RWSfm 103.3
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| Broadcast area | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and surrounding area |
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| Slogan | Local Radio for Bury and Beyond |
| Frequency |
103.3 MHz RDS: RWS103.3 |
| First air date | 13 August 2010 |
| Format | Mixture |
| Owner | Radio West Suffolk Limited |
| Website | www.rwsfm.co.uk |
RWSfm 103.3 is the community radio station for Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and the surrounding areas offering music and local information. The station was awarded a community radio licence by Ofcom in 2010 and began broadcasting on 13 August 2010.[1] Community Radio stations in the UK are required to provide a social gain to the community they serve.[1] RWSfm 103.3 is one of a growing number of such community stations in the UK and currently broadcasts around 70 hours of live programming each week, including Bury's Big Breakfast with Julie MacLeod from 7am and Bury's Big Drive Home With Ryan McClean from 4pm.
History
Launched in August 2010, RWSfm 103.3 started broadcasting to Bury St Edmunds and surrounding villages on 103.3fm from its studios just off Hardwick Lane, having previously broadcast in various other methods for decades.
From the summer of 2015, RWSfm 103.3 launched its own local news bulletin broadcasting local news stories at half past each hour 7 days a week, 7:30am - 6:30pm. This followed a warning from the broadcast regulator Ofcom who found the station in breach of failing to adhere to its key commitments and was put on notice subsequently.
References
- 1 2 "Ofcom Radio Broadcast Update August 2010". Ofcom. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-18.