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About Me

Sheffield Live!s first broadcast dates back to 2000 as part of the Sharrow Festival.Since then the station has become one of the first group of Community radio stations to be granted an FM licence.Community radio is finally taking its place as the third tier of radio in the UK. Globally the success of community radio is well ..ed, and now stations like Sheffield Live! are working to emulate this global success.Sheffield Live! is broadcasting seven days a week thanks to a talented staff team and a growing number of presenters who do what they do for the love of music, the spoken word and journalism.Sheffield Live! also offers the facility to use the internet and learn about radio production and broadcasting.The following is taken from the website: http://www.commedia.org.uk/about-community-media/Community Media is community owned and controlled, giving access to voices in the community and encouraging diversity, creativity and participation. Community media provide a vital counterbalance to the increasing globalisation and commercialisation of the media. Community Media is providing media and information communication technology access, training and employment and is an exciting source of social innovation and practical 'joined up' outcomes. Combining social enterprise, creative content production and skills for the digital economy, Community Media has a vital role in reaching out to people and communities at risk of exclusion and disadvantage. Community-based radio, television and Internet projects work by enabling people to become media producers, to send as well as to receive, and, by working together, to reinforce knowledge, dialogue and cultural expression at neighbourhood and community level. The freedom of expression underpins all other human rights. It is the means by which other human rights are defended and extended. In the Information Age the freedom of expression takes on additional importance, as the ability to send and receive information, regardless of frontiers, comes increasingly to dominate our economic, social and cultural life. A new grassroots agenda is emerging to articulate the right to communicate an agenda in which access to new media and communication technologies is seen as an essential part of public life and a democratic culture.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Music fans, Sheffield residents, music promoters, news hounds, generous benefactors who could help finance Sheffield Live! and you.

My Blog

The aerial has past planning permission

Sheffield Live will be on FM as soon as we can, we have a five year licence and many more years than that in dedication from people wanting to see a thriving community radio station in Sheffield. Ther...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:15:00 GMT

Sheffield Live! is recruiting

Sheffield Live! Your community radio station is looking for two people to join our staff team. A Media Sales Manager and a Media Sales Executive. Please look at the website http://www.sheffieldlive.or...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:12:00 GMT

Successful FM broadcast!

As it draws to a close, I'd like to send a big thank you to everyone who contributed to the week on FM. Over the week, between us, we broadcast 55 shows involving a total of over sixty presenter...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:28:00 GMT

Sheffield Live! on 87.8FM to cover the Sharrow Festival

Sheffield Live! will be on 87.8FM from Thursday 12th until Wednesday 18th July.In addition to our usual schedule, we have additional shows during the week, and will be covering the Sharrow Festival li...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:11:00 GMT

Sheffield Live - Presenters Update

Thanks to everyone who's struggled in through the floods. We'veremained on air, except for a few hours on Monday night when ourinternet went down. Some shows have been covering the floods,...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:39:00 GMT

Top artists interviewed on Sheffield Live

Just to let you know Denzil from the Indie Hour has celebrated the return of Artery for their one off gig at the Boardwalk with an interview with the founder of Artery. Check out the Indie Hour...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:15:00 GMT

Latest news from Rostock / G8

Here's the beauty of Community Radio. Sangita is out in Rostock covering the G8 conference / protests. She rang into the studio to interupt broadcasting to bring us an interview there and then from th...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:48:00 GMT

Peace in the Park - 2nd June - Endcliffe Park

All the music is free so come and empty your pockets for charity. Sheffield live will be recording on the day - June 2nd at Endcliffe park more info www.myspace.com/peaceintheparkfestival
Posted by on Thu, 31 May 2007 20:12:00 GMT

We're here and we're podcasting

Hello Just to let you know that you can now listen to some of the varied broadcasts on Sheffield Live in your own time or even download them onto your mobile device. follow the link below. http://www....
Posted by on Thu, 31 May 2007 13:44:00 GMT

In the beginning - from BBC Action Network

Here's the link to an article form BBC Action desk about the beginnings of Sheffield Live. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A3872441 If you haven't started to log into Sheffield Live - get start...
Posted by on Thu, 31 May 2007 13:37:00 GMT