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*Wednesday: Beard's World Tour with Ste 'Beard'
*Wednesday: Beard's World Tour with Ste 'Beard'
*Thursday: Smells Like Rock n Roll with Mikey & Daz
*Thursday: Smells Like Rock n Roll with Mikey & Daz
*Friday: Billie Clements
*Friday: Friday Feeling with Billie Clements


Daytime broadcasting at weekends consists of non-stop music and pre-recorded shows.
Daytime broadcasting at weekends consists of non-stop music and pre-recorded shows.

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99.8FM KCC Live
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Broadcast areaKnowsley, Liverpool, Merseyside
Frequency99.8 FM
Online
Programming
FormatYouth Market, 10-24 year olds, Urban, Hip Hop, RnB, Indie, Pop
Ownership
OwnerKnowsley Community College
History
First air date
1 December 2003 (1251MW), 18th June 2009 (99.8FM)
Links
Websitewww.kcclive.com

KCC Live is a community radio station based in Knowsley Community College, broadcasting across Knowsley and surrounding areas such as Liverpool to 10-24 year olds.

History

KCC Live was launched on 1 December 2003 by Hywel Evans as the college radio station for Knowsley Community College. It broadcasted on 1251 Medium Wave, through a web stream, and across the two college campuses.

KCC Live is based in the Roby Campus of Knowsley Community College and between 2003 and 2007 occupied the far ground floor of the Media Block. In 2007 however the station was moved to the opposite side of the building to provide extra space and allow expansion. KCC Live now consists of office/prep space and 3 studios. Studio 1 is used for live broadcasting whilst Studios 2 and 3 are used for Production, Pre-Recording, News, and training.

FM Community Radio

In 2008 KCC Live were successful in a bid for a community radio FM licence from Ofcom. More info can be found on the Ofcom website. KCC Live was allocated the frequency 99.8FM, and now broadcasts across Knowsley and surrounding areas such as Liverpool playing music and content exclusively for 10-24 year olds.

Daytime Broadcasting

Daytime broadcasting on KCC Live is between 8am and 7pm, and consists of live shows coupled with music for a younger generation, from the Indie, RnB, Urban and Electro genres to name a few. Live shows include The Feed with Matt weekdays from 12, and Breakfast with Tasha, Mon-Thur from 8am.

Between 3 and 4pm daily, Specialist Hours are broadcast, featuring music only from a specific 'niche' genre. These are:

  • Monday: Afternoon Tea with Jonny and Mark
  • Tuesday: CtrlAltDelete (Alternative) with David
  • Wednesday: Beard's World Tour with Ste 'Beard'
  • Thursday: Smells Like Rock n Roll with Mikey & Daz
  • Friday: Friday Feeling with Billie Clements

Daytime broadcasting at weekends consists of non-stop music and pre-recorded shows.

Other Broadcasting

Into the night and early hours of the morning, KCC Live plays non-stop music from a variety of different genres popular with the target audience that isn't played during peak times, in a series of pre-recorded shows. These include dance, trance, and associated genre shows from DJ Chan, DJ Liam Irwin, and more.

KCC Live Crew

Station Management