10Radio: Community Radio for the Ten Parishes
Cycling across the USA
10Radio sends good luck and good cycling wishes to Hal Roberts from Wiveliscombe, Dave Chapman and Sam Jones, three students who are embarking on a sponsored cycle ride across the USA from Washington to San Francisco in aid of CLIC Sargent, the charity providing help and support for young people diagnosed with cancer and leukaemia. You can hear more about thier journey in this interview (13Mb mp3), first broadcast on 23 July 2010.
Follow their progress on their blog where you can also link to their donations page and contribute to their £3000 fundraising target.
Summer activities for young people
On the 9th and 10th August 10Radio will be running a free, inclusive two day activity for young people of all abilities. If you are, or you know, a young person who may be disabled or may need additional support from time to time, then this could be for you.
There will be a place for you whatever your interests are - if you want to write, sing, dance, direct, plan, learn the equipment, or simply find out a little more about how a radio performance is put together.
Food will be provided , you’ll be supported by other young people and CRB checked adults will be there throughout. And it's free!
To book a place e-mail or call 01984 624721 and ask for Mark Blaker.
Summer jobs at 10Radio
Hanging out for the summer?
Come and work in community media at 10Radio
Lots of jobs to do - and all valuable work experience
Heart FM closes - 10Radio rises!
Heart FM, formerly Orchard FM, have closed their Somerset studio in Taunton leaving 10Radio as the only independent radio station broadcasting on FM from and to the Taunton Deane area in Somerset. While Heart FM, which is owned by Global Radio, will continue to broadcast to Somerset, they won't have any local presence and very little local content. Meanwhile 10Radio, which is owned by the local community, is entirely based in the local area, and all its content is locally produced. Local media is clearly struggling, with commercial radio stations closing all over the country, newspapers contracting, the internet taking more and more advertising revenue, and global media companies extending their reach. It all points to the need for local media outlets to work together to provide the local coverage that residents want, but organisations like Heart FM can't afford to provide.
10Radio's Derek Skeavington was interviewed by Emma Britain on BBC Somerset in a discussion about the state of the local media. He said "We provide important access to the media in a very rural area. As always, content is king but we don't have the resources to gather everything ourselves so we work with other media organisations such as the BBC who provide our news. We would love to work with other local media organisations by, for example, having a journalist from a local newspaper to work with us on providing content and in the process they'd get good experience and the newspaper would get additional exposure".
Somerset is GO!
Dedicated to discussing the impact of the economic downturn on Taunton and its surrounding area, every week for the next six months 10Radio will be talking to local businesses about the how the recession has affected them, and what they're doing to survive.
Tune in every Wednesday at 5pm, repeated Saturday at 12 noon.
This week's Community Show
More details on the community show page.
10Radio's Showcase programme of the week - 9am every Friday, and repeated Monday at 5pm
New Youth Training for the New Year
10radio youth training is about to offer another course of training in live broadcasting, covering driving the desk,, presenter and interviewing skills and designing your programme.
Training will take place from 12-1pm on Saturdays beginning 9th January. The training covers four weeks.
Week 1: 12-1pm training in studio followed by observation of live youth shows 1-3pm
Week 2: 12-1pm bring your show ideas and try them out (not live) and then 1-3 share slot with experienced presenters
Week 3: 12-1pm Present a whole show as live with debrief
Week 4: 1pm to 3pm Present a half hour show live (with technical back-up support and debrief) and design you next show.
After that young people will be able to present shows as and when they are able in the 10radio youth slot that goes out from 1-3pm every Saturday. Please note that you can only broadcast in this slot if you have received training.
Costs for the whole course will be £20 or ££10 if your family is on any kind of means-tested benefit.
To book, call Kim Cavanagh on 01984 623657 or email youth@10radio.org
Wanted: DJ Mixes
On Saturday evenings at 9pm, 10Radio is featuring mixes prepared by DJs in and around the Ten Parishes in Somerset. If you want to be featured send us your mix (1 hour long) and we'll see what we can do. Click here for more details.
Training
We offer a range of training, with courses running when there is sufficient demand. Contact training@10radio.org for details, or call the studio 01984 624 137.
- DESK TRAINING - 6weeks
- BASIC EDITING - Preparing a programme for repeat broadcast - 2 weeks
- CREATING A FEATURE - 1 week
- USING PORTABLE RECORDING EQUIPMENT AND EDITING YOUR RECORDINGS - 2weeks
- GATHERING AND READING THE NEWS
Dates for the above sessions will be arranged once enough people have expressed interest in attending.
More details on the Training Page
Featured Shows
What's on 10Radio?
About 10Radio
10Radio is the community radio station for the Ten Parishes of Ashbrittle, Bathealton, Brompton Ralph, Chipstable, Clatworthy, Fitzhead, Huish Champflower, Milverton, Stawley and Wiveliscombe in Somerset.
10Radio broadcasts live from studios in Wiveslicombe, Somerset. We broadcast a live breakfast show every Monday to Friday 7-9am and on Saturday 8-10am. We have a range of music, comedy and talk shows weekday evenings, and great entertainment at the weekends. The rest of the time you can here repeats of earlier shows or our unique shuffle of music.
10Radio broadcasts from the people to the people. It is entirely owned and run by the local community.
10Radio transmits on 105.3FM from our new studios at Croft Cottage, right next to Wiveliscombe Community Centre, West St, Wiveliscombe. You can also hear us on the internet via this website.
Here's a little film about us, made during our first RSL broadcast in 2005.
Get involved
We have open meetings every other month, which anyone can come along to. Email us for more details.
... and if you're passing by the studio please drop in and say 'Hello' - you may even get a guided tour.
You can email 10Radio at
Keith Floyd dies
Keith Floyd, chef, boozer and one time resident of Silver Street, Wiveliscombe, has died in Dorset. He was 65. RIP. See Wivey Messenger 6 February 2010 article
Studio: 10Radio, West Street, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, TA4 2JP. Tel: 01984 624 137
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Talk to us!
Use the phone - 01984 624 137