Sheffield Live

SheffieldLive!, also known as SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, is a community radio and TV station established in 2003 as an independent company by the Community Media Association and is based in the city centre of Sheffield, England.

History

SheffieldLive! started operating a live streaming service on an annual Restricted Service Licence in 2000 and from 2002 was broadcasting regularly for four days a week on the Internet.

Station owner Commedia Sheffield first applied for a Community Broadcasting Licence in November 2004 before a local UK television station 10 years later ^[1] in order to bring original and modern programming to Sheffield soon after the introduction of the Community Broadcasting Licence by Ofcom in the UK (not to be confused with Independent Local Radio which is a commercial radio broadcast service).

The service started broadcasting on the frequency 93.2 FM on 29 October 2007 with the studio based at 6 Paternoster Row, Sheffield in the former National Centre for Popular Music. Prior to this, the last time a new radio service launched in Sheffield was Hallam FM in October 1974. The station was launched to provide original programming by local people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities and was originally planned to broadcast for a minimum term of five years dependent on its success in the community.^[2]

Full-time over the air broadcasting started at 7 am with The Breakfast Show presented by Lloyd Samuels, featuring interviews with Nick Clegg MP, local choral group Sosa Xa! and organisers of the three-day Dignity Not Detention march from Sheffield to Doncaster that took place on the same weekend.

SheffieldLive! uses a transmitter at Crosspool shared by other local radio stations provided by Bauer Radio and the BBC, allowing coverage as far as Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley and Chesterfield.

The station currently broadcasts from studios located at 15 Paternoster Row in central Sheffield above the Showroom Cinema accommodated in offices and training suites owned by Commedia Sheffield.

Projects and activities

SheffieldLive! has been involved with many projects in the local community:

• SheffieldLive! helps organise events throughout the Sheffield area; for example, it has worked in partnership with Biggafish, a youth organisation based in London devoted to the education of young people through music.^[3]
• SheffieldLive! creates education, employment and training opportunities in the local area. For example, in 2009 the station ran a media training course, called "future:proof", designed to give unemployed adults the skills they need to succeed in a career in media.^[4]
• SheffieldLive! advertises and promotes local businesses, organisations and events for a low price. It also actively promotes itself, through its social networking sites and promotional days.

Relocation

In 2009, the station relocated from the Hallam University owned buildings to a private office across the road at The Workstation above the Showroom Cinema.

TV Scheduled programmes

SheffieldLive! has a host of local television programmes which include Sharks Basketball, Sabrang, Digital Nation, Nice Out Innit?, Spirit of Independence, Guest with Nazir, Talking Sheffield, Sheffield Live! News, Sheffield Live! Mix and Sateen Diqiqi be at Arabi.

Radio & TV People

People included on the channel are:

• Alan Biggs (born 21 November 1959) - presenter
• Azz Mohammad (born 22 April 1984) - journalist
• Baillor Jalloh (born 26 August 1979) - journalist
• Beth Stephens (born 13 September 1991) - journalist
• Brigidin Crowther (born 3 March 1971) - presenter
• Charlotte Reid (born 26 June 1991) - journalist
• Chris Arnold (born 7 May 1981) - presenter
• Dave Hodgson (born 28 November 1969) - presenter
• David Edwards (born 31 May 1979) - presenter
• Elsie Dineen (born 8 August 1992) - presenter
• Freddie Foreman (born 19 March 1995) - journalist
• Gemma Slater (born 16 August 1984) - presenter
• Harry Nusham (born 5 June 1990) - presenter
• Imogen Carole (born 12 February 1984) - journalist
• Imogen Taylor (born 28 November 1986) - presenter
• James Gregg (born 15 September 1990) - presenter
• Jawwad Janjua (born 8 January 1982) - presenter
• Jose Spinola (born 26 January 1983) - presenter
• Kathryn Smiles (born 13 July 1987) - journalist
• Laura Bilinski (born 25 April 1978) - presenter
• Lucy Gilbert (born 11 May 1992) - journalist
• Max Munday (born 11 April 1977) - presenter
• Mohammad Nazir (born 28 November 1972) - presenter
• Nathan Young (born 11 January 1991) - journalist
• Oscar Partridge (born 12 May 1995) - journalist
• Phil Robinson (born 22 February 1980) - presenter
• Rachel Vine (born 30 April 1974) - journalist
• Sal Saba (born 23 June 1987) - journalist
• Sangita Basudev (born 26 October 1985) - director of programming
• Shamman Freeman Powell (born 11 December 1985) - journalist
• Simon Thake (born 28 November 1990) - presenter
• Steve Buckley (born 13 April 1975) - chair
• Tim Bryn Smith (born 28 November 1991) - voice-over presenter
• Tracey Farlow (born 8 February 1990) - journalist
• Trevor Kikinkey (born 16 April 1980) - presenter
• Victor Vincents (born 26 January 1987) - producer

Radio Scheduled programmes

SheffieldLive! has a host of local Radio programmes which include:

Communities Live

SheffieldLive!'s flagship local issues programme Communities Live broadcast weekdays 12 pm.

The programme is produced and presented by different groups of volunteers each day, contents of the show include local and national politics, music, arts, and community events from Sheffield. The programme also encourages listeners to contact the show with ideas.

Spirit of the Wapentake

Spirit of the Wapentake is a rock music show, broadcast live on Wednesday from 5 pm. The programme plays rock music from the past 40 years, it also includes news and local rock gigs information.

The Local Talent Show

The Local Talent Show broadcast every Friday from 4 pm, features up artists, and bands from Sheffield and local area, featuring a variety of music, interviews and acoustic performances.

Slam Dunk Cinema

Slam Dunk Cinema was a weekly film review programme and presented by Van Connor and Dave Walker. The programme provided a weekly run-through of the top 10 UK Box Office films, interviews with local film personalities, reviews of the latest cinema releases and previews of the latest DVD releases.^[5]

The most notable event on the show whilst in production was an interview with actor Tom Hiddleston on 8 October 2011.

Vancouver Manoeuver

Vancouver Manoeuver presented by Lee Price features music from the West Coast of Canada.

See also

• Community radio in the United Kingdom
• Sheffield
• List of television stations in the United Kingdom
• Local television in the United Kingdom

Notes

References

External links

• SheffieldLive! 93.2FM Radio official website