New Style Radio
Broadcast area | Birmingham |
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Frequency | 98.7 MHz |
Programming | |
Format | African-Caribbean |
History | |
First air date | 14 August 2002 |
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Website | http://www.newstyleradio.co.uk/ |
New Style Radio 98.7 FM is a community radio station based in Birmingham, England, and broadcasting to the city's African-Caribbean community. The station, launched on 14 August 2002,[1] was born out of 15 years of short-term radio broadcasting and training, including a long run of Restricted Service Licence activities.
The service is intended to be reflective of African-Caribbean culture and aspiration in particular and of multicultural Birmingham in general. It is historical in being the first licensed African-Caribbean radio station in Britain.
New Style Radio is run mainly by unpaid volunteers and is part of the Afro-Caribbean Millennium Centre,[2] a registered charity set up to support the educational and social needs of the Afro-Caribbean community in the West Midlands.
In 2020, Ofcom censured the station for broadcasting COVID-19 conspiracy theories on a discussion segment.[3]
References
- ^ "Birmingham Music Archive". www.birminghammusicarchive.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Registed Charity No 519691
- ^ Bland, Archie (8 December 2020). "UK radio station censured over Covid conspiracy theories". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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