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Radio station in Wolverhampton
101.8 WCR FM Wolverhampton Community Radio
Frequency101.8 FM
RDSWCR FM
History
First air date30 March 2007 (2007-03-30)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.wcrfm.com Edit this at Wikidata

101.8 WCR FM is a community radio station that broadcasts to the city of Wolverhampton, England, on the VHF frequency of 101.8 MHz under an Ofcom - Community Radio licence, at 6:00 a.m. on 30 March 2007 originally from studios in the Newhampton Arts Centre. Jason Forrest hosted that first show with Beverley Knights ‘Greatest Day’ being the first song played. WCR FM aims to be a vibrant, informative and hyperlocal station providing the city with an alternative service with a mix of speech, specialist and niche programming. The station's licence states it must broadcast a speech content of no less than 30% of its total output and this is achieved primarily by a weekday lunchtime magazine show hosted by Jason Forrest and a heavier, local news/current affairs series with the station's Community Director, Chris Allen. Other programmes offer additional speech content to cover the requirement.

It operates from a purpose developed three-studio broadcast, production and training complex on the second floor of the Mander Centre following a move from their launch studios at Newhampton Arts Centre in April 2022.

Programme content is primarily produced in-house with a degree of syndicated programming from external sources. Wolverhampton has a mixed-race population of approximately 260,000 and although primarily an English-language station, WCR FM also offers a broadcasting platform for various ethnic and community groups.

Notable presenters

History

WCR FM is related to Wolverhampton Campus Radio, WCR AM, which broadcast to the Wulfrun campus of Wolverhampton College.

Ofcom Breaches

In March 2023, WCR FM were found in breach by OFCOM in March 2023 after playing a song that contained offensive language. WCR FM were found in breach of Rules 1.14 and 2.3 after playing a song during its Drivetime programme on 2 November 2022 that contained the "F" word. The full response can be seen at:

References

  1. "Caroline Martin joins WCR FM following BBC Radio WM exit". Radio Today. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. "Archived copy". www.wcr1350.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "WCR AM".
  4. "Archived copy". www.wcr1350.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 February 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Radio stations in the West Midlands Region of England
AM stations
LW
  • BBC Radio 4 198
MW
FM stations
  • BBC Radio 2 88.3
  • BRMB 89.1
  • BBC Radio 3 90.5
  • BBC Radio 4 92.7
  • BBC Radio WM 95.6
  • Hits Radio Birmingham 96.4
  • Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire 96.7, 102.8
  • Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire 97.2, 103.1
  • BBC Radio 1 97.9
  • New Style Radio 98.7
  • Classic FM 100.1
  • Heart West Midlands 100.7
  • WCR FM 101.8
  • Capital Midlands 102.2
  • Greatest Hits Radio Birmingham & The West Midlands 105.2
  • Smooth West Midlands 105.7
  • Greatest Hits Radio Midlands 107.7
DAB multiplexes
Former
See also
List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
Notes
1. Birmingham
2. Black Country and Shropshire

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