Resonance FM
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| Broadcast area | Central London |
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| Frequency | 104.4MHz |
| RDS | RES104.4 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Community radio,Radio Art |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | London Musicians Collective Limited |
| History | |
First air date | June1998 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Webcast |
| Website | www |
Resonance 104.4 FMis aLondonbased non-profitcommunity radiostation specialising inthe artsrun by theLondon Musicians' Collective(LMC). The station is staffed by four permanent staff members, including programme controller Ed Baxter and over 300 volunteer technical and production staff.
Until September 2007, its studios were located onDenmark Streetbefore moving to its present location at 144Borough High Street,Southwark. The station broadcasts to a three-mile (4.8 km) radius on 104.4 MHz FM from a transmitter on the roof ofGuy's HospitalatLondon Bridge.[1][2]Its schedule includes nearly 100 shows catering to many sub-communities of the London area on a wide variety of subjects including a multitude of musical genres, local and foreign current affairs and subjects of local interest. Noted for its policy of giving broadcasters free rein of their creative outlet, it has been described byTime Outas "brilliantly eccentric".[3]The station receives funding grants fromArts Council England.
Ethos
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The station describes itself as "the world's firstradio artstation "which aims to provide a radical alternative to mainstream broadcasting. Resonance 104.4 FM features programmes made by musicians, artists and critics who represent the diversity of London’s arts scenes, with regular weekly contributions from nearly two hundred musicians, artists, thinkers, critics, activists and instigators; plus numerous unique broadcasts by artists on the weekday" Clear Spot ".
The station presents material ranging from a programme presented by the staff of theexperimental musicmagazineThe WiretoCalling All Pensioners,[4]which aims to inform the elderly about local events and benefits entitlement.Live musicsessions are featured on shows such asHello Goodbye,You Are Hear,Hooting Yard on the Air, andGlass Shrimp.Other shows include foreign-language programmes aimed at communities in London that are not served by other broadcasters.
In addition to locally produced programming, Resonance is a member ofRadiaand a rebroadcaster of American news programDemocracy Now!.Resonance FM has received a Sony Award nomination forThe Good Drugs Guide,a documentary series presented byPiers GibbonandDavid McCandless.The station has been profiled in the pages ofThe Guardian,[5]The Independent on Sunday,[6]The Daily Telegraph[7]and theMorning Star[8]amongst others.[9][10][11]
In 2006 the station was nominated for "The Community Award" by theSony Radio Academy Awards,but has won theRadio AcademyNations and Regions Award for London for three consecutive years between 2009 and 2011[12]Station manager Ed Baxter was nominated for "Programmer of the Year" by the Sony Radio Academy Awards in 2010.[13]
History
[edit]The London Musicians' Collective originally put together a four-week programme of radio art as part of 1998'sMeltdown festivalat theSouth Bank Centre,curated byJohn Peel.The station operated from theRoyal Festival Hallon a month-longRestricted Service Licenceon 107.3 FM.[14][15]
Phil England, an organiser of the original broadcast, described the origins of the station in a text written to accompany the printed programme. The aim, he wrote, was "to raise the specter of radio art in a country where the notion has no common currency".[15]
After a four-year hiatus, the station returned on 1 May 2002 as part of theOfcomAccess Radio Pilot Schemefrom studios on Denmark Street in theSohoarea of London'sWest End.[16]
Resonance was awarded a five-year Community Radio licence in December 2005,[citation needed]enabling the station to broadcast 24/7. Ofcom extended the station's FM broadcasting licence in July 2010.[17]
Resonance FM resumed scheduled broadcasting in September 2007 after a short hiatus whilst moving into a new studio building onBorough High Street,Southwark;a short walk from the area where they launched in 1998.
In 2011, Resonance presented a six-week exhibit at theRaven Row GalleryExhibit in East London. The exhibition theme was the relation of sound to art, and included work fromMax EastleyandTakehisa Kosugi.
Broadcasting
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The station is broadcast from a transmitter on the roof ofGuy's HospitalatLondon Bridgeon 104.4 MHz FM.[6]The transmission power is low compared with London's main radio stations due to the terms of its community radio licence. It can be received throughoutcentral Londonbut does not cover the wholeGreater Londonarea. Interference from localpirate radiostations, particularly at weekends, has been and is a problem in some areas. It can also bestreamedfrom the station's web site. Resonance uploads every show to itsMixCloudaccount throughout each day.
Funding
[edit]The station receives funding grants fromArts Council Englandas part of the national portfolio funding programme, which began in 2012. The grant for 2012–2013 was £160,000; 2013–2014 £163,680; 2014–2015 £167,936.[18]
References
[edit]- ^More about Resonance.Resonance FM. Accessed 16 January 2011.Archived12 August 2011 at theWayback Machine
- ^Community radio licence: key commitmentsfor Resonance FM atOfcom
- ^Celia Topping (30 April 2013)."Resonance FM: the voice of London".Time Out London.Retrieved25 January2014.
- ^"Deptford Action Group for the Elderly".Archived fromthe originalon 5 April 2016.Retrieved2 June2016.
- ^Stubbs, David (15 July 2006)."Sounds eccentric | Music".The Guardian.London.Retrieved9 February2010.
- ^ab"The 'world's best radio station' that you've never heard".The Independent.London. 11 October 2004.Retrieved9 February2010.
- ^Rupert Christiansen (14 July 2004)."The arts column: riotous radio".The Daily Telegraph.London.Retrieved9 February2010.
- ^"Reason on the radio".Morning Star.Archived fromthe originalon 12 March 2011.Retrieved10 February2010.
- ^"Putting the broad into broadcasting".New Statesman.Retrieved9 February2010.
- ^"collective – resonance fm".BBC. 11 September 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 14 May 2011.Retrieved9 February2010.
- ^"Mute magazine – Culture and politics after the net".Metamute.org. 9 May 2002. Archived fromthe originalon 12 March 2011.Retrieved9 February2010.
- ^"Nations & Regions Awards 2011: The Winners".The Radio Academy.Retrieved6 June2013.
- ^"The IoS Happy List 2009 – the 100 – This Britain, UK".The Independent.London. 19 April 2009.Retrieved9 February2010.
- ^"Will Hodgkinson joins London's strangest radio statio, Resonance FM".The Guardian.15 January 2003.Retrieved22 July2009.
- ^ab"Xebec Sound Arts 16 – Resonance 107.3".Sukothai. 5 July 1998.Retrieved22 July2009.
- ^Tilden, Imogen (1 May 2002)."New arts-based radio station for London".The Guardian.Retrieved9 February2010.
- ^"blog, 'Licence news'".Resonancefm. Archived fromthe originalon 2 October 2011.Retrieved6 June2013.
- ^"Resonance fm".Arts Council England.Archived fromthe originalon 20 January 2013.Retrieved25 January2013.
External links
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- Articles
- The Early Days of ResonanceFM,18 February 2013,Sourcefabric.org
- It's radio, but not as we know it,19 September 2002,BBC Collective
- Get A Haircut And Disappear: The London Musicians’ Collective 1975–2008,23 July 2008,The Wire
- "Gone With the Wind, Zone of High Pressure",July 2011,The Wire
- "The Voice of London",No. 2225, 30 April – 6 May 2013Time Out
- "Coldcut’s Matt Black reveals what attracted them to Resonance FM",March 2011The Observer
