7 Waves Community Radio
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| 7 Waves Community Radio | |
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| Broadcast area | Wirral, Online |
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| Slogan | Live Across Wirral |
| Frequency | 92.1fm MHz (Wirral) Online |
| First air date | March 1, 2008 |
| Format | Community |
| Owner | Arena Housing |
| Website | www.7waves.co.uk |
92.1 7 Waves Community Radio is an FM frequency station broadcasting to the Wirral, Merseyside, U.K.
The station is regulated by the Office of Communications, usually known as Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator.
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[edit] History
7 Waves began life as a community radio station, broadcasting on a series of RSL from OFCOM, administrated and founded by John Martin of Leasowe Community Centre; a community worker who wanted to set up a local radio station to entertain, educate and inform residents who lived in Wirral. Martin, alongside station co-ordinator Pauline Murphy, worked for a number of years to find the funds needed to launch a temporary radio station and, at the crapy same time, create a 16 week training course for budding broadcasters.
7 Waves was awarded a permanent broadcasting licence on May 17, 2006 to broadcast fulltime on March 1, 2007 on a new FM frequency 92.1fm. In doing so the station became the 100th licenced community radio station in the UK.[1]
In 2006 the station received confirmation of a £1.3m grant from the Merseyside European One Objective Fund.[2] This, tied in with other funding, will bring a £2.2m redevelopment of the community centre in which the station is housed.[3] Improvements to the building are to include music recording facilities, live practicing areas, two purpose-built radio studios, a state-of-the-art IT suite and an audio/video editing studio. These will be housed within a new extension on the west side of the current building; the existing building is also expected to be improved with new glazing and flooring inside, and increased accessibility in the surrounding area, 7 Waves Community Radio moved in to its new home on Monday July 28, 2008 at 7am.
Full-time broadcasting started on March 1, 2008.
On Thursday October 23 2008 the new 7 Waves Media Centre was opened to the public for the first time by BBC Sports Presenter Ray Stubbs. On this day the station also refreshed its website with a new look and the station imaging was updated with new voiceover Jono Woodward.
[edit] Presenters
- MONDAYS To FRIDAYS 7am to 8pm
- Andy (7 Waves Breakfast Show 7-10am)
- Paul Macdonald (The Morning Show 10am-1pm)
- Chris Currie and Pippa Hughes (7 waves Afternoon Show 1-4pm)
- Andrew Coulson (7 Waves Drive 4pm-7pm) + Liam [Traffic and Travel and What's Ons]
- Glynn Thomas (7 waves Wirral tonight 7pm-8pm MON to THURS)
- Hayley Parry (7 waves Wirral Tonight 7pm-8pm Alternative)
- The Teen Team (FRI 7pm-8pm)
- MONDAYS To FRIDAYS 8pm to 10pm
- Allan Schroeder (Merseybeat 8-10 MON)
- Pete Aaron Adam Siddorn Jo Murray & Others(The Edge 8-10 TUES)
- Lynne Morris (Soul & Motown Show 8-10 WED)
- Tony Costa (Soul & Motown Show 8-10 WED)
- Bernie Birch (Country Show 8-10 THURS)
- Brian Campbell (Disco Show 8-10 FRIDAY)
- MONDAYS to FRIDAYS 10pm to 2am
- Aaron Hayes (Late Zone 10pm to 2am Mondays)
- Geoff le Taxi (Late Zone 10pm to 2am Tuesdays)
- Craig Mac (Late Zone 10pm to 2am Wednesdays)
- Bryan James (Late Zone 10pm to 2am Thursdays) [Steve Lloyd and Ashley McCoy covered this as a one off 4th Feb]
- Chris Jones and Adam Siddorn (The Late Zone FRI 10pm to 2am)
- MONDAYS to SUNDAYS 2am to 7am
- Peter Aaron (Nightwaves 2-7am MONDAY MORNING)
- Jo Murray (Nightwaves 2-7am MONDAY MORNING)
- Karen Q (Nightwaves 2-7am TUESDAY MORNING)
- Ken Eaves (Nightwaves 2-7am WEDNESDAY MORNING)
- Kyle Mansell (Nightwaves 2-7am THURSDAY MORNING)
- John Dann (Nightwaves 2-7am FRIDAY MORNING)
- Mark Moran (Nightwaves 2-7am SATURDAY MORNING)
- Philly - Dance Trance Hardcore House Scouse (Nightwaves 2-7am SUNDAY MORNING) - [andyW covering this, FEB 14th (Valentine - One Off)]
- WEEKEND 7WAVES Community Radio 7am to 2am next day
- Danny Docherty (Weekend Breakfast 7am-11am SAT 7am-10am SUN)
- Krazy Lez and Chef Simon (SATURDAY 11-1pm) - [ Karen Q covering for 2 weeks 13th & 20th Feb ]
- Paul Stewart (Solid Gold Sunday 10am to Noon)
- Stevie D and Jo Murray (Saturday 1pm to 3pm)
- Craig Harrisson (Saturday and Sunday Sports)
- John Mallon (Saturday and Sunday Sports)
- Paul Eddon (Saturday and Sunday Sports)
- Adam Siddorn (Saturday and Sunday Sports)
- Caz Lewis (The legendary Hard Core Dance Show SAT 9pm-2am)
- Barry Gee (Weekend Wind-down 10pm to 2am SUNDAYS)
- Lynne Morris (Weekend Wind-down 10pm to 2am SUNDAYS)
- Oliver Adam (Sunday Afternoons)
- Kevin McDempster (Sunday Rock Show 7pm to 10pm)
- Standby: Steve Lloyd, Ashley McCoy, Jenny Barkley, GinaM, Kerry G, Tony James
Page rewritten for clarity (05 FEB 2010 by A.W.). Sorry for any omissions or errors. Feb 1st 2010 to April 30th 2010 (Approx)
