Broadcast area | Swindon |
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Slogan | Daring to be Different |
Frequency |
105.5 MHz, and Online [1] |
First air date | 15 March 2008 |
Format | Community Radio |
Owner | Community Radio Swindon |
Website | www.swindon1055.com |
SWINDON 105.5 is a community radio station for Swindon, Wiltshire fully licensed by media and communications regulator Ofcom[1]. The station is run by volunteers (with the exception of the station manager) and obtains its funding by donations from the public and local companies and from Ofcom grants. The station is currently not permitted any form of on-air sponsorship or advertising by virtue of its location entirely within the coverage of an existing commercial broadcaster.
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The original project was founded by Ian Rowe, Johnny Robinson, Richard Grace & Greg Stevens in 2004, who were all presenters at Swindon FM at the time. Shirley Ludford, former employee of both BBC Radio Wiltshire and GWR FM, was subsequently appointed Station Manager.
Swindon Community Broadcasting was an RSL (Restricted Service Licence) set up in order to discover whether a community radio station could feasibly work in the area. After positive feedback about the station's success throughout the 28 day broadcast it was decided the project would proceed to the next step and apply for a full Community Radio Licence from Ofcom.
In 2006 the group applied for a community radio licence for the Swindon area. In total, two groups applied for the licence, Swindon FM Community Radio, which had run a local DAB only service in Swindon since 2002, and Community Radio Swindon.
Ofcom decided in favour of Community Radio Swindon and was awarded a licence in February 2007[1].
Swindon 105.5 was launched on March 15, 2008[2] with the Town Crier of Swindon, Fred Ferris. The inaugural show was presented by Shirley Ludford with former BBC Radio Swindon broadcaster Peter Heaton-Jones.
The Station was launched at The County Ground, Home of Swindon Town F.C. The station moved to its current location at The Bentley Centre, Stratton Road, Swindon in the summer of 2010. The move to much larger premises allowed the station to expand to three Recording/On Air studios and a large administration/training area.
Most of the programmes between 8 am and 10 pm are live, with some repeats of certain shows in the daytime. Other programmes are repeated during the 'Nightshift' time - usually from 10 pm until around 8 am.
Pre-recorded programmes are sent to the station from local schools and colleges, the Swindon Talking Newspaper and the local Tamil Association.
Swindon 105.5 was the first legal radio station to have a regular Drum & Bass show in the UK outside of the BBC.
Name | Title | Programme |
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Shirley Ludford | Station Manager | Shirley 'Meets' & Roundabout Swindon |
Ian Rowe | Duty Manager & Original co-founder of Swindon 105.5 |
Name | Role | Programme |
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Lew Lawton | Presenter & Technician | It Came From Memphis |
Ron Travolta | Presenter & Music Team | Breakfast Show |
Phil Wheeler | Presenter | Lunchtime & Memories Made Of Hits |
Albert & Deivi | Saturday Evening Presenters | Latin Hot |
Len Morphew | Presenter | Blue Notes |
Ray Bewes | Presenter | Easy Sunday |
Keith Vowles | Presenter | The Music Box |
Mike Ganley | Presenter | The Crooked Road |
Donna Reader | Presenter | Motown and More |
Nick Anderson | Presenter | The Big Weekender |
Barry Harris | Presenter | The Big Weekender |
Various Presenters | Friday Night Drum & Bass | The Friday Night Mix Project |
John Milford | Sunday Afternoon Presenter | Show Scene |
Martin Upfold | Sunday Afternoon Presenter | Touch Of Brass |
Richard Scott | Sunday Morning presenter | Your Shout |
John Nartey | Sunday Morning presenter | Your Shout |
Grant Barnes | Sunday Morning presenter | Your Shout |
Nick Smith | Sunday Night Presenter | The Late Gig |
MC Ranks | Sunday Evening Presenter | Caribbean Vibes |
Dan Pratt | Sunday Night Presenter | The Late Gig |
Mr Lee | Presenter | Saturday Night Party Mix |
Cleo | Presenter | The Good News Show |
Al Burston | Presenter | Rolling Records Session |
Luke Winton | Presenter | Luke Winton Show |
Nick Taylor | Presenter | Saturday Leisure Show |
John Ratcliffe | Presenter | Rhythm and Rhyme |
Ian Pugh | Presenter | May Contain Nuts |
Dave Woods | Newsreader | Local News |
Ann-Marie Stanford | Presenter | Health Matters and Girls About Town |
Christina Strang | Presenter | Health Matters |