am
I would be happy to volunteer my time to help out either PR/Marketing, I would also be happy to be part of a show.
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