Rutland and Stamford Sound is conducting a feasibility study into operating the Rutland and Stamford small scale DAB multiplex.
Community radio station Rutland and Stamford Sound to launch on Friday
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Rutland and Stamford Sound will soon launch its pilot radio station after Rutland County Council agreed to transfer its project budget to the community interest company
A pilot radio station will soon be able to go live to online listeners.
Rutland County Council set aside £50,000 to explore the idea of setting up a new station when Bauer Media rebranded Rutland Radio in September.
Former breakfast presenter Rob Persani was appointed to lead the project.
The team behind the new radio project for Rutland
The board has agreed the idea is worth exploring further but must now part ways with the council to enable plans to move forwards.
New pilot community radio station Rutland and Stamford Sound to be discussed Published: 10:00, 11 January 2021
A project to set up a new local radio station could be transferred to a community interest company, which would oversee its future launch.
Rutland and Stamford Sound would be a pilot station, set up after
Rutland Radio rebranded as
Greatest Hits Radio last year.
Last year Rutland County Council provided seed funding for an independent project to see if a new radio station for Rutland and Stamford was feasible.
A new community radio station will be discussed on Tuesday
Rutland County Council will tomorrow (Tuesday) consider proposals, made by Rutland and Stamford Community Radio Projectâs independent project board, which would see the project transferred to a community interest company (CIC) for its final stages.
Pilot Rutland community radio station to be launched early in 2021
| Updated: 18:44, 29 December 2020
A pilot community radio station will be launched early in 2021 if Rutland County Council agrees.
The team behind the new radio project for Rutland (43758757)
The voluntary independent project board, which was formed in November, has spent the past six weeks reviewing evidence and information gathered by Rob since he was appointed in September, and the results of a community survey.
Those findings will now be presented to the council s cabinet meeting, which will be held virtually on January 12.
Chairman of the board Mary Hardwick said: âThe independent project board reviewed the initial findings in December and we unanimously agree that the feasibility study should now move to the next stage by piloting a new station that, if Rutland County Council is in agreement, would launch in early 2021.
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