Community Radio Stations or RSL radio – Restricted Service Licence Radio Stations exist in most communities.
They are excellent places to make contact with as they can present opportunities for students in terms of observing and participating in radio production.
Try local hospitals too as they often have internal radio stations.
Setting up an RSL is possible and is covered in Ofcom’s website and Ofcom’s Guide to Community Radio is a useful starting point. It’s more a legal job than a physical one.
A very good website is Moss Media. Equally - check out the Community Media Association.
Ofcom awards three new community radio licences
These sites contain pretty much everything you need to know about community radio.
Try and visit an RSL Radio Station at you local university or college as most have a student radio station. There are good ones at Sussex, Leeds and Imperial. They are all usually very happy to have visitors.
School Radio
Check out Radio Waves.
Radiowaves is the social learning environment that provides social media for education. It enables schools to create safe internet radio, podcasts, videos and blogs.
With a free Radiowaves website you can easily start school podcasting, join national campaigns and develop digital literacy skills.
Radio Waves have a section on their site which refers to School Podcast and...
