Eden FM Current News

99p a day has arrived

What can you buy your business for 99p a day? You can now advertise your business online, in a coloured directory, everyday on the radio and in your local magazine every month! Eden Local your local publication is your best option in spreading you marketing budget across 2012. The total cost is around £360 for the year. Booked before 16th December, we have limited space available in the first Eden Local - Eden Valley business directory, which early in 2012 will be distributed via Royal Mail to all businesses and homes in CA4 0 & 9, all of CA10, CA11, CA16  & CA17. Have ...

CA Business to be key revenue generation for Eden FM Community Radio Campaign

Labelled in November 2010 as the 'Eden Project with a difference', the launch of the Eden Local publication was also the launch of the campaign for Eden FM Community radio. One of the key strategies of the magazine was to raise awareness of the concept, after local press releases were turned down. The publication has envolved and only after 10 months on from the first issue, the radio campaign has had printed regular updates and stories in all of these. Building on this relationship of this Eden Local Ltd , supporting Eden FM Ltd (not-for-profit business) on October Ede ...

Outside Broadcasting Vehicle acquired for Eden FM Community Radio campaign

Working with SVI Communications in Sussex, Eden FM radio have secured a rare find. It's an Ex BBC unit once used for transmission testing. The vehicle now acquired by Eden FM is currently in the SVI depot and following on from some minor work, electrical testing and an MOT members of the Eden will be on their way to Plumpton, near Lewes - Brighton on the Sussex Coast to bring the vehicle back to Penrith in Cumbria where the community radio has set up its transmission base. The approximate 700 mile round trip will then move on to the next stage where the vehicle is to have a ...

Pride of Penrith Lottery awards funding to the campaign for Local radio

Today it was confirmed (Monday 20th June) that Eden FM have been award a £2,500 grant from the Pride of Penrith Lottery towards it's application fee for the RSL (restricted services licence) planned for November/December 2011. More news to follow on this fantastic bit of news

So whats next?

We need people from the community, people who in the short, mid and long-term can volunteer some time. You do not need experience, but as a team we will need a mix of people with and without radio knowledge. This can be in the front line on a mic, behind the scenes pushing plugs into the right sockets or helping out with IT, admin, DIY and a range of other things. The ambition is to have a full time community radio station. There are no guarantees and we have a long way to go. We need volunteers, equipment, premises and we’ll need to build a studio. We’ll also need a mobile unit. ...

Community Radio Eden FM

You have hopefully seen the article in the first issue of Eden Local. Now it’s getting serious as you’ve actually clicked on to the website for more information. Building on the article, this page will be a regular update of news, relating to the campaign for Penrith and the surrounding areas to have its own full time community radio station run by the people from the community. www.Edenfm.co.uk as a website will expand and develop into a radio website. One day, we hope you’ll switch on to an FM frequency and we’ll be there. Before we’ll be considering some intern ...