| Industry | Broadcasting |
|---|---|
| Genre | Local radio and variety of music |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Haslingden, England, United Kingdom |
| Area served | Rossendale |
| Services | Radio |
| Website | www.rossendaleradio.co.uk |
104.7 Rossendale Radio is a local radio station in the north west of England, broadcasting on 104.7FM to Haslingden, Rawtenstall, Ramsbottom and surrounding areas and online at www.rossendaleradio.co.uk.
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The primary broadcasting area is the Rossendale Valley within East Lancashire and the adjoining area of Northern Greater Manchester. The broadcast area consists of Baxenden, Edenfield, Haslingden, Helmshore, Loveclough, Ramsbottom, Rawtenstall, Rising Bridge, Stacksteads, Stubbins, Summerseat, Crawshawbooth, Waterfoot and parts of Bacup.
The station commenced official broadcasting on 1 May 2010 following a three year period which saw the group apply and obtain a community radio licence from Ofcom and apply for funding from numerous sources.
The radio station is based at the erstwhile Agapao Impact Centre in Haslingden. Ofcom awarded a community radio licence to "Rossendale Radio CIC" and will run for at least five years.
Rossendale Radio's music policy consists of contemporary music from the last five decades and also features a number of specialist music programmes, consisting of rock, theatre/film, dance music, house music, new music, downtempo/chillout and other differing genres. Information, guests, interviews, local news and sport also feature extensively on the radio station.
Rossendale radio is a not-for-profit organisation that is staffed mainly by volunteers. It is administrated by a day-to-day team under the control of a charity called Agapao International. The volunteer presenters are as follows:
| Name | Show(s) |
|---|---|
| Big H | [1], Monday to Friday 7 am – 11 am & Club104 Friday 6 pm – 9 pm |
| Peter Sweetmore | [2], Monday to Friday 11 am - 1 pm & Saturday Breakfast 8 am – 11 am |
| Andy Cook | Valley Drive, Monday to Friday 3 pm - 7 pm |
| Olly & Liam | Wednesday night takeover, 7 pm – 9 pm |
| Andrea Day | Stage and screen on Rossendale Radio, Sunday 7 pm – 10 pm |
| Si Carvell | Decadance, Saturday 9 pm – 12 midnight |
| Terry Butterworth | Rossendale Rocks, Monday 7 pm – 10 pm |
| Colin Hanslip | Chillfactor Sunday, 10 pm – 12 midnight |
| Shaun Smith | Sunday mornings breakfast show, 8 am – 11 am and Early Breakfast, 5 am - 7 am weekdays |
| Dave Harvey | Soul and Motown, Tuesday 7 pm – 10 pm & Community show, Sunday 5 pm -7 pm |
| Catherine | Saturday Jukebox 11 am - 2 pm |
| Henry Hewitt | Saturday Sport 2 pm - 6 pm & Sunday Jukebox, 11 am – 2 pm |
| Graeme Park | The Graeme Park Radio show, Friday 9 pm – 11 pm |
| Christian | Friday 11 pm – 1 am |
| EJ | Weekdays 1 pm - 3 pm & Saturdays 6 pm – 9 pm |
| Colin James | Newsreader |